Logging field descriptions

Last Updated : Jan 05, 2021 |
The Logging page has two sections: the upper section contains buttons that allow you to view the selected log details, search for logs, and set filters. The lower section displays logs in a table. The table provides information about the logs. You can click the column title to sort the column data in ascending or descending order.
Prolog information
Metadata
Keywords:
Name
Description
Select check box
The option to select a log.
Log ID
The unique identification number that identifies the log.
Time Stamp
The date and time of the log generation.
Host Name
The name of the system from which the log is generated.
Product Type
The code that uniquely identifies the component which generated the log. For example, product, device, application, and service. An example of the log product type is GW600, which is a product type code identifier.
Severity
The severity level of the log. The following are the type of severities:
  • Emergency: The system is unusable.
  • Alert: Action must be taken immediately.
  • Critical: Critical conditions.
  • Error: Error conditions.
  • Warning: Warning conditions.
  • Notice: Normal but significant condition.
  • Informational: Informational messages.
  • Debug: Debug-level messages.
Note:
The colors of severities do not indicate logging severities.
Event ID
The unique identification number assigned to the event that generated the log.
Message
A brief description of the log. The message is generated based on the severity level of the log. For a log with severity level debug, the message contains information about debugging an error.
Process Name
The process on the device generating the message, usually the process name and process ID.
Facility
The operating system, processes, and applications quantify messages into one of several categories. These categories generally consist of the generating facility, along with the severity of the message. The following are the types of supported facilities:
  • User-Level Messages
  • Security/authorization
  • Log Audit
Button
Description
View
Displays the Log - View Log Detail page. Use this page to view the details of the selected log.
Auto-Refresh Mode
Switches to the Auto-Refresh mode. When the Logging page is set in this mode, it automatically updates the logs in the table. This is a toggle button.
More ActionsExport Selected
Exports the selected logs to a CSV file. You can view the logs using Wordpad or Excel.
More ActionsExport All
Exports all the logs to a CSV file. You can view the logs using the Wordpad or Excel application.
Note:
When you use Advanced Search or Filter option to filter logs based on some criteria, Export All exports all the filtered data.
Advanced Search
The fields that you can use to specify the criteria for searching a log.
Refresh
Refreshes the log information in the table.
Filter: Enable
The fields under select columns that you can use to set filter criteria. This is a toggle button.
Filter: Disable
Hides the column filter fields without resetting the filter criteria. This is a toggle button.
Filter: Clear
Clears the filter criteria.
Filter: Apply
Filters logs based on the filter criteria.
Select: All
Selects all the logs in the table.
Select: None
Clears the selections.
Previous
Displays the logs on the previous page. This button is not available if you are on the first page.
Next
Displays the logs on the next page. This button is not available if you are on the last page.

Criteria section

This section appears when you click Advanced Search on the top right corner.
Name
Description
Criteria
Use this section to specify search conditions. Select the search criteria from the first drop down field. Select the operator from the second drop down list. Enter the search value in the text field.
Select the following search criteria from the first drop down list:
  • Log ID: The unique identification number assigned to the log.
  • Host Name: Name of the system for which log is generated.
  • Product type: A code which uniquely identifies the component which generated the log. For example, product, device, application, and service.
  • Severity: Severity level of the log.
  • Message: Brief description of the log.
  • Event ID: Unique identification number assigned to the event.
  • Process Name: Process on the device generating the message.
  • Time Stamp: Date and time of the log generation.
  • Facility: The operating systems, processes, and applications quantify messages into one of several categories. These categories consist of the generating facility with the severity of the message.
The second drop down list displays operators. Based on the search criteria that you select in the first drop down field, those applicable for the selected criteria are displayed in the second drop down list. The following are the list of operators:
  • Equals
  • Not Equals
  • Starts With
  • Ends With
  • Contains
The operators for Time Stamp are: =, >, <, >=, <=, and !=.
When you select Time Stamp from the first drop-down list, the page provides date and time fields for entering the date and time in the respective fields. Enter the date in MM/DD/YYYY format. You can select the date from the Calendar. You need to enter the time in one of the following formats:
  • 24Hr
  • AM
  • PM
Button
Description
Clear
Clears the search criterion and sets the criterion to the default search criteria.
Search
Searches the logs based on the search conditions.
Close/Advanced Search
Hides the search fields.
+
Adds a search condition.
-
Deletes a search condition.