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Introduction
Find the location of all of your assets such as docs, links, email addresses, code snippets, and more on the website and get an overview of the accessibility and SEO status of the assets.
The Monsido Inventory module contains everything that the scan identifies, sorted into a variety of categories such as CSS, HTML pages, or frames.
Click further into each category and export lists of HTML pages, documents, links, and more.
Access the Inventory Module
This section gives instructions on how to access the Inventory module in Monsido.
Click Select Domain to open the Domain Overview page.
Click Open on the same row as the domain name.
The Dashboard for the domain opens.
Click Inventory (books icon), on the toolbar to open the Inventory module.
Add or Remove Inventory Module from Users
This section gives instructions on how to remove the Inventory module from individual users.
Click Users (people icon) from any page in Monsido.
The User List page opens.
Locate the user in the list.
Click Action on the same row as the user.
Select Edit User.
In the Visible Modules section, click to turn Inventory OFF.
Inventory Dashboard
The Inventory Dashboard contains the following sections, for a quick overview of the most relevant content:
Inventory History
This section of the Inventory Dashboard is a chart showing the number of assets such as documents, links, email addresses, code snippets, and more on the website.
The chart shows the date and an overview of the total number of pages scanned, images scanned, and documents scanned over time.
Technical
This section of the Inventory Dashboard gives an overview of the technical website information. See the Inventory menu section for more information:
Links
This section of the Inventory Dashboard gives an overview of links on the website.
Click to view more details about the following:
Image Links: Click to view the Images inventory page.
Content Links: Click to view the Links inventory page. This page contains a list of content containing links. See the number of links in following content:
Pages
Spreadsheets
PDF files
Note: The Content Links count in the Inventory Module shows the number of links to PDF files. Not to be confused with PDF files that are internal and present on the site. For example, the inventory may state a higher number of PDF links when compared to the Accessibility module PDF file count.
Archive files
Text documents
Slides
Other files
Spreadsheet links: Click the number to view the Spreadsheet Links Found pane.
Word Links: Click the number to view the Text documents found pane.
Slide Links: Click the number to view the Slide Links found pane.
For more information, see the User Guide chapters:
Content
This section of the Inventory Dashboard gives an overview of the number of HTML pages and documents, see the Inventory menu section for detailed information.
Inventory Menu
On the left side of the page, the Inventory menu contains the following sections:
Summary
This menu item redirects to the Inventory Dashboard.
Content
Click to select Content from the menu on the left. This selection shows the types of content on the page.
The menu expands with the following options:
HTML Pages
Click to select this option from the Content sub-menu on the left. This page gives a detailed view of HTML pages within the website. Find HTML assets per page or per site.
HTML Pages toolbar:
Export: Click Export. The current page downloads locally in CSV format.
Filter: Click to filter for:
Labels
Languages
Contains.
Search: Begin typing to search the list for a known Title/URL.
Title and URL: The title and URL of the page.
Notifications: The number of notifications on the page. Click to view and find links to the following notifications:
Policies
Broken Links
Broken Images
Misspellings
Accessibility
SEO.
Priority: Low, Medium, or High priority is calculated by the number and severity of issues, page views, and links leading to the page.
Views: The number of page views.
Open Page Details (page icon): Click to open the page dashboard.
Search: Begin typing to search the list for a known Title/URL.
Link: This is the link to the resource that has the asset. Click the link to view the page as a visitor sees it.
Type: The type of asset.
Response Code: This column shows the asset code that is returned. For example:
200 means the item is retrieved from the cache.
304 means that the cache entry expired and the browser made an HTTP request to ask the server if there are any changes, and the server has indicated that there is no need to download a new version of the resource and it's OK to use the same cache entry.
Redirect to Page (Magnifying glass icon): Click to open the webpage in the browser and view the page as a visitor sees it.
Documents
Click to select this option from the Content sub-menu on the left. This page gives a detailed view of documents within the website. Find document assets per page or per site.
Export: Click Export. The current page downloads locally in CSV format.
Filter: Click and select a resource to filter for:
Labels
Languages
Contains.
Search: Begin typing to search the list for a known Title/URL.
Sort: Select to sort the list by All, PDF Documents, or Other Documents.
Title and URL: Click to view the document dashboard:
Content: This section shows the content on the page:
Images: The number of images on the page.
Incoming Links: The number of incoming links.
Outgoing Links: The number of outgoing links.
PDF Documents: The number of PDF documents.
Excel Documents: The number of Excel documents.
Text Documents: The number of text documents.
Notes:
PDF files will not appear in this section if they are included in a domain group and if their own URL does not match the rules of the domain group as specified during the setup of the group.
PDF files are still visible on Monsido in these places:
Page detailsInventory > Content > Links.
For more information, see the User Guide article:
Images
Click to select this option from the Content sub-menu on the left.
This page gives a detailed view of images on pages within the website. Find image assets per page or per site.
Export: Click Export. The current page downloads locally in CSV format.
Search: Begin typing to search the list for a known image file.
Title and URL: The title and URL of the page. Click the link to open the page details.
Search: Begin typing to search the list for a known image name.
Link: This is the link to the resource that has the asset. Click the link to view the page as a visitor sees it.
Type: The type of asset.
Response Code: This column shows the asset code that is returned. For example:
200 means the item is retrieved from the cache.
304 means that the cache entry expired and the browser made an HTTP request to ask the server if there are any changes, and the server has indicated that there is no need to download a new version of the resource and it is OK to use the same cache entry.
Inline Images
Click to select this option from the Content sub-menu on the left.
This page gives a detailed view of inline images on pages within the website. Find inline image assets per page or per site.
Export: Click Export. The current page downloads locally in CSV format.
Search: Begin typing to search the list for a known inline image file.
Title and URL: The title and URL of the page. Click the link to open the page details.
Search: Begin typing to search the list for a known image name.
Link: This is the link to the resource that has the asset. Click the link to view the page as a visitor sees it.
Type: The type of asset.
Response Code: This column shows the asset code that is returned. For example:
200 means the item is retrieved from the cache.
304 means that the cache entry expired and the browser made an HTTP request to ask the server if there are any changes, and the server has indicated that there is no need to download a new version of the resource and it is OK to use the same cache entry.
Links
Click to select this option from the Content sub-menu on the left.
This page gives a detailed view of links on pages within the website. Find links per page or per site.
Export: Click Export. The current page downloads locally in CSV format.
Search: Begin typing to search the list for a known link.
Title and URL: The title and URL of the page. Click the link to open the page details.
Search: Begin typing to search the list for a known link.
Link: This is the link to the resource that has the asset. Click the link to view the page as a visitor sees it.
Type: The type of asset.
Response Code: This column shows the asset code that is returned. For example:
200 means the item is retrieved from the cache.
304 means that the cache entry expired and the browser made an HTTP request to ask the server if there are any changes, and the server has indicated that there is no need to download a new version of the resource and it is OK to use the same cache entry.
Technical
Click to select this option from the menu on the left.
The menu expands with the following options.
Forms
Headlinks
IFrames
Frames
CSS
Javascript.
The landing page shows the technical details present on the page. Navigate to view more about these sections from the landing page or from the sub-menu under Technical on the left:
CSS: The number of CSS snippets on the page.
JavaScript: The number of JavaScript snippets on the page.
Frames: The number of Frames on the page.
IFrames: The number of IFrames on the page.
Forms
Click to select this option from the sub-menu under Technical on the left.
The Forms landing page opens. Sort between Internal and External from the list toolbar.
Export: Click Export. The current page downloads locally in CSV format.
Search: Begin typing to search the list for all known Forms.
The list shows the URL for the form and the number of pages that the form is on. Click to navigate to the URL or to the page list to locate the form.
Headlinks
Click to select this option from the sub-menu under Technical on the left.
The Headlinks landing page opens. Sort between Internal and External from the list toolbar.
Export: Click Export. The current page downloads locally in CSV format.
Search: Begin typing to search the list for all known Headlinks.
The list shows the URL for the pages with headlinks and the number of pages that they are found on. Click to navigate to the URL or to the page list to locate the headlinks.
IFrames
Click to select this option from the sub-menu under Technical on the left.
The IFrames landing page opens.
Sort for Internal or External iFrames assets.
Export the results locally in CSV format.
Search: Begin typing to search the list for a known Title/URL.
URL: The URL of the pages with IFrames assets. Click the link to view the asset as a user sees it.
Pages: Click Pages (the number of pages) on the same row as a URL to view all pages with this asset. The Pages with this iFrame page opens:
Click the link under the header to navigate to the issue and view the page as a visitor sees it.
Export the results locally in CSV format.
Search: Begin typing to search the list for a known Title/URL.
Title and URL: The title and URL of the page with the asset. Click the link. The page details pane opens:
Search: Begin typing to search the list for a known Title/URL.
Link: The link to the resource that has the asset. Click the link to view it as a visitor sees it.
Type: The type of asset.
Response Code: For example:
200 means from the cache.
304 means the cache entry expired and the browser made an HTTP request to ask the server if any changes have been made, and the server has indicated that there is no need to download a new version of the resource and it is OK to use the same cache entry.
Frames
Click to select this option from the sub-menu under Technical on the left.
Sort for Internal or External Frames assets.
Export the results locally in CSV format.
Search: Begin typing to search the list for a known Title/URL.
URL: The URL of the pages with Frames assets. Click the link to view the asset as a user sees it.
Pages: Click Pages (the number of pages) on the same row as a URL to view all pages with this asset. The Pages with this iFrame page opens:
Click the link under the header to navigate to the issue and view it as a visitor sees it.
Export the results locally in CSV format.
Search: Begin typing to search the list for a known Title/URL.
Title and URL: The title and URL of the page with the asset. Click the link. The page details pane opens:
Search: Begin typing to search the list for a known Title/URL.
Link: The link to the resource that has the asset. Click the link to view it as a visitor sees it.
Type: The type of asset.
Response Code: For example:
200 means from the cache.
304 means the cache entry expired and the browser made an HTTP request to ask the server if any changes have been made, and the server has indicated that there is no need to download a new version of the resource and it is OK to use the same cache entry.
CSS (Cascading Style Sheets)
Click to select this option from the sub-menu under Technical on the left.
The CSS landing page opens.
Sort between Internal and External from the list toolbar.
Export: Click Export. The current page downloads locally in CSV format.
Search: Begin typing to search the list for all known CSS items.
URL: The URL of the pages with CSS assets. Click to view the CSS as a visitor sees it.
Pages: Click Pages (the number of pages) on the same row as a URL to view all pages with this asset. The Pages with this CSS page opens:
Click the link under the header to navigate to the asset and view the page as a visitor sees it.
Export the results locally in CSV format.
Search: Begin typing to search the list for a known Title/URL.
Title and URL: The title and URL of the asset. Click the link. The details pane opens:
Search: Begin typing to search the list for a known Title/URL.
Link: The link to the resource that has the asset. Click the link to view more.
Type: The type of asset.
Response Code: This column shows the response code that is returned. For example:
200 means from the cache.
304 means the cache entry expired and the browser made an HTTP request to ask the server if any changes have been made, and the server has indicated that there is no need to download a new version of the resource and it is OK to use the same cache entry.
JavaScript
Click to select this option from the sub-menu under Technical on the left.
The JavaScript landing page opens. Sort between Internal and External from the list toolbar.
Export: Click Export. The current page downloads locally in CSV format.
Search: Begin typing to search the list for all known instances of JavaScript.
URL: The URL of the pages with JavaScript assets. Click the link to view the element as a user sees it.
Pages: Click Pages (the number of pages) on the same row as a URL to view all pages with this asset. The Pages with this JS page opens:
Click the link under the header to navigate to the asset and view it in detail.
Export the results locally in CSV format.
Search: Begin typing to search the list for a known Title/URL.
Title and URL: The title and URL of the page with the asset. Click the link. The page details pane opens:
Search: Begin typing to search the list for a known Title/URL.
Link: The link to the resource that has the asset. Click the link for more details.
Type: The type of asset.
Response Code: This column shows the response code that is returned. For example:
200 means from the cache.
304 means the cache entry expired and the browser made an HTTP request to ask the server if any changes have been made, and the server has indicated that there is no need to download a new version of the resource and it is OK to use the same cache entry.
Personal
The menu expands with the following options:
Email Addresses.
Email addresses
Click to open the Email Addresses page.
Export the results locally in CSV format.
Search: Begin typing to search the list for a known email address.
Email: The email address.
Create as policy: Click to use the email address as a rule within a policy (for example, to locate an unwanted email address within the website). The policy creation page opens, with most of the configuration pre-selected. Complete the policy and Save.
For more information, see the User Guide article:
Documents: Click to view documents that contain this email address.
Search: Begin typing to search the list for a known email address.
URL: The URL of the email address documents. Click the link to view the asset as a user sees it.
Page: Click to view the pages that contain the email address. The Page pane slides open.
Search: Begin typing to search the list for a known email address.
Title and URL: The title and URL of the page with the asset. Click the link. The page details pane opens:
Search: Begin typing to search the list for a known Title/URL.
Link: The link to the resource that has the asset. Click the link to view it as a visitor sees it.
Type: The type of asset.
Response Code: For example:
200 means from the cache.
304 means the cache entry expired and the browser made an HTTP request to ask the server if any changes have been made, and the server has indicated that there is no need to download a new version of the resource and it's OK to use the same cache entry.
Views: The number of page views.
Open page details (the page icon).
Inventory Reports
This section gives information about the reports for the Inventory module.
The available reports for Inventory are:
HTML Pages Inventory Report
Documents Inventory Report
Links Inventory Report.
Click Schedule This Report (calendar icon) on the same row as the report to receive the report as an email attachment. Multiple selection is allowed.
Click Open Report (eye icon) to get the newest report.
Click Report Administration (gear icon) to add other users to receive the report.
For more information, see the User Guide articles:
Additional Resources
For more information, see the User Guide chapters:
For definitions and explanations of acronyms and abbreviations used in the Monsido User Guide, see:
For further assistance, contact the Monsido support team at support@monsido.com or use the Monsido chat and help features inside the application.