Input Properties for LOG File String Search

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You can:

•Search for up to two strings
•Indicate whether or not the strings should be found, or, not be found
•Specify where to look for the strings.

Below are the input properties required for setting-up a string search on a LOG file:

Name

Description

Descriptive Label

The label describing the string search instance

Count lines that match with

How [CRITERION 1] and [CRITERION 2] are combined

See below for [CRITERION 1] and [CRITERION 2] properties

---- [CRITERION 1] ----

Select an option from the drop-down list:

▪Line must contain
▪Line must NOT contain

[1] Regular Expression

Enter the first Regular Expression. Special characters include: . * + ? [ ] ( ) |

[1] Case

Select an option from the drop-down list:

▪Case-sensitive
▪Case-insensitive

[1] Located

Specify the location of the [CRITERION 1] Regular Expression

▪Anywhere in the line
▪In the column number below

[1] In the Column Number

Enter a column number where the [CRITERION 1] Regular Expression is located.

Valid ONLY IF the option "In the column number" is selected in the above field.

Example 2, 5 or 10 etc.

---- [CRITERION 2] ----

 

Select an option from the drop-down list:

▪Line must contain
▪Line must NOT contain

[2] Regular Expression

Enter the [CRITERION 2] Regular Expression. Special characters include: . * + ? [ ] ( ) |

[2] Case Sensitive

Select an option from the drop-down list:

▪Line must contain
▪Line must NOT contain

[2] Located

 

Specify the location of [CRITERION 2] Regular Expression

▪Anywhere in the line
▪In the column number below

[2] In the Column Number

 

Enter a column number where the [CRITERION 2] Regular Expression is located.

Valid ONLY IF the option "In the column number" is selected in the above field.

Example 2, 5 or 10 etc.

[ACK] Regular Expression

Enter the [ACK] Regular Expression. Special characters include: . * + ? [ ] ( ) |

[ACK] Case

 

Select an option from the drop-down list:

▪Case-sensitive
▪Case-insensitive

[ACK] Located

 

Specify the location of the [ACK] Regular Expression

▪Anywhere in the line
▪In the column number below

[ACK] In the Column Number

Enter a column number where the [ACK] Regular Expression  is located.

Valid ONLY IF the option "In the column number" is selected in the above field.

Example 2, 5 or 10 etc.

Auto-Reset

Time interval to automatically reset the “Matching Line Count” parameter.

When set to “Never”, the “Matching Line Count” keeps increasing until the [ACK] criterion is met.

▪Never
▪After 24 hours (by default)
▪After 6 hours
▪After 1 hour
▪At each collect

When set to “At each collect”, the behavior of the “Matching Line Count” parameter changes slightly: it will represent  the exact number of lines that match [CRITERION 1] and/or [CRITERION 2] at each collect.

[ALL] Columns are separated by

Specify the characters that act as column separators:

▪Default separator is a semi-colon: ;
▪Pre-defined separator values:
▪\s for any number of spaces (spacebar) or tabs.
▪\t for tabulation
▪\b for any number of spaces (spacebar)