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Chapter 66 Viewing Events
Using Event Viewer
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Copy button—Click the down arrow on this button and select All Rows or Selected Rows. The
information is copied to the clipboard, and you can paste it into another application. Note that
the Selected Rows command works only if you select at least one row in the table.
•Next, Previous buttons—Click these buttons to scroll through the events currently displayed in the
event table. Next moves up and Previous moves down in the table.

Copying Event Records

You can copy single events, multiple events, all events, or even the contents of a single cell to the
clipboard. You can then paste the information into another application, such as a spreadsheet or an e-mail
message.
You can do the following from the event table:
•Copy selected events—To copy one or more selected events, right-click in the event table and select
Copy Selected Events. The event you right-click does not matter, the copied events are those that
are selected (highlighted) in the table.
Click an event to select it. Hold Ctrl key to select additional events, or hold the Shift key to select
a range of events.
•Copy the contents of a single cell—To copy the contents of a single cell in one event, right-click
the cell and select Copy Cell. You cannot copy cell contents if there is more than one event selected
in the table.
•Copy all events—To copy all the events shown in the event table, right-click anywhere in the table
and select Copy All Events.

Saving Events to a File

Rather than copying events to the clipboard and pasting them into another application, you can directly
save events to an HTML or comma-separated values (CSV) file. HTML files are useful for viewing
information, whereas you can open a CSV file in a spreadsheet application for further analysis and report
generation.
When saving event data, you are prompted to select a folder and enter a file name.
You can do the following from the event table:
•Save selected events—To save one or more selected events, right-click in the event table and select
either Save Selected Events as HTML or Save Selected Events as CSV. The event you right-click
does not matter, the saved events are those that are selected (highlighted) in the table.
Click an event to select it. Hold Ctrl key to select additional events, or hold the Shift key to select
a range of events.
•Save all events—To save all the events shown in the event table, right-click anywhere in the table
and select either Save All Events as HTML or Save All Events as CSV.
Looking Up a Security Manager Policy from Event Viewer
In Event Viewer, if an event was generated from an IPS signature policy, or from certain actions related
to explicit access rules (such as denied access), you can quickly locate the related signature or access
rule from the event itself.