Configuring and Printing the Log View Details
Scenario: You want to configure a log view, print, and save its details.
Reference: For background information, see Log Viewer reference.
Workflow Diagram:
Steps:
1 – Customize a Log View
- In System Browser, select Application View.
- Select Applications > Log Viewer.
- Log Viewer displays with the combined data from the Activity Log and Event Log.
- To define the log view size proceed as follows:
a. Navigate to the View Size property in the Extended Operation tab. This property displays the number of records in the log view.
b. In the Value field, specify a size for the log view. The maximum value is 250.000.
A large view size will slow down the process. In order to view and print a large amount of data, you must export the log view definition to Reports.
c. Click the Set button next to the Value field and thereafter click Refresh .
- To select columns in the log view, proceed as follows:
a. Click Select Columns : The Select Columns dialog box displays.
b. In the Available Columns list, select the check box preceding the column names you want displayed.
c. Click OK.
- To sort the default displayed log view data further, proceed as follows:
- To sort a column data in the ascending order, click the column header.
- To change the sort order to descending, click the column header a second time.
- To sort the column data for multiple columns, click the column header of the first column, press the CTRL key and click the column headers of subsequent columns.
- To change the sorting order of a column press the CTRL key and click the column header.
To remove the sorting order and priority of a column, select a column on which sorting is not applied.
If you hide a column having a sort priority, the priority of other sorted columns changes. Additionally, the data in the log view is re-ordered based on the new priority.
Re-selecting the hidden column from the Select Columns dialog box does not retain its sort order and priority.
- The data displays in the sorted order and a priority is assigned in case the sorting is applied to more than one column.
When you save the data as a log view definition, the sort criteria is also saved.
The next time when you load the log view definition, the data with the saved sort criteria displays.
- The log view is customized as per the specified settings.
2 – Apply Filters
- In System Browser, select Application View.
- Select Applications > Log Viewer.
- Log Viewer displays with the combined data from the Activity Log and Event Log.
- Apply the following filters according to the type of columns:
- Non-Date Time Columns
- Date Time Columns
- Save the log view definition by clicking Save .
- The log view displays data according to the specified filters.
3 – Refresh the Log View
- Perform any one of the following steps to manually refresh the data:
- Click Refresh : Any result filter on the log view is moved to the search filter.
- Press F5 on the keyboard.
- Save the log view definition by clicking Save .
- The result filters applied to the data set are converted to search filters.
4 – Print Log Grid Contents
- In System Browser, select Application View.
- Select Applications > Log Viewer.
- Click Print .
- In the Print dialog box, select the desired printer and specify the printing configurations.
- Click Print.
- The Log View details are printed.
NOTE:
The size of the font may vary depending on the number of columns in the log view grid.