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The '''Data logs''' tab in the admin interface, as shown in image to right, gives access to screens that can display the contents of [[Monthly log files|Detailed log files for any month]] with menu item '''Data logs''' (yes same name as tab), the [[Extra Sensor Files|Extra Sensor Log Files]] with menu item '''Extra Data Logs''', and the [[Dayfile.txt|daily summary log (dayfile.txt)]] with menu item '''Dayfile'''.
All screens use the datatables library to access the application programme interface (api) generated by MX for representing the selected log file, and to produce the formatted output that you see. In the api the schema used is based on that defined in the version of MX you are running, with nulls added for any fields in the current schema, but not in the schema when the line being read was created.
Version 3.6.1 changes the wording on the pop up dialogs for editing a single row; Earlier versions used "Close", "Edit" buttons. Later versions use the more meaningful "Cancel" and "Save" buttons respectively for '''Edit''' on main screen. All versions use "Cancel" and "Delete" respectively on the pop up dialog when selecting "Delete" on main screen. The new terminology takes precedence in the following sub-sections.
<big>WARNING: In any of the log files, if you choose to Edit a row, when you then save it, if that row that was originally shorter because it was created by an earlier version, MX will have generated nulls for the extra fields, thus datatables will store the row with the length defined in the MX version you are now using, so extra commas (and any values you set) will be added to end of just any line that has been edited, leaving other lines in the log file unchanged in length.</big>
=== Data logs ===
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