PingPlotter Pro workspaces allow you to save targets, data and settings and later reload this workspace's targets, data and settings.

A workspace file has a .pws extension.  If collected data is saved with the workspace, then a corresponding directory is also created.  If your workspace is called "MyWorkspace.pws", then a directory will also be created called "MyWorkspace".  This will hold all the collected data.

A workspace (in PingPlotter Pro V3.30p and higher) captures the following information:

• A list of all targets being traced
• The configuration name that each target is using
• Trace Interval; Samples to Include; Maximum Trace Count
• Column Widths; Time Graph Heights & Time Period
• Whether a target is tracing or paused
• Window positions, sizes; tab docking status
• Instance-specific alert associations
• Summary Graph visible targets
• Collected Data (if that option is selected).

When PingPlotter is first launched, the workspace it uses is unnamed until you save the workspace.  Once the workspace has been saved, it can then be configured to autosave / load when PingPlotter Pro opens / closes, auto-save based on a time interval, in addition to some of the target-specific alert configurations.

An open workspace is locked so that another instance of PingPlotter Pro won't open it, and get confused about who "owns" the workspace.  Workspaces can be opened read-only if opened elsewhere.

If saving data with a workspace, collected data is saved in a directory named the same as the workspace.  For example, if you have a workspace called "Company Network Status.pws", then all collected data for that workspace is saved in a directory called "Company Network Status", in the same directory where the "Company Network Status.pws" file resides.