If the name contains angle brackets (<>), PRTG replaces them with braces ({}) for security reasons. For more information, see the Knowledge Base: What security features does PRTG include?
This setting is for your information only. You cannot change it.
Tags
Enter one or more tags. Confirm each tag with the Spacebar key, a comma, or the Enter key. You can use tags to group objects and use tag-filtered views later on. Tags are not case-sensitive. Tags are automatically inherited.
It is not possible to enter tags with a leading plus (+) or minus (-) sign, nor tags with parentheses (()) or angle brackets (<>).
For performance reasons, it can take some minutes until you can filter for new tags that you added.
The sensor has the following default tags that are automatically predefined in the sensor's settings when you add the sensor:
wmiapieventlogsensor
Priority
Select a priority for the sensor. This setting determines the position of the sensor in lists. The highest priority is at the top of a list. Choose from the lowest priority () to the highest priority ().
Windows API Event Log Specific
Windows API Event Log Specific
Setting
Description
Log File
Specify the log file that this sensor monitors. The Windows event log provides several log files:
Application
System
Security
Directory Service
DNS Server
File Replication Service
Filter Event Log Entries
Filter Event Log Entries
Setting
Description
Event Type
Specify the type of event that this sensor processes:
Any
Error
Warning
Information
Security Audit Success
Security Audit Failure
The sensor cannot process other event types.
Filter by Source
Filter all events for a certain event source:
Off: Do not filter by event source.
On: Filter by event source. If you enable this option, this sensor only processes messages that match the value that you define below.
Filter Type
This setting is only visible if you enable Filter by Source above. Select the filter type:
Include filter: Include the specified value and disregard all other values.
Exclude filter: Exclude the specified value and regard all other values.
Match String (Event Source)
This setting is only visible if you enable Filter by Source above. Enter an event source that you want to filter for. Depending on the kind of filter, the sensor either processes the event source (Include filter option) or it does not process it (Exclude filter option). Enter a string.
Filter by ID
Filter all events for a certain event ID:
Off: Do not filter by event ID.
On: Filter by event ID. If you enable this option, this sensor only processes messages that match the value that you define below.
Filter Type
This setting is only visible if ID filtering is On above. Select a filter type:
Include filter: Include the specified value and disregard all other values.
Exclude filter: Exclude the specified value and regard all other values.
Match Values (Event ID)
This setting is only visible if you enable Filter by ID above. Enter an event ID that you want to filter for. Depending on the kind of filter, the sensor either processes the event ID (Include filter option) or it does not process it (Exclude filter option).
The Event Log (Windows API) supports more than one event ID. You can enter a comma-separated list of event IDs to filter for more than one ID. For example, 1100,4627,4747,4884,5050,6422.
Filter by Category
Filter all events for a certain event category:
Off: Do not filter by event category.
On: Filter by event category. If you enable this option, this sensor only processes messages that match the value that you define below.
Filter Type
This setting is only visible if you enable Filter by Category above. Select a filter type:
Include filter: Include the specified value and disregard all other values.
Exclude filter: Exclude the specified value and regard all other values.
Match String (Event Category)
This setting is only visible if you enable Filter by Category above. Enter a category that you want to filter for. Depending on the kind of filter, the sensor either processes the event category (Include filter option) or it does not process it (Exclude filter option). Enter a string.
Filter by User
Filter all received events for a certain event user:
Off: Do not filter by event user.
On: Filter by event user. If you enable this option, this sensor only processes messages that match the value that you define below.
Filter Type
This setting is only visible if you enable Filter by User above. Select a filter type:
Include filter: Include the specified value and disregard all other values.
Exclude filter: Exclude the specified value and regard all other values.
Match String (Event User)
This setting is only visible if you enable Filter by User above. Enter a user name that you want to filter for. Depending on the kind of filter, the sensor either processes the event user (Include filter option) or it does not process it (Exclude filter option). Enter a string.
Filter by Computer
Filter all received events for a certain event computer:
Off: Do not filter by event computer.
On: Filter by event computer. If you enable this option, this sensor only processes messages that match the value that you define below.
Filter Type
This setting is only visible if you enable Filter by Computer above. Select a filter type:
Include filter: Include the specified value and disregard all other values.
Exclude filter: Exclude the specified value and regard all other values.
Match String (Event Computer)
This setting is only visible if you enable Filter by Computer above. Enter a computer name that you want to filter for. Depending on the kind of filter, the sensor either processes the event computer (Include filter option) or it does not process it (Exclude filter option). Enter a string.
Filter by Message
Filter all received events for a certain event message:
Off: Do not filter by event message.
On: Filter by event message. If you enable this option, this sensor only processes messages that match the value that you define below.
Filter Type
This setting is only visible if you enable Filter by Message above. Select a filter type:
Include filter: Include the specified value and disregard all other values.
Exclude filter: Exclude the specified value and regard all other values.
Match String (Event Message)
This setting is only visible if message filtering is On above. Enter a message that you want to filter for. Depending on the kind of filter, the sensor either processes the event message (Include filter option) or it does not process it (Exclude filter option). Enter a string.
This sensor only checks the last line of the event message for the entered string. This matches the <Data> section of the XML that you can see on the Details tab in the Event Viewer. If you want to check the entire event message, use the WMI Event Log sensor.
You must use the percent sign (%) as wildcard for any or no character if you want to check if the string is part of the last line of the event message. Otherwise, the whole last line of the event message must match the string.
Sensor Display
Sensor Display
Setting
Description
Primary Channel
Select a channel from the list to define it as the primary channel. In the device tree, the last value of the primary channel is always displayed below the sensor's name. The available options depend on what channels are available for this sensor.
You can set a different primary channel later by clicking below a channel gauge on the sensor's Overview tab.
Graph Type
Define how different channels are shown for this sensor:
Show channels independently (default): Show a graph for each channel.
Stack channels on top of each other: Stack channels on top of each other to create a multi-channel graph. This generates a graph that visualizes the different components of your total traffic. You cannot use this option in combination with manual Vertical Axis Scaling (available in the channel settings).
Stack Unit
This setting is only visible if you enable Stack channels on top of each other as Graph Type. Select a unit from the list. All channels with this unit are stacked on top of each other. By default, you cannot exclude single channels from stacking if they use the selected unit. However, there is an advanced procedure to do so.
Inherited Settings
By default, all of these settings are inherited from objects that are higher in the hierarchy. We recommend that you change them centrally in the root group settings if necessary. To change a setting for this object only, click under the corresponding setting name to disable the inheritance and to display its options.
For more information, see section Root Group Settings, section Scanning Interval.
Schedules, Dependencies, and Maintenance Window
You cannot interrupt the inheritance for schedules, dependencies, and maintenance windows. The corresponding settings from the parent objects are always active. However, you can define additional schedules, dependencies, and maintenance windows. They are active at the same time as the parent objects' settings.
Schedules, Dependencies, and Maintenance Window
For more information, see section Root Group Settings, section Schedules, Dependencies, and Maintenance Window.
Access Rights
Access Rights
For more information, see section Root Group Settings, section Access Rights.
Channel List
Which channels the sensor actually shows might depend on the target device, the available components, and the sensor setup.
Channel
Description
Downtime
In the channel table on the Overview tab, this channel never shows any values. PRTG uses this channel in graphs and reports to show the amount of time in which the sensor was in the Down status
New Records
The number of new records
This channel is the primary channel by default.
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