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Trends

The Trends page provides interactive visualizations showing how your data evolves over time across multiple scans.

Available Charts

Track total storage usage over time:

  • See growth or reduction in directory sizes
  • Identify storage bloat
  • Displayed in both decimal (GB) and binary (GiB) units

Monitor the number of items:

  • Total files and folders over time
  • Detect unexpected additions or deletions
  • Separate trend lines for files vs. directories

Change Activity

Visualize filesystem activity:

  • Additions, modifications, and deletions per scan
  • Identify periods of high change
  • Understand modification patterns

Track integrity issues over time:

  • New validation failures per scan
  • New suspect hash changes per scan
  • Cumulative integrity issue counts

Features

Root Selection

Select which scan root to analyze from the dropdown. Each root maintains independent trend data.

Tip: If you select a root on the Browse or Integrity page before navigating to Trends, the same root will be pre-selected automatically via the shared root context.

Date Range Filtering

Customize the time window:

  • Last 7 days
  • Last 30 days
  • Last 3 months
  • Last 6 months
  • Last year
  • Custom range (manual date pickers)

Baseline Exclusion

The Changes and Integrity charts offer a checkbox to exclude the first scan from the visualization. The first scan of a root often shows large numbers of additions and integrity issues which can skew trend visualizations. This toggle only appears when the first scan falls within the selected date range.

Interactive Charts

  • Hover for detailed values
  • Pan and zoom on time ranges
  • Toggle data series on/off

Requirements

Trend analysis requires multiple scans of the same root. After your first scan, you’ll see a message prompting you to run additional scans to generate trend data.

Use Cases

  • Capacity Planning: Monitor storage growth rates
  • Change Detection: Identify unusual modification patterns
  • Validation Monitoring: Track data integrity over time
  • Baseline Comparison: See how your filesystem evolves from initial state