Exporting data is done via the File -> Export to text file... menu option. This allows you to take all of the data currently in memory in PingPlotter Pro and save it to a text file which can then be loaded into Excel or a similar tool.
We're going to briefly discuss the options here. If you want more information and an example Microsoft Excel spreadsheet, check our knowledge base (in particular, this topic and this topic).
- File Name and path to save your text export to.
- If left unchecked, the times for each trace don't get saved.
- Select All Samples if you want to export your whole trace to text. Select Current Sample Set if all you want to save is the currently displayed sample set shown on the Time Line graph. The current sample set is the setting you'd use if you're wanting to email trace data to an ISP, etc. - though just saving a graph would be a better option.
- PingPlotter gives you two different Export Formats to save your data in. Both are shown below.
One row per hop, one column per sample
,Sample Times,,9/11/2001 11:13:29 PM,9/11/2001 11:13:30 PM,
9/11/2001 11:13:31 PM,9/11/2001 11:13:32 PM,9/11/2001 11:13:33 PM,
9/11/2001 11:13:34 PM,9/11/2001 11:13:35 PM
1,,,N/A,N/A,N/A,N/A,N/A,N/A,N/A
2,loop1.bois-dsl-gw1.bois.uswest.net,216.161.136.254,10,10,10,10,10,20,10
3,100.fa2-0.bois-agw1.bois.uswest.net,207.108.229.29,30,20,10,10,10,10,10
4, -------------- ,207.108.224.247,20,10,20,10,20,20,10
( .... middle data snipped for brevity .... )
16,192.ATM7-0.GW5.SJC1.ALTER.NET,152.63.54.21,60,51,50,50,50,50,50
17,digexoc12-gw.customer.alter.net,157.130.214.154,50,50,50,50,50,50,50
18,gsr-01-p2-0-a00a02.af.sjc5.digex.com,164.109.130.26,50,50,50,51,50,50,50
19,lc1.com,164.109.154.154,50,50,50,51,50,50,50
One column per hop, one row per sample
Host Information
1,,
2,loop1.bois-dsl-gw1.bois.uswest.net,216.161.136.254
3,100.fa2-0.bois-agw1.bois.uswest.net,207.108.229.29
4, -------------- ,207.108.224.247
( ... middle hosts snipped for brevity ... )
16,192.ATM7-0.GW5.SJC1.ALTER.NET,152.63.54.21
17,digexoc12-gw.customer.alter.net,157.130.214.154
18,gsr-01-p2-0-a00a02.af.sjc5.digex.com,164.109.130.26
19,lc1.com,164.109.154.154
Sample Information
"9/11/2001 11:13:29 PM",N/A,10,30,20,30 .. snipped .. 60,50,50,50
"9/11/2001 11:13:30 PM",N/A,10,20,10,30 .. snipped .. 51,50,50,50
"9/11/2001 11:13:31 PM",N/A,10,10,20,30 .. snipped .. 50,50,50,50
"9/11/2001 11:13:32 PM",N/A,10,10,10,30 .. snipped .. 50,50,51,51
"9/11/2001 11:13:33 PM",N/A,10,10,20,30 .. snipped .. 50,50,50,50
"9/11/2001 11:13:34 PM",N/A,20,10,20,30 .. snipped .. 50,50,50,50
"9/11/2001 11:13:35 PM",N/A,10,10,10,30 .. snipped .. 50,50,50,50
