Overview of the Columns in an Information Window
A selection of columns are available for each information window.
To check which columns are available for a particular window, click the Columns toolbar menu in that window. A list of all columns available in that window is displayed. Currently selected columns – that is, columns that are visible in the active window – are shown with a check mark next to them.
Some column names have additional information appended to them as follows:
If the column has the text ‘csv’ in brackets, this means that the column has been extracted from a CSV file asset field and an option has been set to included this text in brackets. For more information refer to CSV File Extract Asset Field on page 73.
For example, the column name Asset Number (csv) indicates that the information in the Asset Number column was extracted from a CSV file asset field.
If a column name is shown with #n after it, where n is a number, this means that more than one entry is available for this type of the data.
For example, if a computer has been scanned and has three network connections, then these are shown as three separate columns called Network connection #1, Network connection #2 and Network connection #3.
The sequence of the field entries is taken from the order they are found on a particular machine and therefore cannot be relied upon to appear in the same column for all scan files.
Sorting Entries in a Column
There are two ways in which you can sort the contents of a column:
- Click on a column header to sort the contents of that column. The default sort order is ascending.
- Right-click on a column header and select the Sort Ascending or Sort Descending command from the shortcut menu.
This command sorts text alphabetically, numerically, or by date in ascending or descending order.
Locking and Unlocking Columns
To lock a column:
- Select the column which will be the leftmost column to be locked.
- Right-click on the column header and select the Lock option. The selected column and columns to the left of it are locked.
The locked columns are indicated by a grid around the entries.
To unlock all columns:
Right-click on a column header and select the Unlock option.
All columns are unlocked. The unlocked columns are returned to their normal display state.