Types of files

There are several files needed by Discover to collect and display various user agent information for reporting.

This table lists and describes the files used to collect and display various user agent information:

File Description

browscap.csv

A publicly available standard for user agents on the web. This file is maintained by a third-party and should be updated in your Discover solution on a regular basis. See browscap.csv.

UserCap.csv

This file is created and maintained by Discover in a format similar to the above browscap.csv. You can use this file to overwrite the values for specific user agents in the browscap.csv standard.

  • This file can be used to insert user agent values that are not present in the public standard.
  • See UserCap.csv.

UserSupplement.csv

This file is created and maintained by Discover in a format similar to the above browscap.csv. You can use this file to add user agent values that do not appear in either public standard. See UserSupplement.csv.