The components of the Event Log are standards defined by Windows. The table below describes the Event Log columns.

Table 1. Event Log components
Column Description
Date Date the event occurred.
Time Time the event occurred.
Source Source of the event. If the source of the event is a connected OpenEdge database, the database's name appears in this column.
Category There are 14 OpenEdge event categories: AIW, APW, BACKUP, BIW, DATASERVER, MON, OIBRKR, OIDRVR, OpenEdge, RFUTIL, SERVER, SHUT, USER, and WDOG. All categories reside in a file called category.dll. These categories correspond to the existing categories of events that are displayed in the progress.lg file.
Event The OpenEdge message number that was generated. These are the same message numbers that are displayed in the standard database .lg file.
User Identifies the user logged in to the Windows workstation where the event occurred.
Computer Identifies the name of the Windows workstation where the event occurred. The Event Viewer enables you to get more information about events by double-clicking on any event.

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