Displaying and arranging log columns

When viewing logs, you can display, hide, sort and re-order columns.

For most columns, you can also filter data within the columns to include or exclude log messages which contain your specified text in that column. For more information, see “Searching log messages” on page 212.

By default, each page’s worth of log messages is listed with the log message with the lowest index number towards the top.

To sort the page’s entries in ascending or descending order

1. Click the column heading by which you want to sort.

The log messages are sorted in ascending order.

2. To sort in descending order, click the column heading again.

Depending on your currently selected theme:

• the column heading may darken in color to indicate which column is being used to sort the page
• a small upwards-or downwards-pointing arrow may appear in the column heading next to its name to indicate the current sort order.

To display or hide columns

1. Go to Monitor > Log.
2. Click one of the log type tabs: History, Event, AntiVirus, AntiSpam, or Encryption.
3. Double-click the row corresponding to time period whose log messages you want to view.
4. Position your mouse cursor over a column heading to display the down arrow on its right-hand side, move your cursor over Columns to display the list of available columns, then mark the check boxes of columns that you want to display.

Figure 83:Hiding and showing log columns

5. Click Save View.

To change the order of the columns

1. Go to Monitor > Log.
2. Click a log type tab, such as History.
3. Double-click the row corresponding to time period whose log messages you want to view.
4. For each column whose order you want to change, click and drag its column heading to the left or right.

Figure 84:Re-ordering log columns

While dragging the column heading within the heading row, two arrows follow the column, jumping to the nearest border between columns, indicating where the column will be inserted if you release the mouse button at that time.

5. Click Save View.