Users

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Users

The Users view shows information on size grouped by users. At a glance you can see which user uses how much space in which folder. User statistics may be enabled/disabled in the options dialog (Options > Scan > General).

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Note: During an update scan the size information shown in the Users view and the directory tree may differ.

Context tab: Users

Use the "Users" tab in order to select specific information for viewing sorting the data. In addition to these filtering options, the tab also provides commands to export the list contents.

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The following commands are available on the "Users" tab:

Show all Files of this User

Shows a list of all files that are owned by the selected user(s).

Limit to this user

Shows only the files owned by the selected user.

Clear filter

Removes the user filter and shows the complete file and folder information of the currently selected branch.

 


Export Users

Exports the contents of the list to a file. If two or more items are selected, only the selected items will be exported. Available file formats are "Microsoft Excel Files (.xlsx)", "Text Files (.txt)", "HTML Files (.html)", "CSV (Comma Separated Values) Files (.csv)", and "PDF Files (.pdf)".

Send List

Sends the content of the list via email.

Copy List

Exports the contents of the list to the clipboard. If two or more items are selected, only the selected items will be exported.

Print right pane

Prints the selected items of the list.

 


Select all

Selects all items in the list.

Select none

Unselects the list items.

Invert selection

Inverts the selection.

 


Show chart

Shows a horizontal bar chart that shows the distribution of file ownership.

 

Additional columns

By right-clicking on the column header you can enable the following additional columns:

Full User Name

The full name of the user, queried from Windows or Active Directory.

User Comment

The user comment from Active Directory.

Quota Usage

The usage queried from Windows quota management. To see values in the quota columns, you must run SpaceObServer as administrator and quota must be enabled on the local drive that you were scanning.

Quota Limit

The size limit that is set for the user in the Windows quota manager.