Creating a Create Windows Event Log Step

This step creates a new event log and a new event source.

Required properties:

Property Name Description
Log Name The name of the event log.
Sources A comma-separated list of the names of the event log sources, such as application programs that write to the event log.

Optional properties:

Property Name Description
Category Resource File

Specifies the path to the file that contains category strings for the source events. This file is also known as the Category Message File.

Message Resource File

Specifies the path to the file that contains message formatting strings for the source events. This file is also known as the Event Message File.

Parameter Resource File

Specifies the path to the file that contains strings used for parameter substitutions in event descriptions. This file is also known as the Parameter Message File.

Powershell executable location

The path to the Powershell executable.