Directory tree / Details List¶

These are the available information types of SpaceObServer for the Details List:

Name: The name of the folder or file.
FullPath: The full path, including the object’s name.
Size: The size of the object.
Allocated: The space, that the object currently occupies on disk.
Percent: The amount of space in percent that a folder or file occupies relative to its parent folder.
CDSize: The space that would be allocated by this folder/file on a CD or DVD.
Files: The number of files in a directory branch.
Folders: The number of sub-folders in a directory branch.
LastChange: The last change date of the object.
LastAccess: The last access date of the object.
CreationDate: The date on which the object was created.
Owner: The user name that owns a folder or file.
Attributes: The file attributes, represented by on letter per attribute (‘R’ > read-only, ‘H’ > hidden, ‘S’ > system, ‘A’ > archive, ‘C’ > compressed, ‘T’ > temporary, ‘*’ > file includes Alternate Data Streams [See: Notes on NTFS]).
FileType: A description of the file type, e.g. “Text file”.
Extension: The extension of the file.
DisplayPathWithoutName: The path to object, without the file name.
CompressionRate: The size in percent by which an object has been compressed using the built in compression of the file system (see also: Notes on NTFS).
Permissions: The access permissions to the object in the format: Username1: +/-R +/-W +/-X Username2: … where “+” means the right is granted and “-” means that the right is denied. “R” stands for read access and “W” for write access. For files “X” means the right to execute, for directories the right to list the directory content.
DirLevel: The level of an object in the file system. This value can be useful when post processing the collected data.
AverageFileSize: The average size of a file in a folder.
Version: If the file contains version information, the version of the file is shown her.
Error: In case a folder could not be scanned, this column will contain the message of the error that occurred.
Annotation: You can add annotations using the toolbar of the “Details” list or the context menu (“SpaceObServer / Add Annotation”). The annotations are saved in the database and can be displayed in this column.
Cost: The costs of the object.
Title: By default the title (volume label and drive letter) of a scan. This value can be useful for archiving purposes.
CurrentDate: The current date. This column can be useful if you want to process the collected data.
Hardlinks: Shows the number of Notes on NTFS pointing to a file. This information is only available if you choose to track hard links within the scan (See Configure Scans).
ADS: Shows the size hold by “Notes on NTFS” for this file / folder. This information is only available if you choose to track ADS within the scan (See Configure Scans).
MD5: Shows a string representation of the MD5 check sum for this file.
UserFullName: The full name of the file owner.
UserComment: A comment to associate with the file owners user account.
OfficeAuthor: Shows the MS Office author of MS Office documents.
OfficeLastSaveDate: Shows the MS Office Last Save Date of MS Office documents.
SizeChange: Shows the size increase/decrease of the file system object. The time interval is indicated by the “From” and “To” date time pickers on the “History” tab.
SizeChangePercent: The percentage size increase/decrease of this file system element in the selected “History” interval.
SizeChangeLastWeek: The size increase/decrease of the file system object in the last week.
SizeChangeLastMonth: The size increase/decrease of the file system object in the last month.
PathLength: Shows number of characters of the the full path of this file or folder.
SHA256: Shows a string representation of the SHA256 checksum for this files content.
InheritPermissions: These are the permissions inherited from the parent directories.
OwnPermissions: These are the own permissions defined especially for this file system object.
LinkTarget: Shows the target path of a link.