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Global Settings
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Viewing the Access Logs
The log files are saved in
Program Files\VBrick\MCS\Logs
.You can view these file using a
standard editor like Notepad or you can use the Excel spreadsheet template provided by
VBrick. The
MCSS Access Log.xlt
template file makes to easy to view and sort log files. You
can also use this template to build Pivot Tables to analyze the log data in greater detail. Pivot
Tables are a powerful tool used to analyze multi-dimensional data. Pivot Tables are beyond
the scope of this document and are not explained here. For an introduction to Pivot Tables,
there are a variety of resources on the web including the Microsoft Office online demo at
http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/assistance/HA011989031033.aspx
T
To create a pivot table:
1. Navigate to
C:\Program Files\VBrick\MCS\Utils
and double-click
MCSS Access Log.xlt
2. When prompted, select
Enable Macros
.
3. Click
Import Log(s)
and navigate to the log files in
Program Files\VBrick\MCS\Logs
4. Select one or more log files by holding down the
Ctrl
or
Shift
keys while selecting files.
5. Once the window is populated with log data (Figure 9) you can view or sort any of the
columns as necessary.
6. Click
Pivot Table Wizard
and follow the prompts to build a Pivot Table.