Logging and reporting Viewing and managing logs saved to the hard disk
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8Select OK to run the search.
The web-based manager displays the messages that match the search criteria. You
can scroll through the messages or run another search.
Downloading a log file to the management computer
You can download log files to the management computer as plain text files or comma-
separated value (CSV) files. After downloading, you can view the text file with any text
editor or the CSV file using a spreadsheet program. Use the following procedure to
download log files:
1Go to Log&Report > Logging.
2Select Traffic Log, Event Log, Attack log, Antivirus Log, Web Filter Log, or Email Filter
Log.
3To download a log file to the management computer, select Download .
4Select a format for the log file:
Select Download file in the normal format to download the log messages to a text
file. Each line of the text file consists of a log message, the messages are the
formatted the same way as they appear on the web-based manager.
Select Download file in CSV format to download the log messages to text file in
comma separated value (CSV) format. In this format, a comma is added between
each field in each message. If you open this file in a spreadsheet program each
message field appears in a separate column.
5Select Save.
Deleting all messages in an active log
Use the following procedure to delete all messages from the active log:
1Go to Log&Report > Logging.
2Select Traffic Log, Event Log, Attack log, Antivirus Log, Web Filter Log, or Email Filter
Log.
3To delete all messages, select Empty Log .
4Select OK to delete the messages.
Keyword To search for any text in a log message. Keyword searching is
case-sensitive.
Source To search for any source IP address.
Destination To search for any destination IP address.
Time To search log messages created during the selected year, month, day, and
hour.
Note: After running a search, to display all log messages again, run another search but leave all
the search fields blank.