System for active reports with drill down capability using memory mapping of HTML files with embedded data

A system comprising:

• a CPU;
• and
• a memory coupled to the CPU, wherein the memory stores program instructions which are executable by the CPU to:
• generate a report comprising file system information for a plurality of files in a file system;
• generate an index comprising a respective location within the report for each of the plurality of files;
• use the index to load a first subset of the report into the memory;
• display the first subset of the report in a browser;
• receive user input for report redisplay;
• use the index to load a second subset of the report into the memory in response to receiving the user input for report redisplay;
• display the second subset of the report in the browser in response to receiving the user input for report redisplay;
• receive user input for file system management into the browser;
• and
• manage the files in the file system in response to receiving the user input for file system management into the browser.
• wherein the respective location within the report for each of the plurality of files comprises a byte offset within the report for the file system information for the respective file of the plurality of files.

A computer-readable storage medium storing program instructions, wherein the program instructions are computer-executable to implement:

• generating a report comprising file system information for a plurality of files in a file System;
• generating an index comprising a respective location within the report for each of the plurality of tiles;
• using the index to load a first subset of the report into a memory of a computer system;
• displaying the first subset of the report in a browser of the computer system;
• receiving user input for report redisplay;
• using the index to load a second subset of the report into the memory of the computer system in response to the receiving the user input for report redisplay;
• displaying the second subset of the report in the browser of the computer system in response to the receiving the user input for report redisplay;
• receiving user input for file system management into the browser;
• and
• managing the files in the file system in response to the receiving the user input for file system management into the browser;
• wherein the respective location within the report for each of the plurality of files comprises a byte offset within the report for the file system information for the respective file of the plurality of files.