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Log Viewer
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3.7 Log Viewer
The main function of the Log Viewer is to present you the historical data of all
system activities and events without having to create and configure a report from
the reports application.
This section provides background information on Log Viewer. For related
procedures, see the step-by-step section.
3.7.1 Overview of Log Viewer
The Log Viewer application allows you to view the historical data related to system
activities and events directly without creating and configuring a report from the
Reports application.
The information related to all the system activities and events displays in a tablular
format. You can create a subset of this information by applying the necessary
configurations such as filters, identifying the columns to display, specifying the
number of records to display, and other settings, such as resizing the column width
or re-ordering the columns.
Once configured, this information can be saved as a log view definition that can be
used later. When you access the log view definition at a later date, the latest data,
according to the configurations that you have applied to the definition, displays.
When you save the data as a log view definition that has sorting applied, the sort
criteria is also saved. The next time when you load the log view definition, the data
with the saved sort criteria displays.
In a distributed system, the data from all the systems displays in the log view grid.
You can view log data using any of the following procedures:
● Selecting the Log Viewer root node, a log view folder, or a saved log view
definition from the System Browser.
● Selecting an object from System Browser: This displays the Activity and Event
Log records for the selected object in the Detailed Log tab.
● Selecting an object from any application such as Graphics, Trends, Textual
Viewer, or Reports: This displays the latest 100 Activity and Event Log records
for the object in the Detailed Log tab.
● Selecting an Activity type or Event type record in the log view: When you select
an Activity type record from a log view, the latest 100 Activity and Event Logs
for the selected object display in the Detailed Log tab. However, if an Event
type record is selected, the details of the selected event including the different
state changes of the event and the user activities performed in context of the
event are displayed in the Detailed Log tab.
● Selecting an event from Event List: Displays information about the object
involved in the event in the Detailed Log tab.
However, if you have selected more than one object, the Detailed Log tab does not
display any information.