I had a client ask me today, "Is there a way to filter the event log?" Of course I said, and then sat down and showed him the "Modify filter.." button. But he insisted, "No, that's not filtering. Filtering is removing the junk. I need to get rid of all the stuff I don't need to see, and take a look at what's left." For example? A few nuisance alarms are coming in and going out, can we see everything but those? Can we do exclusive filtering?
In reply to Jim Cahill:
I wish you could specify NOT(whatever) in PHV. When I need to do this, I use SQL queries directly on the EJOURNAL table. SELECT * WHERE COLUMN NOT LIKE '%WHATEVER%'
I agree, the better proposition is the clean up the alarm mess. It will improve the performance of the client, reduce storage and processing overhead, but most importantly represent a tremendous step towards true control of the process.