Using Logs

To sort data against a column or to change a column's sort order, click its header. The column's current sort order is indicated by the sort glyph (a small arrow displayed at the column header's right edge). If the data is sorted in ascending order, the sort glyph represents an up-arrow. When sorted in descending order, the sort glyph is displayed as a down-arrow.

Sorting Rows by a Column's Value

Perform one of the following:

• Click a column's header holding the SHIFT key down, until an UP or Down arrow icon is displayed within the header (as shown below). The Up and Down arrows indicate ascending and descending sort orders, respectively.

• Right-click a column's header and select Sort Ascending or Sort Descending from the context menu (as shown below).

If sorting isn't applied, clicking the column's header sorts data by its values in ascending order. If sorting is already applied to the column, subsequent clicks reverse the current sort order. A regular click on a column header clears the sort settings on any other columns. To preserve the existing sort settings of other columns, hold the SHIFT key down while clicking. This can be useful when it is needed to sort against multiple columns.

The Group panel provides a section directly above the column headers in which a column can be dragged onto in order to group by that column. Numerous columns can be dragged for additional grouping. When a view is grouped by a single column, data rows that have identical values in this column are arranged into groups. Each group is identified by a group row. If the view is grouped by additional columns, data rows within each group are arranged into second level groups based on the values of the new grouping column, etc. Group rows are used to organize data rows into a tree when data grouping is applied.

To Group by a Column

Perform one of the following:

• Drag a column header from the column header panel to the Group Panel (as shown below).

• Right-click a column header and select Group By This Column from the context menu (as shown below). To remove grouping, right click the group panel and select Clear Grouping.

Filtering Events

A log table can be filtered in numerous ways, however, filter options may vary depending on the report. The most common filters are shown below. In addition, a Filter drop down is available for column filtering and a Filter Editor is available for those who prefer a more comprehensive filtering.

To Filter Events

1. Click the Columns button located on the Table Bar (as shown below). A list of available columns appear.

2. Select the columns to include in the report.

3. De-select the columns to omit from the report.

To Filter by Pre-defined Date Range

1. The Pre-defined Date Range drop-down defaults to the value Today which will display events from midnight to the present. Click this to show the list of pre-defined date ranges.

2. Select the pre-defined date range to use as a filter.

To Filter by Custom Starting and Ending Date/Time

Perform one of the following:

• In the Starting field, click the down arrow to display a calendar (as shown below) and select the desired starting date/time.

1. Double-click a portion of the current date value to highlight it.

2. Click the up or down arrow to modify the value (illustrated below).

• Follow the above instructions to modify the Ending date field.

To Filter by Task or Group of Tasks

1. The Tasks drop-down defaults to All Tasks which will display all task events. Click this to show the list of managed folders/tasks.

2. Select a folder to filter only tasks that reside in that folder or select an individual task as a filter.

NOTE: This filter only applies to Task Events and Audit Events logs.

To Filter by Keyword by the Way of the Search Panel

1. Open the search panel by right-clicking any column header and selecting Show search panel from the context menu that appears.

2. Click inside the search dialog box and type all or part of the keyword you want to search for. The list of events that contain matching text are populated as you type each letter, with matching characters highlighted for ease of detection (as shown below).  

3. To clear the search, click "X" located on the right side of the search dialog or press ESC.

4. To hide the search panel, click the Close button located to the right of the search box or right-click any column header and select Hide search panel.

To Use the Filter button

1. Invoke the Filter button by hovering over a column header.

2. Click the Filter button that comes into view.

3. Select an option from the drop-down list that appears. For example, to filter only tasks that ended with failure, filter the Result column by Task ended with Failure (as shown below).

The Filter Editor allows users to build complex filter criteria with an unlimited number of filter conditions, combined by logical operators. To invoke the Filter Editor, right-click any column header and select Filter Editor. The Filter Editor displays filter criteria as a tree structure, where nodes represent simple filter conditions. If the filter criteria consist of multiple filter conditions, the Filter Editor contains multiple nodes linked by logical operators into groups.

The Print/Export button (shown below) allows you to print or export the current table into a number of file types.

Clicking the Print/Export button opens a Print Preview window (as shown below) that shows a document's preview area and provides a toolbar that allows you to navigate through the document, as well as print and export it.

When selecting the Export or Send Via Email option, the report can be exported/sent in a variety of file formats (as shown below).

While a document is being generated, its progress appears in the Status Bar, which is demonstrated in the following image.

Right-clicking a particular column header presents the menu shown below which supplies more filtering options.

The following table describes each menu item: