A global summary always appears at the very end of the report, however the report may also be split into groups, with a summary appearing at the end of each one. The groups are chosen sensibly, based on the column the report is sorted by.

Each summary contains detailed information about the files it is summarizing. Before continuing, please read the Individual Files topic to understand how individual files are analyzed. Reports can be customized to define exactly what information to show in the summaries.

Information available in each summary

• Number of files. The number of files covered by the summary.
• Average Size. The average size (on disk) of the files.
• Total Size. The total size (on disk) of the files.
• Statuses. A tally for each of the different file status keywords. See the Individual Files help topic for an explanation of the meaning of status keywords.
• Further Status Breakdown. An additional tally of four important combinations of document statuses. For more information, please see below.
• Modified Average. The average date on which the files were last modified.
• Modified Range. The minimum and maximum dates on which the files were last modified.
• Created Average. The average date on which the files were originally created.
• Created Range. The minimum and maximum dates on which the files were originally created.

Further Status Breakdown categories

• Mac Standard & DataViz. Files in a Macintosh-only Standard Format that can be read by MacLink, from DataViz. This is useful to know because other Mac Standard files may not be easily used under Windows.
• Proprietary & Compatible. Files in a format belonging to a specific program that are claimed to be easily opened under the Windows version of the program which created them. This is useful to know because other Proprietary files will have to be translated or exported for use under Windows.
• Proprietary & DataViz. Files in a format belonging to a specific program that can be read by MacLink, from DataViz. This is useful to know because other Proprietary files, that are not Compatible, will have to be manually exported for use under Windows.
• Proprietary & Untransferrable. Files in a format belonging to a specific program whose status contains neither Compatible or DataViz. This is useful to know because these files are likely to present the most difficulty for usage under Windows; they will probably have to be exported to a standard format on the Mac, and reimported under Windows.