
Chapter 14: Viewing Logs
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C
HAPTER
14:
V
IEWING
L
OGS
There are three types of logs:
•
Web
Logs
— records web‐surfing transactions of users in your network, according to your
logging policy.
•
System
Logs
— records events that have taken place in the system, for example, updates that have
been installed, a module that is not responding and so on.
•
Audit
Logs
— records all changes made or actions taken from the Management Console, including
tracking the creation of and changes to, policies, as well as system configuration
When viewing a log, you can perform a search for relevant IDs.
You can also create filters, and create, edit, and manage log profiles, for each log type.
This chapter contains the following topics:
•
Viewing Logs
•
Creating, Editing, and Managing Log Profiles
s
•
Viewing Transaction Details (Web Log only)
Viewing Logs
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To view a log
1. Choose
Logs
and
Reports
Æ
View
<logtype>
.
The log is displayed with the default profile. The information displayed in each column for the log
entries is generally self‐explanatory. For a detailed description of the data, see the
SWG
Manage
ment
Console
Reference
Guide
.
2. Optionally, choose a different profile, which will adjust the columns displayed and the filtering of
the display.
3. To edit the current profile, click
; to create a new profile, click
.
Then see
Creating, Editing, and Managing Log Profiles
for instructions.
4. To find a specific log entry, enter the ID in the
Find
<type>
ID
field and click
. For System
and Audit logs, specify a Log ID; for Web logs, specify a transaction ID.
5. To re‐display the full display, click
.