Chapter 6. The Event Log Viewer Security 2015
The “Event Log Viewer” displays the following event information:
Time
The exact time, to the second, that the event took place.
User
Text
The name of the user that performed the action resulting in the event.
A brief description of the event.
5. Use the window scroll bars or up/down arrow events.
buttons to scroll through the list of
6. To list more detailed event descriptions, click View to open the “Log Detail View” window.
7. Use the up/down arrow
Figure 35: The "Log Detail View" window
buttons to display the individual events from that day.
Finding a log entry
The “Event Log Viewer” allows you to search for event logs that contain specified text. You could, for example, use this to look for all the users who logged into a program on a certain day.
You would then search for event messages that have the text “login”.
To search for a log entry
1. In the “ Event Log Viewer ” window, select the HandiSoft program or user for which you want
to find specific events.
This will search through all the available event logs for that program or user. You can narrow down the search by expanding the user or program entry and selecting a year, month or day. You can also search through the logs for all the users or programs or by selecting the “Users” or “HandiSoft Programs” entry at the top of the tree.
2. Click Find.
Security 2015 will open the “Find In Log” window.
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Figure 36: The "Find In Log" window
Under Find in, the window displays the extent of the search. This indicates that it will search through all the event logs for the Practice Manager – Security on 15 January 2015.
3. In the Text field, enter the text to be searched for, and click OK.
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