Customizing the Message Output Table

Use one of the following methods:

• Point to the column divider between two column headers. When the pointer turns into horizontal arrows, click and drag the divider until the column is the width that you want.

• Use the secondary mouse button to click a column header, and then click Best Fit to automatically fit the column that you clicked.

• Use the secondary mouse button to click a column header, and then click Best Fit (all columns) to automatically fit all the columns to their best width.

Use one of the following methods:

• Click the column header whose rows you want to sort to toggle between ascending and descending order.

• Use the secondary mouse button to click the column header that you want, and then click Sort Ascending or Sort Descending.

To clear the sorting, use the secondary mouse button to click a column header that was previously sorted, and then click Clear Sorting.

If there are many messages in the output table, you may want to filter the list to display only the messages that you are interested in viewing. You can filter by a specific value in a column by clicking the filter editor icon () in the column header that you want to filter by and then selecting the filter criteria from the list of valid values that is displayed.  

To clear a filter, click in the column header that was previously filtered, and then click Show all. Alternatively, use the secondary mouse button to click anywhere in the column header that was previously filtered, and then click Clear Filter.

You can group the messages by a particular column or by more than one column.

For example, you might want to group the messages in the Message History table by the action they are associated with. To do this, use the secondary mouse button to click the header of the column that you want to group by (in this example, Action Name), and then click Group By This Column. The message output display changes to show the message groups, listed by action name. Click to expand the group to view the individual messages.

To group the messages by more than one column, use the secondary mouse button to click the header of the next column that you want to group by. For example, after you group by Action Name, you might want to group by message timestamp. To do this, use the secondary mouse button to click the Message Timestamp column header, and then click Group By This Column. The message output display changes to show the message groups, listed by timestamp under each action name.

You can group by any number of columns.

To undo the grouping, follow these steps: 

1. Use the secondary mouse button to click any column header, and then click Show Group Panel. The panel appears above the column headers and displays the column headers that are being used to group by.

2. Use the secondary mouse button to click the column header whose grouping you want to undo, and then click Ungroup. The grouping is undone, and the group panel remains.

The group panel displays the message groups that you have configured in the order in which you configured them.

To show the group panel, use the secondary mouse button to click any column header, and then click Show Group Panel. The panel appears above the column header row. To hide the group panel, use the secondary mouse button to click any column header, and then click Hide Group Panel.

To add groups to the group panel, use one of the following methods: 

• Drag a column header to the panel to group by that column.

• Use the secondary mouse button to click the column header for the column that you want to group by, and then click Group By This Column.

When you have added one or more groups to the group panel, you can perform the following operations: 

• Drag and drop the groups to easily reorder them.

• Toggle the messages within the group between ascending and descending order by clicking or next to the group name in the group panel.

• Filter the messages within the groups. To do this, point to the group name that you want in the group panel until the filter icon () appears. Click this icon, and then click the filter criteria that you want to use from the list of valid values that is displayed.

• Expand or collapse the message output display to show or hide all the messages. To do this, use the secondary mouse button to click the group panel, and then click either Full Expand or Full Collapse. (If you want to expand or collapse an individual group or subgroup, select the group or subgroup, and then click or to expand or collapse the messages.)

• Clear all the groupings. To do this, use the secondary mouse button to click the group panel, and then click Clear Grouping.

• Configure group summary settings. For example, you might want to summarize information such as the maximum message severity level that appears in a group or a count of rows in a group. You can configure one or more summary criteria by using the Group Summary Editor. To do this, use the secondary mouse button to click a group name, and then click Group Summary Editor. In the Group Summaries dialog, click to select the summary criteria that you want from the available items in the Items tab, configure the order in which you want them to appear on the Order tab, and then click OK.

• Sort group summaries in ascending or descending order. To do this, use the secondary mouse button to click a group name, and then click Group Summary Editor. In the Group Summaries dialog, click to select the Show row count check box, and then click OK. Use the secondary mouse button to click the group, point to Sort By Summary, and then click the ascending or descending option that you want.

• Ungroup the selected group. To do this, use the secondary mouse button to click the group that you want, and then click Ungroup.

• Configure the group interval to group messages according to a time interval that you select (for example, by day or by month). To do this, use the secondary mouse button to click the group, point to Group Interval, and then click the interval that you want. Available for the Message Timestamp group.

You can add or remove columns from the table and groups from the group panel by using the Column Chooser feature. To access this feature, use the secondary mouse button to click any column header or group, and then click Show Column Chooser.

To add a column or group, click the column header that you want in the Column Chooser window, and then drag it to the column header row or group panel. Use the white arrows that appear to position the column or group where you want it to appear.

To remove a column or group, click the column header or group that you want, and then drag it into the Column Chooser window.

To close the Column Chooser window, click , or use the secondary mouse button to click any column header and then click Hide Column Chooser.