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This section is only valid for the Archiving agent.

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Info

You can access Archive Inspector using Desktop Online User Interface only.


The Archive Inspector is used to locate files in an archive. The respective access group user can launch and purge files found in the archive. As soon as the target file is located, it is treated as a regular UNIX

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and standard commands can be used to interact with it.

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 It is not encouraged to alter or remove a file from the archive using UNIX commands. If altering is desired, make a copy of the file. If removal is desired, use the Archive Inspector.

To open the Archive Inspector, click the Manage button from the top menu bar, and then select and select Archive Inspector from from the menulist.

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The Archive Inspector

Initially, the dialog is empty and must be populated with data using the corresponding Search Archive dialog. Each row represents information about a data batch (file).

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Toolbar

From the toolbar, different options are available depending if an entry is selected or not. The following options are available at all times. 

OptionDescription

Search...

Displays

the Search Archive dialog where

the Search Archive dialog, you can use search criteria

may be defined

to limit the entries in the list.

For further information about setting the filter for this dialog, see the section below, Searching the Archive.

Delete...

If Keep Files is disabled in the Archive profile, all selected files are removed from the archive, including their corresponding references in the database. If Keep Files is enabled, only the references are removed while the files shown in Archive Inspector are still kept on disk.

View Menu

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Refresh the shown results with the previous search parameters.

Accessing the Inspector

OptionDescription

Show Archives

If the query resulted in a match larger than the Archive page size, this list toggles between the result sets.

ID

Holds the index of the rows in the archive

RefreshRefreshes the list of shown items. 

Delete All

Deletes all shown items. 

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Archive Inspector Main Window 

The following options are available when you select a given entry. 

OptionDescription
Clear Selection(s)Clears the currently selected item(s) 
View Raw Data

Opens the Raw Data Viewer screen 

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View MIM ValuesShows the associated MIM values.
DeleteDeletes the currently selected item(s) 

Item Properties

Each shown instance has a set of properties that are associated with it. 

PropertyDescription

ID

Refers to the ID of the archived entry.

Workflow

Name of the archiving workflow.

Agent

Name of the archiving agent.

Filename

The full pathname to the file as stored on disk.

Timestamp

The time when the entry was inserted in the archive.

MIM Values

When double-clicking a cell in the MIM Values column, a dialog is displayed where values for the adherent MIM resources are displayed. Adherent MIM resources are defined as Logged MIM Data in the Archiving agent configuration dialog. For further information, see the figure below, MIM Resources dialog.

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MIM Resources dialog

Profile

Name of the profile used to archive the file.

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Searching the Archive
Searching the Archive
Searching the Archive

The Search Archive dialog allows the user to limit the number of rows displayed in the Archive Inspector. Search conditions may be defined to display either all entries, a specific entry, or entries archived between two dates.

The Search Archive dialog The dialog is displayed when Search...when Search is selected from the Edit menu.

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The Search Archive dialog

Setting
SettingsDescription

Archive Profile

Select the profile that corresponds to the data of interest. If no profile is selected archive entries for all profiles will be shown.

Agent
Searches for the agent that archived the file
Select an agent to search for specific entries.  

Workflow

Searches for the workflow that archived the file. 

Select a workflow to search for specific entries.

Period

Selects the

Select the period used during the period.