Viewing the access logs – VBrick Systems Portal Server ETV v4.1 User Manual

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Viewing the Access Logs

The log files are saved in

Program Files\VBrick\MCS\Logs

.You can view these file using a

standard editor like Notepad or you can use the Excel spreadsheet template provided by
VBrick. The

MCSS Access Log.xlt

template file makes to easy to view and sort log files. You

can also use this template to build Pivot Tables to analyze the log data in greater detail. Pivot
Tables are a powerful tool used to analyze multi-dimensional data. Pivot Tables are beyond
the scope of this document and are not explained here. For an introduction to Pivot Tables,
there are a variety of resources on the web including the Microsoft Office online demo at
http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/assistance/HA011989031033.aspx

T

To create a pivot table:

1. Navigate to

C:\Program Files\VBrick\MCS\Utils

and double-click

MCSS Access Log.xlt

2. When prompted, select

Enable Macros

.

3. Click

Import Log(s)

and navigate to the log files in

Program Files\VBrick\MCS\Logs

4. Select one or more log files by holding down the

Ctrl

or

Shift

keys while selecting files.

5. Once the window is populated with log data (Figure 9) you can view or sort any of the

columns as necessary.

6. Click

Pivot Table Wizard

and follow the prompts to build a Pivot Table.

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