Viewing log interactions

The sequence diagram views provide a number of actions that can be performed to easily view log interactions.

Opening log interactions view
Opening log thread interactions view
Opening diagram overview
Navigating through log records
Going to the source of a correlation
Going to the target of a correlation
Zooming in and zooming out

Opening log interactions view

To open a sequence diagram log interaction view, follow these steps:

Select a correlation in the Log Navigator view.
Right click, then select Open With > Log interactions. The Sequence Diagram log interactions view opens.
To identify an event, hover the cursor over it.

The following alternatives can be used when opening the view from a log agent.

Alternative A
1. Select one or more log agents in the Log Navigator view.
2. Right click, then select Open with > Log Interactions. The Select Log Records Correlation Schema dialog box opens.
3. Click OK to associate log records by timestamp. The Sequence Diagram Log thread interactions view opens.
4. To identify an event, hover the cursor over it.
Alternative B
1. Select one or more log agents in the Log Navigator view.
2. Create a new log correlation.
3. Select the newly created correlation.
4. Right-click, then select Open With > Log Interactions. The Sequence Diagram Log interactions view opens.

Opening log thread interactions

To view thread interactions among log records, grouped by threads, follow the procedures listed in Opening log interactions view. In step 2 use Open with > Log Thread interactions when selecting the view.

Opening diagram overview

For large views where scrolling is required, the overview can be used to navigate to and from different pages within the sequence diagram.
To open the sequence diagram overview, click on the Sequence diagram overview button button at the right-hand corner of the view. The sequence diagram overview is displayed.

Sequence diagram overview

This button is only displayed when scrolling is required.

Navigating through log records

For views with multiple pages, there are several methods of navigation available.

Toolbar drop-down menu
From the toolbar drop-down menu, select Navigation. The navigation menu opens. Select any of the navigation actions.
Toolbar and drop-down menu buttons
Use the Go to next page and Go to previous page icons to navigate from one page to another.
Pages dialog
1. From the toolbar drop-down menu, select Pages. The Sequence Diagram pages opens.
2. Type the page number that you want to go to. Click OK. The log interactions refreshes to the page entered.

Going to target of a correlation

For a correlation target that is on another page, you can quickly jump to the target by following these steps:

Select the correlation (arrow pointing to a dot).
Right click. The popup menu opens.. Select Go to target. If there is only a one-to-one correlation, the view window refreshes and shows the target record. If there is more than one target, the Select event dialog box opens.
Select an event from the list. Click OK. The view window refreshes and shows the target event.

Going to source of a correlation

For a correlation source that is on another page, you can quickly jump to the source by following these steps:

Select the correlation (arrow pointing away from a dot).
Right click. The popup menu opens.. Select Go to source. If there is only a one-to-one correlation, the view window refreshes and shows the source record. If there is more than one source, the Select event dialog box opens.
Select an event from the list. Click OK. The view window refreshes and shows the source record.

The page size in the views can be adjusted in the preferences. Please see the section on Customzing page size.

Zooming in and zooming out

To return the view to the default display size (reset zoom factor), to zoom in, or to zoom out, use this set of toolbar controls. reset zoom in and zoom out .

Related tasks
Correlating log files
Working with log files