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Reporting

PingPlotter doesn't have any built-in printing options.  What it WILL do for you though is copy its data to the clipboard or text file and let you manipulate it in your favorite software package from there.

There are several ways to output your data.

  1. The graph.  There are a few ways to get a picture as shown in the graph.  A quick way to do this is to select the Edit/Copy as Image option from the main menu to copy the graph and the legend to the clipboard.  The column and graph sizing will match what's on the screen, so make sure everything you want printed is displayed.  You can paste this into MS Paint or any other graphics application to print or save.  You can also go to the file menu and "Save as Image" in PNG, BMP or GIF format.  You can have PingPlotter automatically create these images for you as well, by scheduling it in the Options menu.
  2. Raw data - in TraceRT format.  Select the Edit/Copy as Text option to copy the raw data to the clipboard.  This is copied in a format that's similar to most text-based Trace route programs.  The difference here is that the "Samples to Include" option on the main screen is used to decide how many samples to include in this.  If you're sending a graph to someone trying to show them there's a problem in the network someplace, it's probably a good idea to include this data too.  Just paste this into your e-mail program or whatever.  For best results, use a fixed pitch font (Courier New) like you see here.
     
    Note: If you have "Samples to Include" set to 10 or higher, this menu option will show "Copy as Summary Text" instead of "Copy as Text".  Holding down the shift key when you click on the "Edit" menu option will switch between the modes.
     
    Target Name: pingplotter.com
            IP: 216.92.151.75
     Date/Time: 2/2/2003 7:24:27 PM
     
    1   46 ms   45 ms   47 ms   48 ms   48 ms  bigi2-f0-0.lan.spro.net [204.228.224.231]
    2   77 ms   77 ms   78 ms   80 ms   78 ms  boi-edge-02.inet.qwest.net [65.121.130.33]
    3   78 ms   77 ms   76 ms   80 ms   77 ms  boi-core-02.tamerica.net [205.171.155.5]
    4   78 ms   77 ms   78 ms   78 ms   85 ms  sea-core-03.tamerica.net [205.171.208.5]
    5   81 ms   79 ms   80 ms   94 ms   78 ms  [12.124.173.61]
    6  115 ms  115 ms  114 ms  113 ms  116 ms  tbr2-p012402.cgcil.ip.att.net [12.122.10.61]
    7   *      113 ms  114 ms  117 ms  113 ms  tbr1-p012501.cgcil.ip.att.net [12.122.9.133]
    8  127 ms  127 ms  128 ms  128 ms  127 ms  gar1-p360.phlpa.ip.att.net [12.123.137.21]
    17  138 ms  138 ms  138 ms  140 ms  139 ms  [12.118.191.18]
    18  138 ms  138 ms  143 ms  138 ms  138 ms  pingplotter.com [216.92.151.75]
     
    Ping statistics for pingplotter.com
    Packets: Sent = 5, Received = 5, Lost = 0 (0.0%)
    Round Trip Times: Minimum = 138ms, Maximum = 143ms, Average = 139ms
     
  3. Comma delimited text file.  This is especially built to import into a program like Microsoft Excel - so you can manipulate the numbers around and create output in different formats.
     
    To export to a comma delimited text file, go to the File menu and select "Export to Text File".  From there, you can specify the file you want to export to and a couple of other options.  You can either export all samples in memory - or the range as specified on the main screen.
    The option on this screen "Include sample times in export file" will specify whether or not to include the time each sample was taken at.  If you don't have this turned on, all the samples will be output, but you won't get corresponding times.  Turn this option on to include the times.
     
     

We discuss more reporting options in our knowledge base.