Option 3.2. Find Status Log Messages

Click View on the status log viewer menu bar.

Tip: Select a message at the top of the status log to highlight the item where the search begins.

Select Find.

The Find System Entry dialog box opens.

The options are as follows.

Option	Description
Status	Search for messages by status. You may check one or more status types: Success, Warning, and Failure. If you select no status types, no messages will be found.
Process	Search for messages by process name. Note: The drop-down list displays the list of available processes currently in the log file.
Procedure	Lets you search for messages by procedure name. You can enter either of the following: An entire procedure name The first n characters.
Source	Search for messages by source name. Note: The drop-down list displays the list of available sources currently in the log file.
Reference	Search for messages by reference number. You must enter the exact reference number.
Code	Search for messages by code. You must enter the exact code.
Message	Lets you search according to the message text associated with a log message. Note: You must enter the message text exactly as it appears in the status log.
Direction	Search direction options from the current location in the status log are:
	Up	search previous messages
	Down	search next messages.
Find Next	Locates the entry in the Status Log, When clicked, A. The dialog box closes. B. The next message in the status log that matches the filter is highlighted. If no message is found, the highlight remains at the current message. Tip: Once you have set the filters in the Find System Entry dialog box and found the first message that matched the filters, you can do either of the following: Select View>Find Next on the status log menu bar. Press F3 Result: The next message in the configured direction that matches the filter is highlighted. If the filter has been cleared, Find Next will find the next message down in the list.
Cancel	Closes the dialog box without finding a message
Clear>OK	Clears the filters and closes the Find System Entry dialog box.

Note: The Find and Find Next options will not wrap around the message list when they reach either end.

For example, if you are searching Down and you are already at the end of the message list, when you activate the search, you will not be asked if you wish to continue from the beginning of the list.

More information

	Process names in the status log.
	Step 3. Work in the status log viewer.