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Manage reports

Find the report of an erasure, check its result and keep, export or delete reports.

  1. Select Reports. The list shows the date, the duration, the scope, the method and the status of every saved report.
  2. Select Filter to narrow the list by Type, Status and Period. Reset shows all reports again.
  3. Open a report.
  4. Check the overall result and the result of each target, then the log for warnings and errors.
  5. For reports with an erasure record, check the signature; see Verify an erasure record.

Result: You know whether the erasure was complete. The status OK means that every target was erased; Warning, Error and Aborted mean that some targets were not.

Import and export reports​

  • Import adds reports from another folder or PC to the list, for example the reports saved after an entire-PC erasure. After the import, O&O SafeErase shows how many erasure records are valid, changed, unsigned or missing.
  • Export as Excel saves the data of a report as a spreadsheet for further processing. The export does not replace the report and the signed erasure record.

Keep the XML report, the JSON file and the .oose file of a report together.

Delete reports​

Securely delete report erases one report, Securely delete all erases all reports. The associated erasure records are erased as well; a signed deletion note in the record chain documents this.

Deleted reports cannot be restored

Reports are erased securely. Archive reports that you have to keep as evidence before you delete them.

Next steps​