Saving sessions (MAS Admin)

Depending on how you want to work with a session, you can save it in one of the following file formats:

Session file (.ssn)

Create a session file when you want to save only a session's properties. You can modify the properties to create different event-viewing scenarios.

Snapshot file (.snp)

Create a snapshot file when you want to save a session's properties and the event data matching these properties. The operation history database is purged periodically. However, creating a snapshot file means that you can keep the event data for as long as you require.

Note: When you save a live session, the application pauses the event feed. Once the save is complete, the event feed is resumed without any loss of events generated during the save.

To save a session

From the File menu, choose Save, or click the Save button on the toolbar.

The Session Save As dialog box is displayed.

Enter a file name in the File name field.

In the Save as type field, select:

Session files (*.ssn)

Snapshot files (*.snp)

All files (*.*)

Select the location where you want to save the file.

Click OK.