• SonicOS 8
• About SonicOS
  • Working with SonicOS
  • SonicOS Workflow
  • How to Use the SonicOS Administration Guides
  • Guide Conventions
• About Device
  • Device Log Introduction
• 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 All Event Counts
    • 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
    • Internet Protocol Flow Information Export (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/Analytics 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
• Name Resolution
• Reports
  • Data Collection
  • View Data
  • Backup Logs Information
• AWS
  • Enabling AWS Logs
• SonicWall Support
  • About This Document

Priority Column

Changing the Event Priority could have serious consequences. Changing the Event Priority on the Group or Category level also changes all Events under that Group or Category to the same Event Priority value. Modifying the Event Priority affects the Syslog output for the tag “pri=” as well as how the event is treated when performing filtering by Logging Level or Alert Level. Setting the Event Priority to a level that is lower than the Logging Level causes those events to be filtered out. Also, as SonicWall GMS ignores received Syslogs that have a level of Debug, heartbeat messages and reporting messages must have a minimum Event Priority of Inform.

The Priority column shows the severity or priority of a category, group, or event. For events, a drop-down menu lists the selectable priorities. For categories and groups, the priorities are listed in the dialog when you click Configure at the end of the row.

The available priorities are:

• Emergency
• Alert
• Critical
• Error
• Warning
• Notice
• Inform
• Debug