Viewing the contents of the snapshot

The snapshot explorer view (left side) shows nodes and their contents as defined in the XML. For example, a node could be a directory or subdirectory on the asset, and the contents of that node could be files, configuration properties, or data points on the asset.

Clicking a node opens or closes it. When open, the contents of that node, either more nodes or actual content items, appear. If you click a node name, the contents of that node are shown in the snapshot details view (right side). The details view shows the name of each item and its value. Below this pane is the snapshot details attributes view, which can show any attributes defined for the selected element, such as a URL (which, if clicked, will open in a new browser window), minimum or maximum values for selected element, and type of units for the selected element. The name for an element selected from the snapshot explorer view appears in the snapshot details view; any additional attributes defined for that element appear in the snapshot detail attributes view.

Clicking a node item in either view shows any attributes defined for that item. If you select the node item from the explorer view, the details view shows the contents and attributes for the item. The attributes are names and values for the selected node item, such as the name and version of the asset's operating system, path and file name of the selected item, programming code for a selected script node item.

Filtering and searching the file contents

You can filter the file contents by element status to view only elements in Error status, only elements in Not Success status, or elements in both Error and Warning statuses. Further you can search the contents of the entire file by name or value, and then even specific strings or numbers for the name or value search. Click the title of a procedure to display it; click the title again to hide the procedure:

To view file elements by status

1. From the Show list, select the status for the type of information you want to view.

2. Click Search to view all elements in that have the corresponding status

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Filter the elements for display further by defining the type of elements to view, either values or names (see "How to view file elements by name or value" procedure).

Only elements or information with statuses of the same or greater significance than the selected status appear in the snapshot explorer view and snapshot details view panes. For example, if you select Warnings and Errors, all elements defined with Warning or Error status are shown. If you select "Errors Only", only elements defined with an Error status are shown. These statuses are defined by the script developer who determines what conditions of asset elements are considered errors or warnings and need to be flagged as such in the snapshot.

To view file elements by name or value

1. From the Search in list, select the type of elements you want to view, as follows:

name - search for file elements by name

value - search for file elements by value

2. If you want to search for an exact or partial string or number, type that in the box after for. You do not need wildcards for partial values or names; the Snapshot Viewer will return ALL values or names containing the string or number you enter here.

3. Click Search The snapshot explorer view and snapshot details view update to show all elements that match the string with any portion of the specified search, either name or value.

Note: If you search for a "value", the search works. However, to be able to navigate the file again, you need to close the snapshot viewer and reopen it.

Tip

To run a comparison of two snapshots for an asset, navigate to the Asset dashboard for the asset, and in the Uploaded Files module click the File Comparison link.