Events

NxTop Center tracks activity across the NxTop Solution. Each activity that happens in NxTop Center or to one of the NxTop Engines is tracked as a separate Event entry.

Each object available through the navigation panel includes an Events tab that displays the events that pertain to it. For example, highlight the name of a specific computer in the navigation panel and click on the Events tab to see only events related to that computer. The Events tab of the Overview, representing NxTop Center, displays all Events.

You can filter events, to make it easier to find specific events.

Each event has a severity:

Information		report of an event that occurred
Warning		report of an event, not dangerous itself, that an administrator may wish to examine, such as a potential security violation
Error		report of an error that occurred. The requested action was not performed

Each event includes

• the time and date it occurred
• brief description
• the object that is the subject of the report (NxTop Center, computer, NxTop, software, user, or policy)
• source of the report (computer, NxTop Center, Administrator)

Click on the event icon to display a pop-up window with full detail about that event, or click Show Details at the bottom of the panel to see some detail for all entries on the screen.

Events are displayed in a paged table. Navigate through the table using the navigation control in the bottom the main panel:

Event displays are updated dynamically.

Filtering Events

You can select which events appearing by using the filter, to make an event or type of event easier to find.

To use the filter on any Events tab:

1. Click the Filter icon () in the status bar at the bottom of the Events tab.
2. Fill the checkbox to enable the Filter.
3. Select which criteria you want to use as filters on the Filter Events pop-up. You can use multiple filters. The filter criteria available are:
   • Event severity (select from the dropdown list)
   • Start date or End date (either can be used, or both together)
   • Pattern - A text pattern that will be matched to event text. This can include a wildcard (*) at either end of the pattern.
4. Click OK to save changes to the filter.

The events list is updated to show only the events that match your selected criteria.