Data path folders: what are they?

Data path folders: what are they?

The data path of TopView holds configuration and usage information, mainly. Here’s an individual explanation for each of the folders:

  • API_Configuration: Contains examples and documentation for the Configuration API
  • Audit: Stores configuration file backups and change information
  • CONFIG: Stores TopView engine configuration files
  • CustomDS: Examples, documentation, and artifacts for Custom Data Sources which allow TopView to monitor other data sources
  • EventHooks: Examples, documentation, and artifacts for Event Hooks which allow users to define custom notifications and processes based on events in TopView
  • HTML: The default output folder for HTML snapshot reports
  • Log: Application, alarm, and other logs for tracking TopView engine activities
  • RemView: Contains the Remote Viewer client application
  • Reports: The default output folder for TopView alarm reports
  • RSS: The default output folder for RSS output
  • Snapshot: The default output folder for CSV, or JSON, TopView snapshot reports
  • Sounds: A folder for TopView wav files used in notification, audible alarms, etc.
  • SQL: Example data for TopView’s SQL Lookup data source
  • Temp: A temp folder
  • Voice: Audio files used in voice notifications
  • WAV: Audio files generated by TopView’s Text-To-Speech engine for voice notifications


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