KACE Desktop Authority 11.2.1 - Reporting Guide

Log File Viewer

The Log File Viewer is used to view available log files. These files are created and updated each time a client logs on to the network. A log file is a Comma Separated Value (comma delimited) file and can be viewed in any text editor or directly within Desktop Authority. A new log file is created each day for each profile. The log file’s name is constructed using the profile name as well as the date of the file. For example, on April 10, 2001, profile SLP00001, the log file created will be SPL00001_20010410.CSV.

The Log File Viewer is accessible by clicking View on the Logging object.

Filter available logs yo

Since there are most likely numerous log files located in the Log share, select a Profile, Month and Year to limit the files listed in the Available logs list.

Available logs

This list displays all available log files from the Log share. This list is filtered based on the Month and Year specified in the Filter Available Logs To field. To add a log file to the Selected Logs list click Add>> or double click on an entry.

Selected logs

This list displays all selected log files. The selected files will be opened in the log file viewer when View is clicked.

Add >>

Click Add>> to add the selected Available Logs file(s) to the Selected Logs list.

Add all

Click Add All to add all Available Log files to the Selected Logs list.

<< Remove

Click <<Remove to remove the selected file(s) from the Selected Logs list and restore them to the Available Logs list.

Remove all

Click Remove All to remove all files from the Selected Logs list and restore them to the Available Logs list.

Purge log files older than [xx] months

Desktop Authority can automatically purge log files older than xx months. Specify the number of months in this entry. To disable the automatic purge of log files, enter 0 in this field. Old log files are purged when the Log File Viewer button is pressed. Once a log file is purged, it is no longer available in the Log File Viewer list.

View

Click View to view the contents of all selected log files. The log files are combined and displayed as one contiguous list of entries in date/time default order. This list can be sorted by any column specified for the log file definition. Click on a column header to sort the entries. When viewing log files, the number of unique clients is determined and displayed on the bottom of the View Log File dialog.