Web Replay

Sym3 Replay is a tool designed to enhance the monitoring and analysis of system operations. It connects to the Sym3 Replay Server to provide a playback of recorded system activities. This feature allows users to review past events, analyze system performance, and identify any issues or anomalies that occurred during specific time periods.

Settings

The configuration for web replay is located in the ‘Web Replay’ tab on the Settings page. See the Settings documentation.

Overview

The Web Replay interface includes a replay timeline control, a toolbar and side panels.

Replay Timeline Control

The Replay Timeline Control allows you to select a date to view recordings from that day. Once a date is selected, the recordings for that date will be loaded into the view.

Each day is divided into 4-hour windows. In the mini-browser, you can select one of these windows to load that specific time range into view.

In the timeline control, you can drag and drop the orange pointer, or click on a position to skip to that point in the replay.



At the bottom of the timeline control, there are several buttons for controlling the replay:

Button Description
To Beginning Loads the earliest available recording.
Back 10 seconds Moves the current playback position back by 10 seconds.
Pause Pauses the playback.
Play Resumes the playback.
Forward 10 seconds Moves the current playback position forward by 10 seconds.
To End Skips to the end of the latest recording.
Speed Factor Adjust the playback speed.
Share URL To copy the Replay URL at current time in the clipboard.

Web Client

For browsing and using the 3D view. See the Settings documentation.

Advanced

It is possible to specify at which date and time Replay should play. This datetime is passed as a parameter in the URL, for example:

https://localhost:4031/sym3web/replay?time=2025-05-17T21:52:00Z

The datetime format is using ISO 8601 and UTC time (Replay will automatically convert this into server time).

It is mandatory to pass the UTC time!.

This format is human-readable and widely accepted, which helps avoid ambiguity and ensures compatibility across different systems. The ISO 8601 format for datetime is typically represented as yyyy-MM-ddTHH:mm:ssZ, where T separates the date and time, and Z indicates UTC time. For example, 2025-04-10T07:00:00Z.