Archive Files Overview
On the left side of the screen, the system displays an overview of the archive files in the form of a tree structure. The files are grouped according to archiving object and archiving session. The files themselves are the end nodes of the tree structure.
You can set the fields displayed and also influence the quantity of archive files displayed using a filter function. You can also determine an initial layout (including filter criteria).
For an overview of the screen areas in AFB, see User Interface.
Double-click on an archive file in the overview to open a file. The first data object in this file for the current data object appears in the display area. In the case of functions that select a data object (relative navigation, find), the system expands the archive file for the current data object in the overview and selects it.
You can show the following fields in the archive files overview using the layout editing:
Fields in the archive file overview
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Field |
Description |
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Number |
Number of data objects in the archive file The system automatically totals this number at the archiving sessions level. The total refers only to the files in the overview; not to all of the files in the system. If, for example, you have set the filter so that only archiving sessions from a certain creation data are displayed, then the total at archiving object level contains only the data objects of the files for these sessions, and not for every file of the archiving object. The AFB obtains the number of objects from archive administration. When certain errors occur, you may find that these differ from the actual number of objects in an archive file |
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User |
Name of user who started the archiving. This field remains blank on archiving object level. |
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Size (MB) |
File size in MB, shown to three decimal places. This number is determined from archiving administration, and may (like the number of data objects) differ from the actual size in certain circumstances. The file size is totaled at the level of the sessions and archiving objects, using the same mechanism as for the number of data objects. |
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Description |
The texts for the relevant object are displayed depending on the level in the tree structure: Level Displayed Text Archiving Objects Description of the Archiving Object Archiving Sessions Comments about the archiving session that can be entered for some archiving objects when scheduling the write program. Archive Files Comments on the file that can be changed in archive administration. |
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Date |
Creation date of the archive session or archive file. This field remains blank on archiving object level. |
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Time |
Creation time of the archive session or archive file. This field remains blank on archiving object level. |
Layout of the Archive Files Overview
The layout of the archive files overview contains the selection of the tree structure columns (except the hierarchy column), and also the sequence and width of the columns. In addition you can also save the current filter criteria with the layout.
The layout editing contains the following functions:
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Layout |
Function |
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Select |
Choose a layout already saved, with filter criteria if appropriate, and use on the overview. |
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Change |
Change the current field selection and field sequence. |
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Save |
Save the current layout. You can choose whether you want to save the layout user-specific or cross-user, and whether the system should save the filter conditions with the layout. |
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Manage |
Manage the saved layouts. In particular, you can delete a layout and select a layout as a default. The effect of the default is that when you next start the AFB, this layout is used automatically, together with any filter conditions. |
Filter in the archive file overview
The AFB loads certain data to the main memory for each file that is displayed in the overview. Consequently, the time taken to start the transaction and also the memory usage depend very much on how many archive files are being processed. You can use filters to influence this quantity.
To change the current filter criteria, choose Set Filter.... You can choose any field that is displayed in the overview as a filter criterion, this includes the archiving object, session, or file key. The system always uses all criteria directly for the selection of the archive files. This means that both the creation date and time relate only to the archive files. The Name field refers only to the comments for the archive file. File size and number of objects refers to the number of archive files, and not to the totals at higher levels.
It is possible to save the filter criteria when you save a layout. When you choose a layout or start a transaction with a predefined layout, the system uses the related filter.
For more information, see Speeding up the Start of the AFB.