Saving sessions

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 system purges the operation history database 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 application resumes the event feed without any loss of events generated during the save action.

To save a session:

Click File > Save, or click the Save icon.

The system displays the Session Save As dialog box.

In the File name field, enter a file name.

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.