Loading Data

In this topic:

for a Different User

for a Different Computer

from a CNE Archive

from Favorites

Data Viewer

By default, the Viewer loads the last 15 days of recorded events for the selected user (or computer) or for the local computer. Events appear in the Viewer chronologically by event type. In a Viewer installed with a local Client, any recorded data that has not been sent to the Data Vault Server automatically loads; there is no need to "load" the data. If you are using a standalone Viewer, you need to load data from the Data Vault (or select a "Favorite" from the Favorites menu).

Note that loading any data beyond the local computer requires share access to the folder containing the data (if you do not have a Domain Administrator login).  See Sharing Data.

To load data into the Viewer:

  1. Open the Viewer.

  2. Open the File menu and select Open Data Files.

  3. Use the Windows Browse box to navigate to the computer where the CNE Data Vault is located, and then to the Data Vault root directory, for example, to C:\SpectorData.

  4. Drill in to the Users branch of the directory.

  5. Select a User folder and click OK. Wait for the data to load.

Note that if the Data vault is set to record by Computer, the User folders may not have a full set of recorded data. Try opening the Computer folder instead. The Viewer allows you to open any User or Computer folder you have permission to access.

As soon as you locate and open a directory you will be reviewing regularly, click Add to Favorite on the Browse box or open the Favorites menu and select Add to Favorites. Next time, you will simply select the users (or computer) from the Favorites menu.

To load data for a different computer:

  1. Open the Viewer.

  2. Open the File menu and select Open Data Files.

  3. Use the Windows Browse box to navigate to the computer where the CNE Data Vault is located, and then to the Data Vault root directory, for example, to C:\SpectorData.

  4. Drill in to the Computers branch of the directory.

  5. Select a Computer Name folder and click OK. Wait for the data to load.

If the Data Vault has been set to record by User, computer  folders may not contain recorded data. If this is the case, navigate to and select a user folder instead.

To load events from a Spector CNE archive:

A CNE archive contains the same directory structure as the CNE Data Vault.  You must have read-access share permissions to the archive folder if it is on a remote computer in order to view the data.

  1. Make sure your current login is included in the Share for the archive directory.

  2. Follow directions above to load data for either a user or a computer, navigating to the archive folder instead of to the C:\SpectorData folder. The data files will open, and all recorded events will be loaded and arranged chronologically according to event type.

To load events from a "favorite" folder:

Once you add a user or computer to the Favorites menu, it's easy to open the remote directory of data. You can add a "favorite" using the Add to Favorites button on the Browse box or by opening the Favorites menu and selecting Add Favorites. See Using Favorites.

  1. Open the Viewer.

  2. Open the Favorites menu and select an item from the lower part of the menu.
    Select a Favorite to Load the Folder


    - or -

    Select File > Open Data Files, and on the Browse for Folder box, click the Favorites button. From the Favorites box, select an item and click OK to load the folder.

    Select Favorites from the Browse for Folder box.

Favorites are a quick way to load exactly the data you want to see.

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