User guide

To change the event log retention period:
1. Click the Reports tab.
2. Click Log Retention in the side navigation bar. The Event Log Retention Time window
will open.
3. Type a number of days (from 1-365) in the Days field, or select it using the menu.
4. Click Save.
Creating an Event Log .csv File
All or selected columns of the event log can be exported as a comma separated values (.csv)
file. The output event log file is named eventlog.csv by default, but you may change the name
when it is saved. The .csv file may be viewed in a text editor or spreadsheet application, such
as Microsoft Excel.
NOTE: To create a task to export the event log to a .csv file, see Task: Exporting an event log .csv file on page 365.
To create an event log .csv file:
1. Click the Reports tab.
2. Click Tools in the side navigation bar. The Event Log Tools window will open.
3. Click the Export Event Log icon or text. The Export Event Log Wizard will appear.
4. The Select Columns to Export window will open.
• To add one or more columns to export, select the column(s) from the Available
Columns list, then click Add. The columns will be moved to the Columns to Export
list.
• To remove one or more columns, select the column(s) from the Columns to Export list,
then click Remove. The columns will be moved to the Available Columns list.
• To change the order in which exported columns are listed in the output .csv file, select
one or more 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.
Click Next.
5. The Save Process window will open, explaining how the file will be saved. Click Next.
6. The Completed Successful window will open, along with a File Download dialog box.
7. From the File Download dialog box, click Open. The file will be downloaded and will
open on the DSView software client. By default, .csv files are configured to open in
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