Sawmill is a Ascend log analyzer (it also supports 827 other log formats). It can process log files in Ascend format, and generate dynamic statistics from them, analyzing and reporting events. Sawmill can parse Ascend logs, import them into a SQL database (or its own built-in database), aggregate them, and generate dynamically filtered reports, all through a web interface. Sawmill can perform Ascend log analysis on any platform, including Window, Linux, FreeBSD, OpenBSD, Mac OS, Solaris, other UNIX, and others.

Sawmill stores the following non-numerical fields in its database for Ascend, generates reports for each field, and allows dynamic filtering on any combination of these fields:

Sawmill stores the following numerical fields in its database for Ascend, aggregating them and including them as columns in most reports:

Sawmill also supports 827 other log formats; see Sawmill Features for a list containing Ascend and all the other supported formats.