Event Log

The Event Log component is intended for viewing and managing server events in the real-time mode. It also provides access to event history and allows to acknowledge events.

To allow using Event Filters, AggreGate Client creates one Event Log component per every server connection when it is active (established). Event Log component is automatically closed when connection to the corresponding server is broken.

Event Log window consist of two main parts: Current Events and Event History:

Both parts have a toolbar that helps to access frequently used functions. In the left part of both toolbars the is a drop down box that allows to select an Event Filter. Initially, these the selected filter is <Empty Filter> what means that no events are shown.

In some cases Event Log component shows a predefined set of event types. In this case list of Event Filters and related buttons ("Reactivate Filter", "Configure Filter") are not available.

Columns of event tables can be resized and reordered. To resize a column click on its margin and drag the mouse to left or right. To change column order, drag column header and drop it to a new location. Column size and order is applied to the current filter only. It is stored in the workspace and reused when AggreGate Client is restarted.

It is also possible to sort events. To enable sorting, click on the column header. Subsequent clicks will change sorting order for this column between ascending and descending.

Double-clicking the separator between headers of two columns will auto-fit the left-hand's column width (i.e, resize it to fit everything in it).

It is important to note that sorting of event history is performed on the server, so it may take considerable time.

Double clicking on any event opens Data Table associated with it in a Data Table Editor.

Current Events

Current Events table shows events happening on the server in the real time. Events are filtered according to the currently selected Event Filter or by the custom filtering rules specified by the server during execution of Show Event Log UI Procedure. In order to minimize the amount of transferred data, filtering is performed on the server.

Current Events Toolbar

The drop-down box selects Event Filter that will be used to filter events that will be shown in the log.

Event History

Event History displays events that happened in the past and were saved by the server. Not all events are persistently saved in the history. Events are filtered according to the currently selected Event Filter or by the custom filtering rules specified by the server during execution of Show Event Log UI Procedure.

Event History Toolbar

Event Filter selected in the drop-down box is used to filter out events that will be shown.

The total number of events corresponding to the filter and range of currently shown events is indicated in the right part of toolbar.

Context Menu

Context menu is available upon right click on one of the events in the Event Log. It includes two items:

Event context menu also contains a Related Actions submenu with list of actions related to the context where event was occurred or related to the event itself.

For example, for a Device Server-related event, "Reboot Device Server", "Configure Device Server" and other operations may be shown:

Acknowledging Events

Event acknowledgement function is available for persistent events only. When Acknowledge Event menu item is activated, user is prompted to enter acknowledgement text:

When acknowledgement is set, its time, author and text appear in special column of the events table:

Events Export

Event Log has support for event exporting to a number of well-known file formats. When events are exported, a Data Table containing events data is prepared first. This table contains the following fields:

Here is a list of supported export formats: