Searching the storage device hierarchy

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You can drill down to the detailed information about the attributes and access pattern of files, folders, and web applications from the Data Sources or Shares list views and from the Dashboard on the Workspace tab.

You can navigate shares, sites, and folder hierarchy.

To search for a storage device,

  1. On the Dashboard and list views of the Workspace, click the filter icon to expand the Filter and select your filtering criteria.
  2. From the Workspace dashboard, navigate to the Data Sources, Shares, DFS list view.
  3. On the list view page, do one of the following:
    • Drill down the filer or web application hierarchy to review the details on the Summary panel on the right.

    • From the Summary panel, click Expand Profile to drill down to the detailed views. Or click the object name in the list view to navigate to the detailed views.

    • Use the Go to bar at the top of the content pane to type the full path that you want to open. Type the path in the format, \\filer\share\path in case of a CIFS location, and filer:/share/path in case of an NFS location and http://<URL of the SharePoint site> to search for a site. The Go to bar also supports auto-complete which gives you suggestions for paths as you type.

      You can view the sibling paths of the filer, share, site collection, or folder on the path that you type in the Go to bar. Click the drop-down arrow to view the list of all the siblings of a particular entity. You can also apply the filter on a sibling path to directly access a particular entity.

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Viewing the overview of a data repository