MICROSOFT WINDOWS EVENT LOG
Sawmill is a Microsoft Windows Event Log log analyzer (it also supports the 1021 other log formats listed to the left).
It can process log files
in Microsoft Windows Event Log format, and generate dynamic statistics from them,
analyzing and reporting events.
Sawmill can parse Microsoft Windows Event Log logs, import them into a MySQL, Microsoft SQL Server, or Oracle database (or its own built-in database),
aggregate them, and generate dynamically filtered reports, all through a web interface.
Sawmill can perform Microsoft Windows Event Log log analysis on any platform, including Windows, Linux, FreeBSD, OpenBSD, Mac OS, Solaris, other UNIX, and others.
Sawmill stores the following non-numerical fields in its database for Microsoft Windows Event Log, generates reports for each field, and allows dynamic filtering on any combination of these fields:
| Field | | Internal Name |
| date/time | | date_time |
| day of week | | day_of_week |
| hour of day | | hour_of_day |
| source | | source |
| type | | type |
| category | | category |
| error number | | error_number |
| security context | | security_context |
| computer name | | computer_name |
Sawmill stores the following numerical fields in its database for Microsoft Windows Event Log, aggregating them and including them as columns in most reports:
| Numerical Field | | Internal Name |
| events | | events |
See Sawmill Features to learn more about Sawmill's options for viewing, customizing, filtering, exporting and scheduling Microsoft Windows Event Log reports.
Sawmill also supports 1021 other log formats.