Event List

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Database Maintenance
Change Virtual Host

The Event List tab is accessed from PHP Intelligence | Event List.

The Event List is a filterable table that displays Events that occurred within a user definable period of time.

Information displayed in the Event List can be displayed as follows:

Events can be filtered by the following categories: Events From, Event Type, Virtual Host, (Event) Severity, Status, Time Filter and URL.
Events can be located in this screen by the event’s ID.
Columns in the Event List table can also be customized (Use Change Table Fields).

Specialized filters can be created and saved using the Manage Filters option.

Filtering by Virtual Host

Several servers can be added to a user-defined group and used to filter the display to show Events that occurred on a specific selection of servers.

To define a virtual Host name that will be added to the list in the filter, go to the Virtual Host filter field and choose "Selected". This option opens the Change Virtual Host screen.

The Manage Filters section allows users to save user defined filter definitions.

To save user defined filter definitions:

Define the filter settings in the Filter By section.
Select Manage Filters to expand the filter management options.
Enter a user defined name for the filter and press Save to add the new filter.
Use Load Filter each time you want to use a user defined filter.
Use Remove Filter to delete filters from the Load Filter List.

The filter section of this screen also includes a search field for searching for a specific Event by ID.

Zend Platform also allows you to change the table fields displayed on-screen. (Click "Change Table Fields "and select the fields you want to view from the list).

Working with the Event List

This procedure describes how to work with the event List.

To view the Event List:

Go to PHP Intelligence | Event List.
Select the "Filter By" option you wish to apply to the table.

Filter operations appear as follows:

Events from - Filter Events according to grouping definitions. These definitions list events according to where they were generated (in the PHP, Database) or what type of event (slow response, error). The values are: All, Bandwidth-Other, Web server-Other, PHP-Slow Response, PHP-Error, PHP-Other, Database-Slow Response, Database-Error
Event Types - Filter Events displayed in the table according to event type. The values are: All, Slow Script Execution (absolute/relative), PHP Error, Java exception, Function Error, Slow Function Execution, slow Content Download, Maximum Apache Processes, Excess Memory Usage (absolute/relative), Database Error, Slow Query Execution, Inconsistent Output Size, Load Average, Custom Events, HTTP Error.
Virtual Hosts - View Event information for either All hosts or selected hosts. Click Selected to open the Change Virtual Host Selection dialog box. All, Selected or predefined user selections.
Severity - Filters Event information according to severity. The values are: All, Moderate, Severe
Status - Filters information displayed in the Event List according to the Event’s handling status. The values are: All, Opened, Closed, Ignored
Time Filter - Filters information displayed in the Event List according to a user-defined time frame. The values are: All, Past Hour, Past Day, Past Week, Past Month
Find Event by ID - Finds (and displays) an event with a specific ID number. (By entering an event id and clicking "Find"). The values are: Sequential numbers that were assigned to Event Details.
Filter by URL - This is a free text field for filtering events generated from a specific URL.

3. Click Go to display filtered events in the Event List table.

Event List

The Following list describes the fields that make up the Event List.

ID - Sequential number assigned to an event.
Event Type - A descriptive name assigned to the event.
Count - Number of occurrences of the event.
First Occurrence - Date and time of event’s original occurrence.
Last Occurrence - Date and time of event’s most recent occurrence.
Location - The name of the server or Aggregated Group where the event occurred.
Vhost - Name of the Vhost where the event occurred.
URL - The URL where the event occurred.
Source File - Path to PHP source file.
Line - Line in code where event occurred.
Aggregation Hint - The hint in the code that caused the event to be aggregated.
Function Name - Name of PHP function where event occurred.
Status - Status of the event.
Severity - Severity of the event.

Actions that can be performed on the events in the Events Table:

To apply one of these actions to an event/events select the event by checking the check-box next to the events:

Delete - Deletes the Events form the database.
Ignore - A new Event Details screen will not be created for this specific - occurrence Additional occurrences of this event will be added to the original Event's details.
Close - Changes the status of the event to "Closed" and preserves the Event in the Database. If the same event occurs again a new Event Details screen will be created.
Preserve - Preserve the selected event from being deleted during Database cleanups.
Reopen - Changes the status of ignored or closed events to "Open". This option is available from the Event details i.e. double-click on an Event in the list to view the details and clicking Reopen from the Buttons located at the bottom of the Event Details.

Note:

The default value for database cleanup is 7 days.
Depending on the operating system database cleanup settings can be changed in:
for unix/linux/mac the file location is:<install_dir>/etc/php-embed.ini and for windows is: <install_dir>\etc\php-embed.ini

Related Links:
Configuring PHP Intelligence