Options > Columns / Export Tab

The Columns / Export tab allows you to configure the visible fields, their order and some other useful settings for the export types and the printed report.

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Visible columns of:

Choose the export type (Details, Excel, Printer/PDF, Textfile, HTML or CSV file) you want to customize the columns for.

The following columns are available:

Name	The name of the folder or file.
Full Path	The full path, including the object's name.
Size	The size of the object.
Allocated	The space, that the object currently occupies on disk (see also: Wasted Space).
% of Parent	The amount of space in percent that a folder or file occupies relative to its parent folder.
Wasted	The amount of space that is wasted by the file system (see also: Wasted Space).
CD/DVD size	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.
Last Change	The last change date of the object.
Last Access	The last access date of the object.
Date Created	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: Alternate Data Streams]).
File Type	A description of the file type, e.g. "Text file" for a text file.
Extension	The extension of the file, e.g. ".txt" for a text file.
Path	The path to object, without the file name.
Compression	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.
Dir Level	The level of an object in the file system. This value can be useful when post processing the collected data.
Avg. File Size	The average size of a file in a folder.
File 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.
Title of Scan	By default the title (volume label and drive letter) of a scan. This value can be useful for archiving purposes.
Current Date	The current date. This column can be useful if you want to process the collected data.
Hard links	Shows the number of NTFS hard links pointing to a file. This information is only available if you choose to track hard links within the scan (See Configure Scans).
Alternate Data Streams	Shows the size hold by "Alternate Data Streams" for this file / folder. This information is only available if you choose to track ADS within the scan (See Configure Scans).
MD5 Checksum	Shows a string representation of the MD5 checksum for this files content.
Full User Name	The full name of the file owner.
User Comment	A comment to associate with the file owners user account.
MS Office Author	Shows the MS Office author for MS Office documents.
MS Office Last Save Date	Shows the MS Office Last Save Date for MS Office documents.
Size Growth	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.
% Size Growth	The percentage size increase/decrease of this file system element in the selected "History" interval.
Size Growth last Week	The size increase/decrease of the file system object in the last week.
Size Growth last Month	The size increase/decrease of the file system object in the last month.
Path Length	Shows the number of characters included in the full path of this file or folder.

Note: SpaceObServer calculates most of this information out of the saved data of the database. So the values shown in the Windows Explorer may differ when files were modified since the last scan of the directory.

Some of the information is not stored in the database, but queried from the file system "as needed". This could cause slow exports.
Thus columns are: "Permissions", "File Version", "MD5 Checksum", "MS Office Author", "MS Office Last Save Date", "Full User Name" and "User Comment".

Some of the information is not cached in the database, but has to be calculated using SQL statements which could be quite complex and costly.
Thus columns are: "Wasted", "CD/DVD size", "Size Growth", "% Size Growth", "Size Growth last Week" and "Size Growth last Month".

Export: Export Full Branch	With this option activated, the whole file system tree will be exported or printed. Otherwise only the expanded folders are exported.
Header: Include in Export	Check it to control, if a header line (containing the column headers and some other information) should be added to the exported file or the printed report.
Units: Include in Export	If the check box "Include in Export" is checked, units like "KB", "MB", or "%" will be included in the exported data. Uncheck this option if you want to export plain values only. Without the units the thousands separators will also be omitted, which simplifies further processing of exported values.
Use Byte Units	Check the check box "Use Byte Values" if you always want to export plain byte values, independent of the currently selected size unit.
Include single Files in Export	Activate this option to include single files in the export. Otherwise only directories will be exported.
Default Export File	Here you can specify an Excel file into the exported data should be written by default.
Optional Style Sheet	Enter your own Style Sheet (CSS file) for exported HTML files here. By default the provided file "spaceobserver.css" is used.
Size of column	This option is only available for printed reports and allows you to adjust the column width of the column that is currently selected in the list above.