Using Log Data Viewer


The Log Data Viewer Interface:

The Log data viewer interface, when opened, looks like this:



Please notice the "Help" button, "Close Log Data Viewer" button, the "Data Selection" frame below these two buttons, and 2 tabs, namely "Data Viewer" tab and "Income Calculator" tab, on the right side of the two buttons.

The "Income Calculator" tab looks like this:





Using Log Data Viewer:

The "Data Selection" frame allows the range of datas you want to select to be viewed (in the data viewer tab) or calculated (in the income calculator tab).

Please remember here that the date you select or the Record date that is shown is the date when the data was recorded, and that is when the stop button was clicked. If the timer starts at 11:00 pm of april 23, 2003, and the user uses it till 12:15 AM (that is for 1 hour and 15 minutes) of april 24, 2003, then the Record Date will be April 24, 2003.

Another thing to be noted is that the date that is recorded is the date in the server computer. If your date is not correct, then your calculation of overall income might be wrong. Keeping correct date in your computer will eliminate this problem.

In the Data selection tab, you can choose either ALL DATAS to be displayed, or datas BEFORE of AFTER a certain date, or datas BETWEEN TWO DATES, or datas OF A PARTICULAR MONTH, or datas OF A RANGE OF MONTHS.

You can choose "Before" or "After" from a combo box. Same applies to the month and year. But you have to type in the date yourself. You should type a valid form of date(eg Apr 23 2003; 23 Apr, 2003; 23 apr 2003; 23rd april 2003; 23/04/2003; 04/23/2003; 04/23/03 etc.). Please avoid the confusing type of date format. If you type in 05/04/2003 for april 5 2003, it may be wrong. The computer will display datas according to short date format in "Regional Settings"(look for it in control panel). Now if your short date format is mm/dd/yy or mm/dd/yyyy, then 05/04/2003 will be May 4, 2003 in your computer. So to avoid that, always use long or descriptive date format, such as "4 May, 2003".


Using Data Editor Tab:

When you select a range of datas or all datas, and then you choose the computer number in the combo box in the data editor tab and choose "Open Logfile", the datas of the particular computer number within the specified date will be show in the tabular form just below the buttons. The interface then looks like this:



Please note in the above picture that "ALL DATAS" of "COMPUTER 7" are shown. The "Open Logfile" button then changes to "Close Logfile" and you can close the opened logfile with that button. The "Record date", the "Start Time" of internet usage, the "End Time", the "Usage Time", and the "Charge" the client had paid will be shown in the table.

Please note 3 buttons just above the table. When you select a row of data or multiple rows, the "Delete Selected" button gets activated. You can see the number of row that you have selected among the total number or rows in the "STATUS BAR" that is below the table (Please look in the picture, "Selected: Record No. 2594 to 2599 of 4331" is shown in the status bar). In the right side of the "STATUS BAR", the file name of the currently opened file is also displayed. If you put the mouse cursor on the right side where the filename is written, the full file path can be seen in a tool tip. & Just above the "STATUS BAR", the sum total of the "Charge" column is displayed, so that you can see the income of that computer in the specified range of date (Please look in the picture "Total of charge: 207888" is seen just below the table).

When you click on the "DELETE SELECTED" button, the row or rows of datas you have selected, or that is written in the STATUS BAR will be deleted. If you have "ALL DATAS" retrived in the data selection frame, then the "SAVE CHANGES" button will get activated once you delete any row of data. You cannot save changes when you have not retrived "ALL DATAS". Clicking on "SAVE CHANGES" button will make permanent changes on the data file, and delete all the records you had deleted in the table. Please be careful in using this button. When you close a log file or the log viewer itself after deleting one or more record of the opened datafile, it will prompt you whether or not to save the changes. Click on "NO" if you do not want the changes to be saved.

The "DELETE ALL DATAS" button is active only when "ALL DATAS" are retrived. This button WILL DELETE ALL DATAS OF THE DATA FILE OF THE SPECIFIED COMPUTER NUMBER. Please be careful in using this button. This button only helps in condiiton where you do not want the datas anymore and delete the datas in a single click, or you want to start the database to be recorded afresh.


Using Income Calculator Tab:

Please observe the "Overall Income Calculator Tab" in the picture below:



It has 2 buttons, the "Load/Refresh income of the specified time" button and the "Reset" button. Below the buttons, there are data display for 16 computers. The number of data display will depend upon the number of computers you have specified in the TNIUT Server configuration. The displays show the calculated total of each log data files "Charge" column, which virtually reflects the income of the specified computer in the specified time. The total of all the columns will be shown below, in the "Total income from all computers" display. In the above figure, the total of all computers is 60. The currency unit is what you had specified in TNIUT Server configuration.

Using this tab is very simple, first delete all the unnecessary datas of individual datafile from the "Data Editor" tab. Then Specify the time period of which you want to view the income in the "Data Selection" frame. then click on the "Load/Refresh income of the specified time" button so that it will show the income of individual computer as well as all the computers in the respective display. The "Reset" button will just clear the calculated display, and nothing else. If you want to view display of some another time period, just specify another time period in the "Data Selection" frame and click on the "Load/Refresh income of the specified time" button. You do not necessarily need to click on the "Reset" button, & there is no harm doing so either.

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