Session Grid
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The session grid shows a list of captured HTTP/HTTPS sessions. The detail information of currently selected session is displayed in the session view.

Right-click the column header can pop up the grid's sensitive menu to populate the grid
Right-click the entry of the grid can pop up the entry's sensitive menu to populate the entry.

Notes: Some columns are invisible by default, you can customize these columns by using run-time column selection.

The information is organized as a grid with the following frequently used columns, the column names are grouped into 9 categories to make them easier to locate and the default columns are all in the Standard column list. Tool tips are now displayed when the mouse hovers over a item such as a HTTP Result.

Column Name
Visible(by default)
Description
NO.
True
The sequence number which the request was added.
Offset
True
This is an offset in seconds hv_offsetFormat1 from the first entry in the current group(webpage or process). If there is no page grouping information, the offset will format as hours, minutes, seconds and milliseconds hv_offsetFormat2 from the first entry in the current log.
Timeline
True
This is a chart bar used to express the relative time between a single request and other requests in the same group. This column can be shown/hidden using the "show timeline column" option on the view menu. The timeline chart bar shown in this column are described in "Group Level Timeline Charts"
Hints
True
Highlights Detected Potential Problems in each request. An exclamation mark is displayed in this column if one or more Hints were detected in a request. Tool tips that contains descriptive text are now displayed when the mouse hovers over hints marker.
Hint List
False
The hint ID list of hints were detected in a recorded request. Tool tips are now displayed when the mouse hovers over the Hint List item.
Duration
True
The duration time between TimeStart and TimeEnd.
Method
True
The HTTP method that was used when the request was sent. (for example, GET)
Result
True
If the request was successful then the HTTP status code will be shown here, e.g. 200 for OK. If the request failed then the wininer API's error code will be shown here. In cases where the content was read from the cache without contacting the HTTP server, '(Cache)' will be shown here.

The value 'Aborted' in this column indicates that Internet Explorer cancelled the HTTP operation before it completed.
Received
True
The number of bytes received from server
Type
True
The response content's mime type.(see also: RFC2616 Content-Type)
URL
True
The requested file's URL which is indicated by the HTTP requesting command. The URL usually include a path and a file name.
Redirect URL
True
The target URL for HTTP redirects
Process
True
The name and ID of the process where the HTTP session comes from.

Note: It's hidden in IE Add-on Edition.
Body-Size
False
The size of the HTTP Response body. (Not include the size of HTTP Response Header)
Caching
False
the "Caching" field of the HTTP Response headers. (see also: RFC2616 Caching in HTTP)
Content-Length
False
The response content's length. (see also :RFC2616 Content-Length)
Host
False
The Internet host and port number of the resource being requested.
IP Address
False
The IP address of the resource being requested.
Sent
False
The number of bytes sent to server
Stage
False
The current stage of the HTTP session, it includes the following possible value:

REQUEST_OPEN
REQUEST_SEND
REQUEST_SENT
REQUEST_COMPLETE
REQUEST_CLOSE
REQUEST_REDIRECT
Note: It's only available in IE Add-on Edition.
TimeEnd
False
The time at which the request was completed.
TimeStart
False
The time at which the request was started.
Webpage
False
Webpage title of the current request.

Note: It's only available in IE Add-on Edition.
Cookie
False
Sent cookies of the current request.
Set-Cookie
False
Received cookies of the current request.
User-Agent
False
The value of the User-Agent header sent by the client to the server. This string indicates which browser you are using, its version number, and details about your system, such as operating system and version. The Web server can use this information to provide content that is tailored for your specific browser.

ex: User-Agent: Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 7.0; Windows NT 5.1; .NET CLR 2.0.50727)
UA-CPU
False
The value of the UA-CPU header sent by the client to the server. This string indicates the cpu type used by the browser's system.

ex: UA-CPU: x86
SOAPAction
False
The value of the SOAPAction header sent by the client to the server. The SOAPAction header provides a hint to servers that a particular HTTP POST contains a SOAP message, and the value of the header is a URI that indicates the intent of the SOAP message. This allows firewalls and other servers to perform conditional processing based on the presence of the SOAPAction header.

ex: SOAPAction: "http://Microsoft.STS.STSWeb/Lookup"
Date
False
The value of the Date header received from server. The Date general-header field represents the date and time at which the message was originated.

ex: Date : Fri, 16 Jan 2009 08:28:41 GMT
Server
False
The value of the Server header received from server. The Server response-header field contains information about the software used by the origin server to handle the request.

ex: Server : BWS/1.0
P3P
False
The value of the P3P header received from server. The Platform for Privacy Preferences Project, or P3P, is a protocol allowing websites to declare their intended use of information they collect about browsing users. Designed to give users more control of their personal information when browsing

ex: CP="BUS CUR CONo FIN IVDo ONL OUR PHY SAMo TELo"
Content-Type
False
The value of the Content-Type header received from server. The Content-Type entity-header field indicates the media type of the entity-body sent to the recipient.

ex: Content-Type: text/html
Content-Encoding
False
The value of the Content-Encoding header received from server. The Content-Encoding entity-header field is used as a modifier to the media-type. When present, its value indicates what additional content codings have been applied to the entity-body, and thus what decoding mechanisms must be applied in order to obtain the media-type referenced by the Content-Type header field. Content-Encoding is primarily used to allow a document to be compressed without losing the identity of its underlying media type.

ex: Content-Encoding: gzip
Transfer-Encoding
False
The value of the Transfer-Encoding header received from server. The Transfer-Encoding general-header field indicates what (if any) type of transformation has been applied to the message body in order to safely transfer it between the sender and the recipient. This differs from the content-coding in that the transfer-coding is a property of the message, not of the entity.

ex: Transfer-Encoding: chunked
ETag
False
The value of the ETag header received from server. The ETag response-header field provides the current value of the entity tag for the requested variant.

ex: ETag: W/"xyzzy"
Expires
False
The value of the Expires header received from server. The Expires entity-header field gives the date/time after which the response is considered stale. A stale cache entry may not normally be returned by a cache (either a proxy cache or a user agent cache) unless it is first validated with the origin server (or with an intermediate cache that has a fresh copy of the entity).

ex: Expires: Fri, 16 Jan 2009 08:28:41 GMT
Last-Modified
False
The value of the Last-Modified header received from server. The Last-Modified entity-header field indicates the date and time at which the origin server believes the variant was last modified.

ex: Last-Modified: Fri, 16 Jan 2009 08:28:41 GMT
X-Powered-By
False
The value of the X-Powered-By header received from server.

ex: X-Powered-By: ASP.NET
ConnectId
True
The value to show the TCP connection which request used
Comment
True
A comment provided by the user which add to the request


The HTTP session record is colored according to its result status:

hv_welldone HTTP Status code is 2XX or 3XX, a successful HTTP request.
hv_fromcache HTTP Status code is 304. In cases where the content is not modified and read from the cache.
hv_fromcache Result is '(cache)'. In cases where the content was read from the cache without contacting the HTTP server.

hv_redcolor
A HTTP response containing a HTTP error code(for example, 404)
hv_failcolor No response headers received because request failed (for example: ERROR_INTERNET_NAME_NOT_RESOLVED)

See Also:

Session View
Summary Panel