Fortinet FortiAnalyzer 3.0 MR7 User Manual

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Log

Viewing log messages

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Figure 2: Viewing historical logs

Devices

Select the type of device you want to view logs from. If you select

All FortiGates, all log messages from all registered FortiGate units

appear.

Log Types

Select to view a different device’s logs, or a different log type.

Formatted | Raw

Select a view of the log file. Selecting Formatted (the default)

displays the log files in columnar format. Selecting Raw, displays

the log information as it actually appears in the log file.

View n per page

Select the number of rows of log entries to display per page. You

can choose up to 1000 entries.

Page n of n

Enter a log page number, then press Enter to go to that page.

Column Settings

Select to change the columns to view and the order they appear

on the page. For more information, see

Search

Enter a keyword to perform a simple search on the log information

available. Select Go to begin the search. The number of matches

appears above the Search field.
The FortiAnalyzer unit will search the entire log data for the

keyword you enter.

Printable Version

Select to download an HTML file containing all log messages that

match the current filters. The HTML file is formatted to be

printable.
Time required to generate and download large reports varies by

the total amount of log messages, the complexity of any search

criteria, the specificity of your column filters, and the speed of your

network connection.

Download Current
View

Select to download only those log messages which are currently

visible, according to enabled filters.
This button appears only when the current view is filtered. The

downloaded version will match the current log view, containing

only log messages that match your current filter settings.

Printable Version

Column
Settings