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Associated with your selection in the Project Explorer, the Summary view provides general statistic information of the selected node. When you select the project root node, you can get the statistics of your global network; if you select a specific network node, the view will present the particular information of this node.
By default, only some sub-columns are displayed. To view more statistic information in different columns, right click in the display and put the mouse pointer on Choose Current Sub-columns and then check columns from the context menu. Alternately, you can use the icon  to check more sub-columns.
The following table shows the information titles presented in the Summary view (when the project root node is selected).
| Title | Description |
| Capture | Offers the information of start date, start time and duration of this capture. |
| Physical Errors | Offers the statistics of physical errors. |
| 802.3 Errors | Offers the statistics of 802.3 errors. |
| Traffic | Offers the information of total traffic, broadcast traffic and multicast traffic. |
| Packet Size Distribution | Offers the statistics of packets based on size class. |
| TCP Packets | Offers the statistic information of TCP packets analyzed by the TCP analyzer. |
| TCP Connections | Offers the statistic information of TCP connections analyzed by the TCP analyzer. |
| DNS Analysis | Offers the statistic
information of DNS connections analyzed by the DNS analyzer. |
| FTP Analysis |
Offers the statistic information of FTP transfers analyzed by the advanced FTP analyzer. |
| SMTP Analysis | Offers the statistic information of SMTP connections and messages analyzed by the advanced Email analyzer. |
| HTTP Analysis |
Offers the statistic information of HTTP requests analyzed by the advanced HTTP analyzer. |
| POP3 Analysis | Offers the statistic information of POP3 connections and messages analyzed by the advanced Email analyzer. |
| All Instant Messenger Activities | Offers the statistic information of
all instant messenger activities. |
| MSN Activities | Offers the statistic information of
MSN activities. |
| AIM Activities | Offers the statistic information of
AIM activities. |
| ICQ Activities | Offers the statistic information of
ICQ activities. |
| Yahoo Messenger Activities | Offers the statistic information of
Yahoo Messenger activities. |
Click on the + (plus) or - (minus) signs at the left margin to expand or collapse individual items of the display. In addition to the
common context commands as other tab views, this view also has the following special commands:
| Command | Description |
| Save Summary Statistics... | Saves the summary statistics to a file. |
| Snapshots | Takes a snapshot for summary statistics; shows, hides or deletes a snapshot. |
| Choose Current Sub-columns | Chooses the columns to show corresponding statistics. |
| Choose Snapshot Sub-columns | Chooses the columns to take snapshot. |
| Display Sub-column Title | Displays the title of the sub-columns. |
| Display Grid Lines | Displays the grid lines for the view. |
| Expand All | Expands all items and displays the sub-columns. |
| Collapse All | Collapses all items and hides the sub-columns. |
You can take snapshots for the summary statistics at any time, which will be very helpful if you want to compare your network state in the future. To get snapshots, click the icon  or right click on the view to open the context menu, select the Snapshots command and Take Snapshot from the sub-context menu.
Repeat the operations to take multiple snapshots. There is no limit to the snapshots taken, but you can only see up to 16 snapshots on the display.
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