Chapter11. Logging

Time Limits

Youcan limit the selection by a time interval.
Thedate is written as a year with two or four digits, month (01-12) and day (01-31). The optional punctuation
betweenyear, month and day must be dash (-). Time is written as two digits for the hour, two digits for the minute
andpossibly two digits for the second, although the seconds can be left out. The optional punctuation between
hours,minutes and seconds must be colon (:) or period (.).
Show log from
Youcan enter a date, a time or both to set an interval for the log display. If you leave the date field blank and enter a
timein the corresponding time field, today’s date is used. If you leave the time field blank and enter a date in the
datefield, the time is set to 00:00:00. If both fields are left blank, all events back to the log start will be displayed.
Show log until
Youcan enter a date, a time or both to set an interval for the log display. If you leave the date field blank and enter a
timein the corresponding time field, today’s date is used. If you leave the time field blank and enter a date in the date
field,the time is set to 23:59:59. If both fields are left blank, all events until the latest log event will be displayed.

Periodical search

Periodicalsearch will cause new events to appear automatically in the log display. Youenter the time interval for
updatingin the Seconds until next search field. This will only affect log display on your screen.

Show This

Youcan select the events you want to search for. NB: Youmust select IP packets as selected to get a log display of
thepackets selected in the boxes.

Display log

Belowthe boxes you can choose to display the log on your computer screen or export it to a file. For screen display,
enterthe desired number of lines per page and press Display log.

Export log

Youcan also save the log to a file. Enter the maximum size of the log file. If you must have the latest log events,
selectShow newest at top.
Youcan choose between different file formats; TAB-separated file, comma-separated file and WELF (WebTrends
EnhancedLog Format). These are text formats, which means that you can import the files in a text editor for
analysis.TAB- and comma-separated files contain all information from the log file. WELF is an open standard used
byseveral log analyzer tools. However, all WELF compatible syslog messages will not be exported.
WELFuses the Telecommuting Module name you enter on the Basic Configuration page. Some WELF
applicationshave licenses restricted to a certain number of Telecommuting Modules. This can cause trouble if you
changethe name of your Telecommuting Module.
Ifyou export a log to WELF with Show newest at top selected, this may become troublesome when using some
WELFapplications, which cannot handle events in reverse order.
PressExport log and enter the file name and path to export to file.

Clear form

Resetsthe form.
The log
Thelog shows every packet and event on a separate row.
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