Filtering and sorting log records

  1. To filter log records, click the Filter Properties button filter icon in the Log view. The Filter Properties dialog box opens.

    list of filter properties, some checked and some not
     
  2. To control which properties (that is, error log fields) should appear in the Properties pane, select or clear the properties to be displayed.  To control their order, use the Up and Down buttons.
  3. To filter by severity, select or clear the severity of error log records.  Severity is indicated like this:
    Icon of an outlined rectangle with the top half colored red
    High severity
    Icon of an outlined rectangle with the mid section colored yellow
    Medium severity
    Icon of an outlined rectangle with the lower half colored blue
    Low severity

    Click OK.  The list of records is refreshed.
  4. To sort the sort order in the Log records pane, click the Sort button:  sort icon.  The Sort Log Records window opens.
  5. To select which properties to sort on, move them to the right side.  Sorting will proceed using the top property first, then the next, and so on.

    sort log records dialog showing properties in left pane and selected properties in right pane

     
  6. To change which property to sort on first, select it and click the Up key to move it to the top position.
  7. Click OK.  The log records are resorted.

 

Related concepts
Overview of the Log Analyzer

Related tasks
Working with log files
Analyzing a log file
Setting logging preferences
Correlating log files

Related reference
Log view


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