Use the
Query Dialog to query log files, to save query output to report files, and to view report files.
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Click (in
Microsoft Windows 7)
or (in
Microsoft Windows 10)
to access the
Policy Administrator.
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Click
in the menu or click
Query Log File in the toolbar.
The
Query Dialog appears.
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Select the
Query Target.
- Click
Standard Log Files to query standard log files. Standard log files are located at
%SILK_CONFIG_PATH%\<Silk Meter directory> and are named
log*. log.
- Click
Log File on local machine with running
Silk Meter service and specify the name of the
Target File to query a local log file.
- Click
Report File and specify the name of the
Target File to view a report file.
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Click
Configure target size to restrict the number of log file lines.
The
Target Size Options dialog opens. Specify a maximum number of lines or click
All lines.
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Select the
Output.
- Click
put output into Report File to create a report file containing the query output and type the name for the report file into the box below.
- Click
show output in Web Browser to show the report file in the default browser.
- Click
show output in Log Browser to show the report file in the log browser.
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Optional: If you have chosen to show the report file in the default browser, click
Advanced to exclude the daily summary from the report file.
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Specify the parameters for the query.
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Specify the time frame for the query.
Specify the start and end dates in the format
MM/DD/YYYY. Specify the start and end hours as integers from 0 to 24.
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Specify the product name in the
Product field.
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Specify the product version number in the
Version field.
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Specify the policy ID in the
Policy ID field.
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Specify the user name in the
User field or select one of the existing user names.
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Select one of the existing group names for the
Group field.
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Specify the host name in the
Host field.
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Click
Run Query.