Tags in Dapple come in two types — Submission Tags and Creator Tags. Submission Tags apply to individual entries inside a single project (e.g. Shortlist, Longlist, Follow-up). Creator Tags apply to the creator themselves and follow them across every project (e.g. Alumni, Mentor, Local). Both are workspace-level and only visible to your team.
What's the difference between Submission Tags and Creator Tags?
| Submission Tags | Creator Tags |
Applied to | Individual submissions (one creator's entry to one project) | Creators (people in your database) |
Scope | Project-level — lives within a single project | Workspace-level — follows the creator across every project |
Typical use | Shortlist, Longlist, Follow-up, Paid | Alumni, Mentor, Local, VIP, Previous Winner |
Who sees them | Your team only — never visible to creators | Your team only — never visible to creators |
How to create a tag
Open Settings → Tags.
Choose the tab you need: Submission Tags or Creator Tags.
Click New tag, give it a name, and pick a colour.
Click Save.
Tag names are workspace-wide. Once you create a tag it's available across all your projects (for Submission Tags) or across your whole creator database (for Creator Tags).
How to apply a tag
Open a submission and look to the right-hand panel. You will see the option for both submission and creator tags here.
You can assign tags to submissions in bulk from the submissions list or from the stages view too.
How to filter by tag
In any submissions view, click Filter and choose Tag. You can stack filters — for example, filter by Creator Tag = Alumni AND Submission Tag = Shortlist to find alumni whose current entries made the shortlist.
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