Perform and save a log search

NXLog Platform provides a comprehensive log analytics interface, allowing you to search logs collected from your NXLog Agent fleet and NXLog Platform audit logs. You can also save your log searches for future use, simplifying recurring log analysis tasks.

Follow these steps to perform and save a basic log search:

  1. Depending on the types of logs you are interested in, navigate to:

    • Audit Logs for platform logs.

    • Log Search > Log Discovery for organization’s logs.

  2. In the Search panel, type your search term, for example, a hostname, module name, or part of the log message.

  3. Click the Search button.

    NXLog Platform log search
  4. Optionally, click the Save this search button to save the search for future use.

  5. Enter a Search name and refine your search settings:

    • Share with my organization: Allow other users within your organization to use this search.

    • Store selected table columns: Restore the current table columns when loading this search.

    • Store time selection: Choose a Relative time range or Absolute time range (default).

      NXLog Platform save log search
  6. To load your saved search, click the Select saved search dropdown and select the name you specified above.

    NXLog Platform load saved search