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Searching and sorting events
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The Event Log page has searching and sorting options to help you find what you need and organize what you see.
For example, if you want to see only the events of the type "schedstart," select Type in the drop-down box, then enter schedstart in the contains box. Only "schedstart" events appear in the list.
- Go to the Event Log page (Administration > Event Log). For details, see Fields: Event Log.
- Enter your search terms in the text box.
- Use the drop-down to narrow your search to a specific field (for example, "Type").
- Select the Search icon or press Enter to do the search.
- Viewpoint lists up to 20 events per page. If your search produces a large number of results, you can navigate through the pages using the left and right arrow buttons located in the right corner above the table.
You should not use the ampersand (&) character in your search.
The list updates to show only the events that match your search criteria.
To sort events
- Go to the Event Log page (Administration > Event Log). For details, see Fields: Event Log.
- (Optional) Search for events (see To search events).
- Click the field you want to sort by. For example, if you want to sort by timestamp, click the Timestamp column.
Click once to sort in alpha-numeric ascending order; twice to sort descending order.
The events reorder to match your sort selection.
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