Recordings

The dashboard is your central hub for managing COMTRADE recordings stored in Detego. It displays every recording you have uploaded, organized as a searchable, sortable table with folder-based grouping.

From the dashboard you can:

• Browse all your saved recordings with metadata at a glance (filename, station, substation, device, channel count, fault type, duration, upload date)
• Search across station names, device IDs, filenames, and notes
• Filter by analysis status (all, analyzed, or not analyzed)
• Sort by upload date, recording date, or station name
• Group ungrouped recordings by recording date for quick visual organization
• Organize recordings into color-coded folders with optional date labels
• Rename recordings inline without leaving the dashboard
• Delete individual recordings or bulk-delete multiple selections
• Open any recording directly in the waveform viewer

Recordings are saved automatically when you upload COMTRADE files while signed in. The save process works as follows:

1. You drop .cfg + .dat (with optional .hdr, .inf) or .cff files into the viewer
2. Detego parses the file and uploads the raw COMTRADE data to cloud storage
3. A recording row is created in the database with metadata extracted from the file (station name, device ID, channel counts, duration, sample rate, and recording timestamp)
4. The recording appears on your dashboard immediately

If you upload multiple file sets at once (bulk upload), each set is saved as a separate recording. After saving, Detego redirects you to the dashboard and optionally prompts you to assign the new recordings to a folder.

Newly uploaded recordings are highlighted with a New badge and a subtle glow animation so you can spot them instantly. The badge clears automatically after you open the recording in the viewer.

Folders let you group related recordings together. Common use cases include grouping by substation, feeder, project, or incident.

Creating a Folder

Click the New Folder button in the dashboard header (or the dashed quick-add card in the folder row). A modal appears where you can set:

• Folder name (required) — for example, "Substation Alpha Faults"
• Description (optional) — a short note such as "132kV intake"
• Color — choose from eight accent colors (blue, violet, pink, red, orange, yellow, green, cyan). The color appears as a left-edge accent bar and tinted icon on the folder card

Folder Cards

Folders appear as a horizontally scrollable row of cards above the recordings table. Each card shows the folder name, description, recording count, and the number of distinct date labels inside.

Click a folder card to open its detail view, which lists only the recordings inside that folder. Right-click a folder card (or use the overflow menu inside the detail view) to access Edit Folder and Delete Folder actions.

Adding Recordings to a Folder

There are several ways to add recordings to a folder:

• Per-row folder button — hover over a recording row and click the folder icon to assign it
• Bulk selection — check multiple recordings using the row checkboxes, then click Add to Folder in the bulk action bar
• From inside a folder — open a folder, click Add Recording, and pick from your ungrouped recordings
• After upload — when you upload new files, Detego can prompt you to assign them to a folder immediately

When adding recordings to a folder, you are optionally asked to assign a date label. Date labels group recordings within a folder by date (e.g., "2026-02-28"), creating collapsible sub-sections in the folder detail view. You can pick an existing date or create a new one.

Removing and Editing

• Remove from folder — inside the folder detail view, click the folder-minus icon on a row, or use bulk selection and click Remove from Folder. This removes the folder association but does not delete the recording
• Edit folder — right-click the folder card or use the overflow menu to change the name, description, or color
• Delete folder — removes the folder and all folder-item associations. The recordings themselves are not deleted

Each recording row provides several actions, visible on hover:

Bulk Actions

Select multiple recordings using the checkboxes on the left side of each row. A bulk action bar appears at the top showing:

• Selection count and a Clear button
• Delete — bulk-delete all selected recordings (with confirmation)
• Add to Folder — assign all selected recordings to a folder in one step

The toolbar above the recordings table offers three controls:

Search

The search field performs full-text matching across four fields: station name, device ID, filename, and notes. Results update instantly as you type.

Filter

The filter dropdown lets you narrow the list by analysis status:

• All recordings — no filtering (default)
• Analyzed — only recordings that have an AI analysis on file
• Not analyzed — only recordings without an AI analysis

Sort

The sort dropdown controls the row ordering:

• Upload date — most recently uploaded first (default)
• Recording date — sorted by the recording timestamp embedded in the COMTRADE file
• Station name — alphabetical by station

Group by Date

The Group by Date toggle button groups ungrouped recordings into collapsible sections based on their recording timestamp date. This is useful for quickly seeing which recordings belong to the same event or day without creating permanent folders.