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56 The Workstation Installation/Operation Manual Version 2 Document 51540 Rev. B1 4/8/02
2.4.4 History Manager
The History Manager is a utility for viewing all of the events that are currently stored in the history database of a
network client application. It serves as a database manager which can organize all events which pass through the
main software application. The History Manager allows a complex set of filters to be applied to the events in order
to view the history for specific event types, devices, and events for specific dates.
There are three ways to access the History Manager:
1. Select Tools...History Manager within a network client (such as the workstation)
2. From the desktop, select Start...Programs...Uninet...History Manager.
3. Right click on a device and select View History.
When first launched, the History Manager displays events in the database. The information bar at the bottom of
the screen displays the number of entries within the database, which events are being shown, the date and current
time.
Figure 2-24: History Manager Main Screen
The Event Display Screen
The Event Display shows a list of events in the history file currently being viewed. This can be the current history file
in use by the application (for example: history.mdb) or it can be an archived history file. Color coding of displayed
events can be enabled or disabled at the user's choice for easier analysis by grouping entries by user definable
criteria. This function is accessed through the Configure...Use Color Coding menu item.
The History Manager displays all columns of the database currently being accessed. The information displayed by
the History Manager depends on what specific application provided the database. For example, if the History
Manager was running a UniLogic database, only columns specific to that database would be displayed in the
layout. Likewise, if the workstation database was being accessed by the History Manager, then all columns specific
to the workstation would be shown.
Aside from the different events which are targeted depending on what application is in use, the History Manager
retains a constant color coding system which applies to databases that support color coding. These colors allow
each event to be grouped with a greater prejudice than the variation in events.