Sorting Common Log Messages

You can sort Common Log messages in a variety of ways. Following are five ways to change how messages are displayed.

To sort messages by date and time:

• Click the Date column heading to sort the messages in ascending or descending order by date and time, as indicated by the direction of the arrow.

To sort messages by Item ID or run number:

• Click the Run column to group the messages by run in ascending or descending numerical order, as indicated by the direction of the arrow.

To sort messages by associated element:

• Click the Associated element column to group the messages by the first letter of the name of the associated element in ascending or descending alphabetical order, as indicated by the direction of the arrow.

To sort message text in alphabetical order:

• Click the Text column to group the message text by the first letter of the message in ascending or ascending alphabetical order, as indicated by the direction of the arrow.

To display the message text in a separate row below the Date, Run, and Associated element columns:

• Right-click any of the messages, and then select Show Details.

  The second row can contain up to five lines of text.