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Opalis Integration Server > Foundation Objects > System > Save Event Log

Save Event Log
The Save Event Log object is used to save entries from an event log so that they can be used later. The Save Event Log object saves the event log entries to a delimited text file in a format that you specify. The object allows you to choose which fields will be saved and allows you to filter against the fields to only allow particular event log entries to be saved.
This object uses a satellite license. See Objects that Require Satellite Licenses for more information.
How it is used
The Save Event Log object can be used to create audit trails of problems that occur with a particular application or specific categories of event log entries. These saved files can later be used to track the performance of servers and applications in your network.
Configuration
To configure the Save Event Log object you will need to know the event log that you are saving from, the computer where it is located, the fields that you want to include, and the format that you want the file to conform to. If you require only specific entries to be saved and not the entire event log, you will need to know what fields to filter against as well as what values to use to filter.
Details Tab
 
Computer
Type the computer where the event log is located. Type localhost to specify the Action Server where the Policy is being processed. You can also use the ellipsis (...) button to browse for the computer.
Log name
Type the name of the Windows Event Log where the entries that you are saving are located. You can also use the ellipsis (...) button to browse for the event log. You will need to have the Computer properly specified to browse for the event log.
Include
Select all the Event Log fields that you want to save to the file.
Filters Tab
 
EventId
Select and type the specific event ID of the event log entry that you want to save.
Source
Select and type the value that the Source field of the event log entires will need to match.
Category
Select and type the value that the Category field of the event log entires will need to match.
Description
Select and type the value that the Description field of the event log entires will need to match.
Type
Select and specify the value that the Type field of the event log entries will need to match.
Computer
Select and specify the value that the Computer field of the event log entries will need to match.
Date
Select and specify the ranges of dates that the events will need to be from to be included.
Output Tab
 
File name
Type the name of the file where the event log entries will be saved. This file will be saved on the computer where the event log resides.
If the file exists
Select the action that you want to take if a file with the same name already exists:
Create a file with a unique name - Select to append a value to the filename to create a unique name that does not conflict with an existing name.
Append - Select to append the entries that are being saved to the file.
Overwrite - Select to overwrite the existing file with the file that is being created.
Fail - Select to cause the Save Event Log object to fail if the filename already exists.
File
Select the format that will be used to save the event log entries to the file:
CSV delimited - Select to use the CSV format to write each log entry.
TAB delimited - Select to separate fields in each entry using the TAB character.
Custom delimited - Select to separate fields in each entry using a custom character that you specify in the Delimiter field.
Delimiter
Type the delimiter that you want to use to separate the fields of each entry.
Create column headings
Select to save the column header information when saving a set of entries to a file. The header information contains meta data such as the field names.
Available Published Data
 
Name
Description
Event log name
The name of the event log that was saved.
Computer
The computer where the event log that was saved resides.
Name and path of the file where entries are saved
The full path of the file where the event log was saved.
Number of Entries
The number of entries that were saved.
Common Published Data

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