File > Open Folder of Files

Like opening a folder of images, Omniscope can also be used to explore folders of files on part or even all of your PC or connected servers' hard disks. Choose File > Open folder of files. Browse to the top-level folder you want to explore (for example your entire C:/ drive) and click Select.  After a few moments, depending on the number of files scanned, you will see the Tile View on the left and the right-hand Side Bar with filter/query devices showing on the right.

Opening View

By default, in this configuration of the Tile View, each tile represents a file, sized according to the size of the file. Initially, tiles (files) are grouped by types of files. For example, System files, Video files, Music files, etc. Colour is used to show the date of each file. A green tile represents a recently modified file; red represents older files. This view allows you to see at a glance where the space on your hard disk is allocated (by the size of the tiles) what sort they are (by the grouping) and how old the files are (by the colour). 

Filter and Group by Folder

The smallest tiles/files might not be clearly visible if they are much smaller than the biggest files. Use the Side Bar query devices on the right to filter and search for relatively smaller files. For example, on a Windows machine, certain very large system files have very old dates.  Filter them out by excluding System files in the Side Bar. You may want to do the same for Video files.  Now set the 2nd Group option to Enclosing Folder, enabling you to see the exact locations of your larger, older (non-system) files:

Grouping by Levels and Extensions

You can change the primary grouping (using the Group drop-down in the Tile view) to show Level 1, which groups the files according to the first level of folders in your directory structure. You can also change the 2nd Group option to Extension to gain an overview of your files by file type. After you have analysed your Images, for example, exclude them using the Side Bar filter to focus on other types of files which tend to be smaller.  Instantly you will see the relative size of each top-level folder, excluding System, Video and Images.

Browsing Documents (.PDF)

By filtering out all files that are not documents, you can use Omniscope as a document browser. For example, the Web View can display any Acrobat .PDF document. Saving this configuration as a Report Page with the filter set to Documents only permits any recipient of the file to browse the documents in a defined location (any network-accessible file server, not just their local machine as in this example).

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