Windows Event Reader

The adapter reads the event log of Microsoft Windows and outputs all event entries or those selected according to filter criteria in an XML document.

Note:

The following conditions must be met in order to use this adapter:

The Windows computer from which the event log is to be read must be in the same domain as the X4 Server.
The X4 Server must be running on a Windows computer that has domain administrator rights.
A JNI licence is required.

Properties

Operation

Determines which operation the adapter executes

Possible values: Execute: Execute adapter

Parameter

Adapter	Main class of the adapter (do not change!) Possible values: `en.softproject.integration.adapter. windowseventlog.WindowsEventLogAdapter`: Main class (default)
log	Windows log/log whose events are to be displayed Possible values: Any Windows protocol/log (e.g. `Application`) `System`: Output system events (default)
from	Start date to restrict to a time period Possible values: Any date and time in the format `YYYY-MM-DDThh:mm:ss` (e.g. `2012-03-31T13:45:03`)
to	End date to limit to a period Possible values: Any date and time in the format `YYYY-MM-DDThh:mm:ss` (e.g. 2012-03-31T13:45:03)
type	Filter by an event type (level) Possible values: Any event type (e.g. `Error`)
source	Filter by an event source (this can be an application, for example) Possible values: Any string (e.g. `PrintSpooler`)
category	Filter by event category Possible values: Any character string
eventId	Filter by an Event ID Possible values: Any integer
user	Filter by a user Possible values: Any string (e.g. `SYSTEM`)
computer	Name of the computer from which the event log is to be read Possible values: Any computer name or IP address `127.0.0.1`: Currently used system, i.e. localhost (default)

Status values

`1`	The operation was executed successfully.
`-1`	The operation failed due to a technical error.

Output

This function adapter outputs a UTF-8 encoded XML document with the following structure. For each event, an XML element <log/> is created that contains a set of information as well as the event description for the event:

HTML/XML

<logs>
    <log type="Ereignistyp" date="Datum und Uhrzeit"
        source="Quelle" category="Kategorie" event="Ereignis-ID" user="Benutzer"
        computer="Computername">Ereignis-Beschreibung</log>
</logs>