Product Features
System

Events

10min

The Events pane displays a list of events that have occurred in Manufacturing Connect Edge.

Events are the actions the edge device performs, identifies, and then logs during its operation.

You can view information for each of the listed events: the edge device component where the event occurred, the event severity, and so on.

Events are tracked for the following components:

  • Integration
  • DeviceHub
  • System
  • Authentication (auth)
  • Marketplace
  • Licensing
  • OPC UA
  • Flows Manager
  • Analytics

Limitation: Delete and restart events are not tracked.

See Generated System Events for more information.

For Manufacturing Connect Edge version 3.10.0 and later, you can view and copy the topic name for system events.

Events topic
Events topic


The Events pane includes two tabs:

  • Live Events: This tab shows events as they occur in inverse chronological order.
  • Events History: In this tab, you can filter and sort the events using a number of criteria: date and time range, component name, and so on.

Live Events

The Live Events tab allows you to view the following columns for each event:

  • Timestamp for when the event occurred
  • Severity of the event
  • Component for which the event occurred
  • Message explaining the event action
  • Event Information icon allowing you to view information about the event
  • Action icon allowing you to select History for the event

Note: Hovering over the Event Information icon allows you to view the severity, driver, connector, message, user, name, tags added and tags removed depending on the component for the event selected.

Freeze and Resume Live Events

You can click Freeze to stop the logging of live system events. Click Resume to start the logging of live system events.

The Freeze button for live events
The Freeze button for live events


Events History

You can view events history from the Events pane.

Event History for Individual Live Events

To view the event history of an individual live event, click the Action menu for the event in the Live Events tab and select History.

The History option for live events
The History option for live events


The filtering is preloaded and the events history for the selected live event appears in the Events History tab.

Filtered Event History

You can use the Events History tab to enter filter criteria and view specific event history.

Note: As of Manufacturing Connect Edge version 3.10.0, the action menu for events in the Event History tab is no longer available.

Events History tab
Events History tab


Enter your filter criteria for viewing event history and click Load. To use the search function, make sure you have loaded an event history with filtering criteria before entering search terms.

You can view the following columns for each event:

  • Timestamp for when the event occurred
  • Severity of the event
  • Component for which the event occurred
  • Message explaining the event action
  • Event Information icon allowing you to view information about the event
  • Action icon allowing you to select Event History for the event

Download Event History

Note: The ability to download your event history is available for Manufacturing Connect Edge version 3.10.0 and later.

You can download your event history in a CSV file by selecting the Events History tab, and then clicking the Download as CSV icon.

The Download as CSV icon
The Download as CSV icon


Purge Event History

Note: The ability to purge your event history is available for Manufacturing Connect Edge version 3.11.1 and later.

You can purge your event history by selecting the Events History tab, and then clicking the Purge all icon.