Tasks window
Tasks window
The Tasks window allows you to track the progress and inspect the logs of the tasks Belkasoft X performs. It opens automatically when you add a data source to your case, and the analysis begins. To open it manually, from the main menu, select Tasks or in the Dashboard, double-click a data source icon.
By default, the Tasks window displays top-level tasks run by the user, for example:
- Acquiring a device
- Analyzing a data source
- Creating reports
- Searching for an artifact
It may also display major tasks started automatically by Belkasoft X. For example, when the product finds a nested data source, the task that analyzes it also appears at the top level.
Some top-level tasks, such as data source analysis, contain multiple child tasks. Click the chevron icon next to a parent task to view the progress of its child tasks.
Each task record includes the following columns:
- Task displays a brief description of the operation.
- % completed shows the task progress.
- Status shows whether a task is in progress, scheduled, or completed. For completed tasks, the status shows whether they were completed successfully, completed with warnings or errors, failed, or canceled. See the “Task statuses” section later in this document for more details.
- Time displays the startup time of a task. This column is empty for scheduled tasks.
- Elapsed column shows how long the task is (or was) running.
Sorting tasks
To sort the tasks, click on a column header.
Viewing a task log
Double-click any task to open its log in your default text editor. Logs contain useful information about the task that can help you understand the task workflow and troubleshoot issues if needed.
Canceling a task
To cancel a task, select the task checkbox and then click Cancel checked in the bottom-right corner. Belkasoft X may need some time to complete the cancellation process.
You can also cancel an individual task by selecting the appropriate command from its context menu.
Task context menu
The commands in the context menu let you locate logs, inspect the analysis results, and cancel the operations.
The following commands are available:
- Log file commands open task logs or help you locate the log files. You can also open a task log by double-clicking a task.
- Cancel the task stops the selected task. This command is available only for tasks in progress.
- Go to the profile in Artifacts opens the Artifacts window and shows the artifacts extracted by the selected profile analysis task. This command is available only for profile analysis tasks.
- Show on File System opens the file system location of the profile-related source data from which the artifacts were extracted. This command is available only for tasks associated with a specific file system location. It is not available for tasks such as Analyzing pictures or Analyzing databases, which collect artifacts across the entire data source.