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I’m a SequoiaView user. Can I use MagnaView to view the content of my hard disk?

MagnaView is a general tool for information visualization. A specific function for viewing the content of your hard disk is not included as such, but it is indeed possible to use file system data you have extracted yourself as data input for MagnaView.

1- To extract file system information, use a tool that can deliver a .txt-file with information about one file in each line. In this file, include the full directory path (c:\magnaview\test\test1), the name of file, the extension of the file, the file size and any other attributes you would like to inspect.
Make sure the first line of the file contains the names of the attributes.

2-Open MagnaView and create a new project using this data file.

3-Most data sets you can extract from your information system will contain one string for the full directory information. MagnaView’s expression editor is used in the example to split the directory string in attributes that can be used as level attributes (dir1, dir2 etc.).

The following project (see below) provides an example of the use of MagnaView for viewing file system data. Download a trial version of MagnaView <link> if you do not yet have MagnaView available.
To use this project directly, make sure the names in the first line of your file are:
directory, filename, extension, attribute1, attribute2, attribute3, attribute4, attribute5, attribute6.
Attribute1 is used as the size attribute in the project; attribute6 is used as the data-attribute.