Document Tracking File Filter

Configure Computers

The Document Tracking Settings panel presents a File Filter button. Click this button to display the File Filter box (shown below) and enter the name of a file you want to include or exclude from recording on any drive. You can include a specific path or use a combination of wildcards with path specification and/or file type. The entry in the illustration below would track all .doc files on any UNC drive:

To track a particular file:

Enter the file name. For example, if you enter "budget.xls" to be included, the Client will record activity to any budget.xls file on any of the drives being recorded. If you want to track a single file stored at a particular location, you must specify the full path, for example, "\\SERVER3\2007\Budgets\budget.xls."

To use wildcards:

• Use the * (asterisk) wildcard to match zero or more characters.

• Use the ? (question mark) wildcard to match any one character.

• Use *\* to find the match on any path.

For example, to include or exclude...

• All Word documents: *\*.doc

• File names including "private": *private*\*.*

• Any file on the C drive: c:\*\*.*

• A UNC file on a host, include: \\192.168.1.20\*\*\*.*
  A Word document on a UNC drive: \\*\*\*\*.doc

• Any file on a lettered drive: *:\*\*.doc
  Any file on a lettered drive: ?:\*\*.doc

Click OK to add the filter to the include/exclude list.