Diskover Results Pane

A

Column controls: You can customize the way your columns look.

• Hide or unhide columns via your settings.

• Reorder columns by dragging a column header to a new position.

• Resize columns by dragging the line between two headers.

B

Column layout options: This menu lets you quickly set or reset your preferred column layout—see A for more details.

• Reset Column Sizes: Restores all columns to their default widths.

• Reset Column Order: Restores the default column order.

• Set Default Order: Saves your current column order as the new default.

• Reset Default Order: Restores the default column order.

C

Additional view controls: For example, Show Simple Date or Condense Path.

D

Directory metadata: Opens a new tab and displays the detailed attributes/metadata for that directory.

Copy path: Copy a file or directory path to your clipboard—you may need to adjust your path settings to match your operating system.

Find similar items: Clicking this option will search for similar names. For example, if a folder is named highres_images, Diskover will search for highres OR images. Learn more about manual queries →

E

File Action: Runs a File Action on a single file or directory—check with your system administrator for details.

F

Analytics and search path tools: Opens a drop-down where you can:

• Load a path directly into Analytics.

• Choose to analyze that path recursively or non-recursively.

A

Sorting legend: You can sort any column in ascending or descending order using the arrows in the headers. Diskover also supports primary and secondary sorting:

• Gray arrows: Unsorted.

• Blue arrow: Primary sort.

• Green arrow: Secondary sort.

• ⬆ Ascending: Smallest → largest, A → Z, or earliest → latest.

• ⬇ Descending: Largest → smallest, Z → A, or latest → earliest.

B

Change the primary sort: Click the arrow in the column you want to sort by. That column becomes the primary sort.

C

Change the secondary sort: To choose a new secondary sort:

1. Click the current green arrow to remove it.

2. Click the arrow in the column you want to use as the new secondary sort.