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Chapter 9: Using Tools 263
2. The Select Task to Add window will open.
a. Select Export event log to a comma separated values (.CSV) file from the drop-
down menu.
b. Type a 1-64 character name for the task.
c. Click Next.
3. The Select When to Run the Task window will open. Select a time to run the task (see
Specifying when to run tasks on page 257 for more information), then click Next.
4. The Specify Export Event Log Properties window will open.
a. Type the directory in which to create the event log, which may be a local drive on the
DSView software server or at a location specified by a UNC path. The directory name
must be entered in case sensitive text if your operating system supports case
sensitive filenames.
b. Click Login required to access shared drive location if the location specified is a network
drive that requires a log in. Then, type the username and password and confirm the
password of a user account that has read/write access to the network share location. The
Location field cannot be set to a mapped network drive. It must be set to either a physical
local drive or a shared network location specified as a UNC path.
c. Click Use date and time for file naming to append the date and time (in military time) to
the end of the event log file. For example, if you are creating the event log file on October
1, 2004 at 10:04 pm, the file created will be named eventlog1001042204.csv.
If an event log exists in the specified directory and you do not use this option, it will be
overwritten when the new event log is created.
d. Click Next.
5. The Select Event Log Columns to Export window will open. Add or remove the columns of
information that you wish to export. See Customizing the Event Log window on page 276 for
more information.
To add a column of information:
• Select the column to export from the Available Columns list. Multiple columns may be
selected by pressing
Ctrl or Shift while clicking on the column names.
•Click Add. The column(s) will be moved to the Columns to Export list.
To remove a column of information:
• Select the column to remove from the Columns to Export list. Multiple columns may be
selected by pressing
Ctrl or Shift while clicking on the column names.
•Click Remove. The column(s) will be moved to the Available Columns list.
To change the order in which exported columns are listed in the output .csv file, select the
columns in the Columns to Export list and use the up and down arrows to move the selected
columns up or down in the listing. Multiple columns may be selected by pressing
Ctrl while
clicking on the column names.