Trends

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

Available Charts

File Size Trends

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

File/Folder Count Trends

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

Alert Trends

Track integrity issues over time:

Validation failures
Suspect hash changes
Alert resolution patterns

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 Alerts 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)

The Changes and Alerts 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 alerts 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

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