• SonicOS and SonicOSX 7 Device Log
• Settings
  • Filtering the Base Setup View
  • Configuring the Logging and Alert Levels
    • Setting the Logging Level
    • Setting the Alert Level
  • About Other Top Row Buttons
    • Edit Attributes of All Categories
    • Reset Event Count
    • Save Template
    • Import Template
      • Default Template
      • Minimal Template
      • Analyzer/ViewPoint/GMS Template
      • Firewall Action Template
      • Custom Template
    • View Logs
  • About the Log Settings Base Setup Table
    • Category Column
    • Color Column
    • ID Column
    • Priority Column
    • GUI Column
    • Alert Column
    • Syslog Column
    • Ipfix Column
    • Email Column
    • Event Count Column
    • Edit and Reset Count Icons
  • Configuring Event Attributes Globally
  • Configuring Event Attributes Selectively
    • Configuring Event Attributes by Category
    • Configuring Event Attributes by Group
    • Configuring Event Attributes by Event
    • About Filename Logging
• Syslog
  • About Event Profiles
  • About Syslog Server Profiling
  • Using a GMS Server for Syslog
  • Syslog Settings
  • Syslog Servers
    • Adding a Syslog Server
    • Editing a Syslog Server
    • Enabling Syslog Servers
    • Disabling Syslog Server
    • Deleting Syslog Servers
• Automation
  • Email Settings
  • Mail Server Settings
  • FTP Log Automation
  • Solera Capture Stack
• Name Resolution
• Reports
  • Data Collection
  • Viewing Data
  • Persistent Logging
• AWS
  • Enabling AWS Logs
• SonicWall Support
  • About This Document

Data Collection

The Device > Log > Reports page includes these functions:

• Data Collection – Enable Start Data Collection to begin log analysis. When log analysis is enabled, the button label changes to Stop Data Collection.
• Restart – Click Restart icon to update the real-time data in the table.
• View Data – Click Reset icon to clear the report statistics and begin a new sample period. The sample period is also reset when data collection is stopped or started, and when the firewall is restarted.