User’s Guide: NetView

Log Browse Filtering

The BLOG command activates the network log browse facility based on filters. You can select which records to display using any combination of the following filters:

Select a local or remote NetView®. The default is the local NetView system. Changing the NetView domain, netid, or operid fields can result in browsing a remote NetView log.
Select the NETLOGA, NETLOGI, NETLOGS, or NETLOGP log.
Select the starting display column.
Select the operator ID for which records were logged.
Select the origin domain of records that were logged.
Select the message identifier of messages that were logged.
Select the starting time and date for records that were logged.
Select the ending time and date for records that were logged.
Select a character string to be matched with the text of a message that was logged.

For example, you might decide to browse all records on a remote NetView NTVF1 logged by operator AUTO1 between noon and midnight on August 5, 1999.

Figure 95 is an example of the log browse interface:

Figure 95. Example of a BLOG Input Panel

CNMKBLIP                NetView Log Browse                      08/10/11

Display NetView log records for:

 NetView Domain  ===> NTVF1         ( NetView Netid ===> *     )
                                    ( RMTCMD Operid ===> *     )

 NetView Log     ===> NETLOGA

Selection Criteria:

 Display Column  ===> 017

 From:  Time     ===> 12:00         ( Date ===>  08/05/11 )
 To:    Time     ===> 24:00         ( Date ===>  08/05/11 )

 Operator ID     ===> AUTO1         ( The * and ? wildcards can be used )
 Domain id       ===>               ( anywhere in this group of fields. )
 Message id      ===>
 Message text    ===>



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The following list describes BLOG input fields:

NetView Domain

Specifies the NetView domain where the network log to be browsed resides. The default value is the local NetView domain; you can change this value to another NetView domain to activate remote netlog browse. The value of this field is used on the LU parameter of the BROWSE command when a remote browse is necessary.

NetView Netid

Specifies the NetView netid name where the network log to be browsed resides. The default value is an asterisk. The value of this field is used on the NETID parameter of the BROWSE command when remote browse is necessary.

RMTCMD Operid

Specifies the RMTCMD autotask used for a remote browse display. The value of this field is used on the OPERID parameter of the BROWSE command when a remote browse is necessary.

NetView Log

Indicates one of the following logs:

NETLOGA: The active network log
NETLOGI: The inactive network log
NETLOGP: The primary network log
NETLOGS: The secondary network log

Display column

Indicates the starting display column for the browse display. This value is used on the STARTCOL parameter of the OVERRIDE command to set the display column when entering browse.

From Time

Indicates the starting time for the netlog display. This value corresponds to the FROM parameter of the BROWSE command for specifying time. The format for entering the time follows the format set in your environment.

From Date

Indicates the starting date for the netlog display. This value corresponds to the FROM parameter of the BROWSE command for specifying date. The format for entering the date follows the format set in your environment.

To Time

Indicates the ending time for the netlog display. This value corresponds to the TO parameter of the BROWSE command for specifying time. The format for entering the time follows the format set in your environment.

To Date

Indicates the ending date for the netlog display. This value corresponds to the TO parameter of the BROWSE command for specifying date. The format for entering the date follows the format set in your environment.

Operator ID

Indicates the operator ID that is to be matched with log records for display. This value corresponds to the oper_id parameter of the BLOG command. You can use the * and ? characters as wildcard characters anywhere in this specification. The * matches zero or more characters and the ? matches exactly one character.

Domain ID

Indicates the domain ID that is to be matched with log records for display. This value corresponds to the domain_id parameter of the BLOG command. You can use the * and ? characters as wildcard characters anywhere in this specification. The * matches zero or more characters and the ? matches exactly one character.

Message ID

Indicates the message ID that is to be matched with log records for display. This value corresponds to the msg_id parameter of the BLOG command. You can use the * and ? characters as wildcard characters anywhere in this specification. The * matches zero or more characters and the ? matches exactly one character.

Message text

Indicates the message text that is to be matched with log records for display. This value corresponds to the msg_id parameter of the BLOG command. You can use the * and ? characters as wildcard characters anywhere in this specification. The * matches zero or more characters and the ? matches exactly one character.

Note that browse filters are not case-sensitive.