Saving object properties in a file

Actions of type "Save Object Properties in File" make it possible to save the content of a given object list in the form of a text file on the WebAdmin server. The format of the text file has been chosen in such a way that the data can be easily imported into Microsoft Excel. There is one line in the file for each object in the object list. The individual property values for the objects are separated from one another by a tab character. The first line in the file contains the names of the individual properties and are also separated from one another by tab characters. The created files can of course also be opened using a text editor of your choice.

When these actions are performed, all the objects present in the object list at the time of the save operation are saved and all the object properties are included.

The application parameters of UTM applications can also be saved to a file. Because the application parameters are not recurrent objects of the same type, the structure of the generated file is somewhat different. Each line in the file represents an application property and contains three entries separated by tab characters (type of application parameter, name of the displayed property and value of the property). The first line in the file contains the description of these three "table columns".

WebAdmin can also save object properties automatically at scheduled times. The interval can be set to discrete values between one and 96 hours.

In addition to the above fields, a property dialog of this type also contains the following fields:

• 'Application' edit box
  The UTM application to which the objects belong.

• 'Object Type' dropdown box
  Type of objects to be saved.

• 'Name Prefix'
  Name prefix of the file to be created.
  The following file is generated when this action is executed:
  "<Destination-directory>\<Name-prefix>.<Date>.<Time>.<Action-ID>.txt".
  Here, <Date> has the format "YYYYMMDD" and <Time> has the format "hhmm". <Action-ID> is a number that specifies the internal ID of the action.
  Example: "C:\WebAdmin\statistics\WadmUserListe.20240219.1005.23.txt"

• 'Automatic Save' section
  In this section, you can specify whether and at what intervals the object properties are to be saved automatically by WebAdmin.

• • 'Interval (h)' dropdown box
    Here you specify the interval between saves in hours. If you do not want the object properties to be saved automatically, select "No Automatic Save" here.

• • 'Reference Time ((h)h:mm)' edit box
    Reference time for the automatic save in the format (h)h:mm.
    Example: If the reference time is 13:15 and the interval between saves is 6 hours then WebAdmin attempts to save the object properties at 13:15, 19:15, 01:15, 7:15, 13:15 etc..

• • 'Last / Next Save' text box
    This box indicates whether the object property has been automatically saved and, if it has been, the last time this was done. If the action was performed manually by the user (by means of the "Execute" or "Test" command in the action's context menu) then this time is not indicated here.
    In addition, WebAdmin specifies the calculated time of the next automatic save here. This time may also be in the past if save operations have been "missed" (see above) or if the relevant UTM application is not available.

   For security reasons, the destination directory on the WebAdmin server is predefined.

   It should be noted that WebAdmin must of course be started if the action is to be executed at the desired time.

   In addition, the relevant UTM application must also of course be available for WebAdmin at the required time.