Administration Guide > Utilities > AE DB Archive > Searching for Archived Data

 Searching for Archived Data

The Archive Browser is at your disposal in order to search for and find archived data.

Filter

You can define various filter criteria in the Archive Browser's upper area, depending on whether you intend to search for statistical, reportA report provides more detailed information about a task's execution or a component., message or comment data.

Column

Description

Statistics

Report

Messages

Comments

Client

Number of the clientA closed environment within an Automation Engine system where you can create and run objects. A client name consists of a 4-digit number that must be indicated when a user logs on to the Automation Engine system. Users and their rights are also defined in clients. A particular Automation Engine object type..

User

Name of the userIn the Automation Engine, a user is an instance of a User object, and generally the user is a specific person who works with Automic products. The User object is assigned a user ID and then a set of access rights to various parts of the Automation Engine system and product suite. These access rights come in the form of Automation Engine authorizations and privileges, Decision user roles and EventBase rights and ARA web application object rights. You can manage all these centrally in the ECC user management functions. See also, Unified user management..
This entry is converted to upper-case letters before the search starts.

 

Department

Name of the departmentDepartment name to which the Automation Engine user belongs..
This entry is converted to upper-case letters before the search starts.

 

Parent (ACT)

Run number (RunIDShort for "run number". It is a number that provides unique information about a task's execution. The RunID can include 7 to 10 digits. It is assigned by the Automation Engine component .) of a  superordinate task (Activator)

 

Date

Date of activation, report or message creation.

RunID/Add. Info

Run number (RunID) of a taskAn executable object that is running. Tasks are also referred to as activities. or additional information.
Leading zeros are left out before the search starts.

 

Parent (PROC)

Run number (RunID) of a superordinate task (Processor)

 

 

 

Host

Name of an agentA program that enables the de-centralized execution of processes (such as deployments) on target systems (computers or business solutions) or a service that provides connectivity to a target system (such as for databases or middleware). An agent is also an object type in the Automation Engine. [Formerly called "Executor."] See also: host.
This entry is converted to upper-case letters before the search starts.

 

 

Type

Specification of the activation type.
This entry is converted to upper-case letters before the search starts.

 

 

 

Subtype

Specification of the activation type's subtype.
There is no automatic check for whether the combination with the activation type is appropriate.
This entry is converted to upper-case letters before the search starts.

 

 

 

Archive Key 1
Archive Key 2

First archive keyword and second archive keyword.

 

 

 

Object Name or Message Text

Name of the task that is searched or string in message text.
This entry is converted to upper-case letters before the search starts.

Report Type

Type of report.

 

 

 

Procedure

  1. Firstly, select the folderTop level entities such as Environment, Deployment Target, Activity, … are stored in folders. The permissions a user has on an entity depend on the permissions that are set on the folder for the entities. to be searched by the Archive Browser. Then specify the main folder (e.g.  C:\Archiving), a particular folder of a client (e.g. C:\Archiving\0098) or one of a particular archiving run (C:\Archiving\0098\UC_ARCHIV_20060621_25). The search automatically includes all subfolders.
  2. Define whether statistical, report, message or comment data should be searched for.
  3. You can limit the search result by specifying a maximum value for the lines that are found. Values up to 9999 are possible.
  4. Numerous filter criteria are provided which facilitate a selective search for data records. Some fields can be inactive depending on whether you search for statistical, report, message or comment data.
  5. Press the button Refresh or the F5 key to start your search.

All data records that correspond to the specified criteria are displayed in the table area. The search stops if the specified maximum number of hits is reached. The searching procedure can take a while, depending on the amount of data to be searched and the specified maximum number of hits. You can cancel this procedure using the "ESC" key. Thus, only the data records found before the search was ended are displayed.

Navigating in the Search Result

The table area contains several columns which provide general data-record information. Clicking on a column title lists its entries in ascending or descending order. Double-clicking on the end of a column title aligns the column width to the column's longest field content. The column titles shown in the table area correspond to the search fields of the upper area. Additionally, the following information is displayed:

Clicking on a line in the table area lists detailed information in the data area. The table area additionally provides a context menu which can be used to export the area's content to a text file or to search for a content via the "Find" window:

Enter the term to be searched for in the data area. All specified terms are stored until the Archive Browser is restarted. You can also specify the search direction (up, down, all) and whether or not upper and lower case and only whole words should be considered.

 

See also:

Introduction

 


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