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Filtering a Log Search using a Log’s Textual Elements as Criteria
If you would like to perform a log search using any textual data present in the log database (e.g. a button label or an alarm’s label), perform the following procedure.
 

NOTE: You may search for multiple criteria of this sort in the same fashion as is done in the procedure "Filtering a Log Search Using Multiple Criteria".

 

REQUIREMENTS:  

Make sure you meet the following conditions before beginning this procedure: 
• You have opened either Event Log Viewer or Incident Log Viewer, as required (see "Opening Event Log Viewer" and "Opening Incident Log Viewer").
• If you are performing this procedure in the context of creating a channel performance report template (click HERE), make sure you perform step 1 of "Filtering a Log Search Using Multiple Criteria" before beginning this procedure.
• In Event Log Viewer, in the Alarm state area, do only ONE of the following actions:
• In the Text field, type the text you would like to use as a filtering criterion.

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OR, 

• In the Text field, click the Down arrow, and then select from the list of textual choices.