Activity Log

Activity Log displays log records for system-level events including startup and initialization, shutdown, and restart.

Each log message record contains the following data columns:

Date. Date and time for the event message.
Type. Denotes message severity level, for example Information.
Source. WhatsUp Gold component that registered the message. For example, NmEngine.
Category. Category of activity. For example, startup.
Message. WhatsUp Gold component's logged message. For example, NmEngine. started.

Note: At the bottom of the Activity Log report, the record summary displays the total number of rows matching your filter criteria.

Choose device. Choose one or more host devices.

Filter and reduce by row and by column. Select rows based on specific column values, remove columns, and remove noise and chaff from the table.

Activity Log event data can be exported, reused, and distributed. Select export () to access the following options:

Export to PDF. Save grid and chart views as PDF.
Export Data. Export Activity Log data and leverage outside of WhatsUp Gold.
Schedule Export. Set a recurring date and time, format, and email destination for report data export.

Control	Purpose
Device	Browse and choose a single device.
Device Group	Choose an existing group of one or more devices. You can also create custom or dynamic groups.

Control	Purpose
Sort.	Sort column in ascending or descending order.
Columns.	Pick the columns you want to view. Click a check box to display the column. Clear the check box to hide it.
Group by this field.	Group table into collapsible rows wherever the current column contains identical data ("field") values.
Filters.	Provide a keyword and use wildcards to view only rows that contain the keyword for the selected column or view. Most column and log view filters provide the following wildcard matching: Match either zero characters or any one character ('?'). Example: `198.51.100.2?` (Matches tokens with IP address ending with 2, or 20-29.) Match either zero, any one, or many characters (*''*). Example:* `Stop` (Matches log strings containing Stop, Stopped, Stopping*, and so on.)