View/Search Presets

A View/Search preset is a saved set of settings for a new view tab: time range, filter, layout, page size, and sorting. Use presets for searches you run often, instead of filling in the request each time.

Presets are saved in syslog storage, so they are shared: every user who connects to the server sees and uses the same presets.

Create a Preset

  1. In the Messages section (the main toolbar), click View/Search View/Search → Presets Manage View/Search Presets…​

  2. Click Create New, or select a preset and click Duplicate to start from a copy.

  3. Give the preset a Name; it is shown in the View/Search drop-down.

  4. Set the time range, filter, layout, page size, and sorting; see View/Search Preset.

  5. Click Create.

Use a Preset

In the Messages section (the main toolbar), click View/Search View/Search. The drop-down lists presets as Preset: <name> (up to 20).

Clicking one opens the New View Tab window filled in with the preset settings. You can still change any setting, for example narrow the time range, before you click Request to open the tab.

View/Search Presets Window

In the Messages section (the main toolbar), click View/Search View/Search → Presets Manage View/Search Presets…​ The window lists all presets saved in syslog storage; here you can create, edit, duplicate, and delete them.

View/Search Presets window listing presets with their time range
The View/Search Presets window

View/Search Preset

Import / Export saves the preset to a JSON file (Export to File…​) or loads one (Import from File…​).

Edit View/Search Preset window with Preset Properties
Editing a View/Search preset

Preset Properties

Name

Required, unique. Shown in the View/Search drop-down.

Description

Optional.

Request

Range

Time range of the new tab; see Time Range.

Messages per page

Page size of the new tab; see Open a View Tab.
TODAY, YESTERDAY, and RECENT (for example the last 2 hours) are the most useful ranges for a preset: they are counted from the moment the tab is opened, so the preset always shows current messages. A CUSTOM range is saved as fixed dates, so the preset always shows the same period.

Filter/Search

Severity level

Severities to load.

Originators

Originators or an originator group to load.

Filter expression

An expression that messages must match.

See Filtering.

View Tab Defaults

Layout based on

View layout of the new tab.

Message sorting

Sort: ↓ Newest at bottom or Sort: ↑ Newest at top; see Tab Menu.

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