Action Log
Action Log displays log records for triggered and scheduled tasks referred to in WhatsUp Gold as actions.
Each log message record contains the following data columns:
- . Date and time for the event message.
- . Specific action type that triggered. This string value corresponds to the name of the action in the Actions Library.
- . Action category (failure, cancel, retry, or blacked out).
- . Device that the action is assigned to.
- . Active Monitor to which the action is assigned.
- . Passive Monitor to which the action is assigned.
- . State that caused the action to fire. The trigger state is determined when the Action is configured on the device.
- . Log message string.
: At the bottom of the Action Log report, the record summary displays the total number of rows matching your filter criteria.
: When option is selected, logging is skipped for all but the first state change. For these cases, a skipped due to priority message will be recorded in the log.
Fetch and filter log data
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Choose specific windows for log data, reduce by date range, or choose 
for the latest.
Choose time constraints for data view
Control
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Purpose
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Date Range
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Choose or define an overall date range.
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Business hours
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- Focus on specific days of the week and periods within each day.
- Reveal trends that are sensitive to business hours, time zones, and other periodic attributes in the observed data.
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Select rows based on specific column values, remove columns, and remove noise and chaff from the table.
Filter tables rows and hide and select columns
Click a column heading 
and use the following from the drop down list:
Control
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Purpose
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Sort. 
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Sort column in ascending or descending order.
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Columns. 
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Pick the columns you want to view. Click a check box to display the column. Clear the check box to hide it.
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Group by this field.
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Group table into collapsible rows wherever the current column contains identical data ("field") values.
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Filters. 
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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.)
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Email, export, and save as PDF
Action Log event data can be exported, reused, and distributed. Select export (
) to access the following options:
Action Log
Choose time constraints.