User Guide

Log Viewer
Log Viewer Reference
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Siemens
User Guide Version 3.0
A6V10415471
Building Technologies
2017-11-30
● Action Result
● Event Mode
● Event Category
● Event State
● Log Type
● Action
● Quality
● Previous Quality
Custom Filter Syntax
To create a custom filter, you must know the data type of the column for which you
want to apply the filter. The following examples should help you create custom
filters without syntax errors.
1. If column displays text data, for example string or enumeration, then the value
must be enclosed within double quotes.
– ‘Source Description’ = “Analog Output 1”
– ‘Event Mode’ = “Normal”
– 'Value' = "True"
– 'Previous Quality' = "#COM"
2. If column displays date time value, then the value must be in date time format
configured in Windows on the server. Date must be in the short date format,
time in the long time format (24 hours).
– ‘Date/Time’ = 3/13/2014 16:04:25 (assuming that the date format on the
server is M/D/YYYY)
– 'Value' = 07/24/2014 11:52:00
3. If column displays Boolean data, such as TRUE or FALSE, the value must be
enclosed in double quotes.
– 'Previous Value' = "True"
– ‘Value’ = “False”
4. If column displays numeric data, for example, 54.11, 25, -20, and so on, then
the values must be specified as follows:
– 'Value' = 54.11
NOTE: The decimal separator must be according to your Windows
Regional and Language settings.
5. If column displays bit string, then the value must be enclosed in double quotes.
– ‘Quality’ = “Out of service”
6. Specify time values in a 24-hour clock format. For example, to specify the
Source Time as 2.00 PM, type 14.00.
Types of Custom Filters
There are two types of custom filters that are applied to the log data:
Result filter: The Result filter enables you to filter data from the displayed data set
in the log view. You cannot save a result filter condition. In order to save the filter
condition, you must move the result filter to a search filter and then save the
configuration as a Log View Definition. You can apply a result filter from the
Custom Filter dialog box, Quick filter, Selection filter, and using drag-and-drop.
Search filter: The Search filter enables you to obtain the data matching the filter
expression from the database. Any modification or addition to the search filter,
refreshes the log view automatically, so that all the data matching the search filter
is obtained from the database. To preserve the search filters, you must save the
settings as a Log View Definition. Using the Search filter, you can filter the data for
the columns that are present in the log view.