The File Collaboration Summary view aggregates critical status and statistical information from all configured File Collaboration jobs in a single table view. It is automatically displayed when the Peer Management Center client is started and can be opened at any other time by double-clicking on the File Collaboration parent tree node in the Jobs view or by clicking on the View Runtime Summary icon in the toolbar of the Jobs view. Information in this view can be sorted and filtered. Operations such as starting, stopping, and editing multiple job at once are available, in addition to the ability to clear job alerts and purge file conflicts from stopped jobs.
The Collaboration Summary view is not updated in real-time. This is done for performance reasons. Instead, the table can be set to automatically update itself every few seconds. Checking the Auto-Update option will enable this functionality, while the refresh interval (in seconds) can be set right beside the check box. Each refresh cycle will update the totals across all active jobs listed at the bottom of the view. Additional columns can be added to and removed from the table from the right-click context menu.
Selecting one or more items in the table, then right-clicking will bring up a context menu of available actions that can be performed on the selected jobs. The actions that are unique to this table are as follows:
Purge All Conflicts |
Purges all file conflicts from the selected jobs. This can only be performed on jobs that are not running. |
Clear Alerts |
Clears all alerts for the selected jobs. This can be performed while a job is running. |
Trash-Bin Cleanup |
The automatic trash-bin cleanup process runs once daily at 11 PM. Select this option to execute the trash-bin cleanup process on demand. |
Show Details |
Choose this option to display all the statistics for the selected job in the Runtime Summary Details dialog. |
Copy Details |
Choose this option to copy detailed information to the system clipboard for the job(s) selected in the table. This information can then be pasted into a document editor. |
Double-clicking any item in the table will automatically open the selected File Collaboration job in a tab within the File Collaboration Runtime View, allowing you to drill down and view specific information about that single job.
Items in the summary table can be filtered by a filter expression, built-in states (Running in Good State, Running with Quarantines, Not Running - Stopped, Running with Disconnected Agents, Lost Quorum), job name, Participant, Session Status, or Tags. Select the desired filter or enter your own expression in the text field to the right of the filter drop down list.
Clicking the 9 table menu provides the following options:
Filters |
Allows for the selection of built-in or user-defined filters and to save/manage filter expressions. Default job filters include Failed Jobs, Jobs with Backlog, and Running Scans. For example, filter:"Running Scans". |
Custom Sort... |
Use the Custom Sort option to configure and save how you want the Collaboration Summary view table to be sorted and keep important items visible at the top. For example, you may choose to create a sort level where the Overall Status column is sorted in Ascending order by default. |
Refresh View |
Refresh all information provided in the table. |
Copy All Filtered Statistics |
Copy detailed information to the system clipboard for all items current displayed in the table, taking any filters into account. This information can then be pasted into a document editor. |
Export Entire Table to File |
Dump the entire contents of the table to a text file that can be viewed in any document editor. |