System - General: Activity Log

The Activity Log report is a history of system-wide configuration and application initialization messages generated by WhatsUp Gold for the time period chosen at the top of the report. All messages found in this Log are also written to the Windows Event log.

Each entry shows the type of activity logged as well as the date, source, category and actual message of the activity.

Click the link above the Type column to group the entries by message severity (Information, Warning, or Error).

Report Body

• Date. The date the activity took place.
• Type. The type of activity, for example "Information."
• Source. Where the activity originated, for example, "NmEngine."
• Category. The category of the activity, for example, "startup."
• Message. The activity message, for example, "Engine started."

Changing the report date

Use the date/time picker at the top of the report to select a date range and time frame.

In the Date range list, some reports also allow you to specify and customize the business hour report times for reports to display. This allows you to view the network activity only for specified business hours, if you prefer. The date and time format for the date on this report matches the format specified in Program Options > Regional set in the WhatsUp Gold console.

Navigation

You can change the report you are viewing by selecting one from the More System Reports pull-down menu.

Printing

You can print a fully formatted report through your browser by clicking the print icon in the browser's toolbar, or selecting File > Print from the browser's menu.

Toolbar buttons

Use the following toolbar buttons to manage report exports, schedule report emails, and get application help.

Click this icon to add the current report to: your Favorites list (available in full reports). Tip: After selected, Favorite reports can be accessed from the Reports > Favorites folder of the WhatsUp section of the GO Menu. export the report to a file (Text, Microsoft Excel, or PDF available in full reports and PDF available in workspace reports). email a report as a PDF attachment. schedule reports to be emailed. Note: JavaScript must be enabled on your browser for this feature to work.

Click this icon to view help for the current report.