This window displays information on actions that have transpired over a specific
period. The default period is the last 24 hours.
- File => Close
- Select this option to close this dialog.
- Edit =>
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- Delete
- Deletes the selected action from the table in the Actions ( ) pane.
This selection performs the same action as:
-
Right-clicking on an action entry and selecting Delete from the context
menu
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Right or Left-clicking on an action entry and selecting the Delete icon
(
)
from the toolbar
- Select All
- Selects all entries in the history. You can then use the Delete icon
(
)
in the toolbar to remove all actions from the history. Use Deselect All to
unselect the entries.
- Deselect All
- Resets all entries in the history to unselected (unhighlighted).
- View =>
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- Refresh
- Updates the displayed items. Refreshing is useful to see actions that have
executed since the Action History was first displayed or since the last refresh.
This selection performs the same action as the Refresh icon
(
)
- Vertical Split
- Default. Arranges the window panes in a side-by-side configuration.
- Horizontal Split
- Arranges the window panes in an over-under configuration.
- Options =>
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- Set Time Range
- Specifies the number of hours, days, or weeks for which events are displayed.
The default is 24 hours.
- Set History Count
- Specifies the number of action entries that are displayed. The default is 100 entries.
- Updates the displayed items. Refreshing is useful to see actions that have
executed since the Action History was first displayed or since the last refresh.
This selection performs the same action as View => Refresh.
- Removes the selected action. This selection performs the same action as:
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Edit => Delete
-
Right-clicking on an action entry and selecting Delete from the context
menu.
- Actions ( )
- This pane lists the actions that have executed during the period shown in
the caption. The default, Last 24 Hours, is changed if you change the
time range.
- Start Date
- Identifies the calendar date on which the action was executed.
- Start Time
- Identifies the time of day the action was executed.
- Start Status
- Identifies whether the action was started successfully or unsuccessfully.
- Action Name
- Identifies the name of the action as it appears in the event dialogs.
- System Name
- Identifies the name of the system for which the event was generated. For
actions that are performed on the "event" system, this is also the
name of that system.
- End Date
- If applicable, identifies the day on which the action completed.
- End Time
- If applicable, identifies the time the action completed.
- End Status
- If available, identifies the completion status of the action.
- Additional Information
- If available, provides additional information related to the success or
failure of the requested action. More often than not, the information shown here
attempts to explain why a particular action was unsuccessful. With remote
program execution actions, this field contains program return codes specific to
the application.
- Right-click on an entry => Delete
- Deletes the selected action from the table in the Actions ( ) pane.
This selection performs the same action as:
-
Edit => Delete
-
Right or Left-clicking on an action entry and selecting the Delete icon
(
)
from the toolbar
-
- Right-click on an entry => Find
- Displays a dialog that enables you to specify data you want to locate. This
action is useful if there are numerous entries in the history. Find next searches
the entire view for the specified data.
- Right-click on a column => Sort => Ascending
- Sorts the entries by selected column in ascending order.
- Right-click on a column => Sort => Descending
- Sorts the entries by selected column in descending order.
- Right-click on a column => Hide Column
- Do not display the selected column.
- Right-click on an entry => Show Column => hidden_column
- Display the selected column which is currently hidden. This option only
appears if there are any hidden columns.
- Action Details
- Displays the details of the selected action. Refer to the categories listed
under Actions ( ) for descriptions of the keyword values that do not
appear here.
- Event Type
- Identifies the source of the event.
- Event Severity
- Identifies the severity level of the event, for example, harmless or fatal.
- Event Category
- Displays the resolution status of the event, either unresolved (Alert) or
resolved (Resolution).
- Event Sender Name
- If available, identifies the source from which the event was forwarded.
- Each of these fields, in addition to the System Name, describes the
conditions under which this instance of an action was invoked.