Viewing log messages in SwitchClient

Users having the right permissions can see the log messages issued by the connected Switch Server(s). If more than one Switch Server is connected, all messages issued by all Servers are merged into one list.

To view the log messages in SwitchClient

Click the Messages button . The Messages overview appears. If you don't see the expected messages, check if:
- You do have the permission to view log messages. In your user profile in Switch, the View messages checkbox should be selected.
- The Switch Server concerned is running and the connection is established properly.
- The messages have not been deleted by Switch. Check the "cleanup" Application Data preferences in the Switch.
- The messages are loaded already. This may not be the case if you recently added a Connection. Click the Refresh button to update the information from the Switch Server.

To see the messages presented in a different way, click the Workspace button

and select the appropriate view:

View	Example
Table	The text color refers to the message type (warning, info, error, ...). Note that this view can be customized. To remove a column, drag the column header upwards or downwards. To move or sort the columns, drag them sideways. To show or hide columns, use the context menu. To show or hide columns, select Show Columns from the context menu in the column header and select or deselect the columns as required. To group messages in a multi-level tree based on the columns, select Group by Columns from the context menu in the column header and select the appropriate column. The order in which the columns are checked is the order of the grouping. If the Filters pane is used in the Table view, the layout (that is, column ordering and the columns that are hidden or visible) are remembered together with the filter.
Small Card	The icons refer to the message type (error, info, bug, ...)

View

Example

Table

The text color refers to the message type (warning, info, error, ...).

Note that this view can be customized.

To remove a column, drag the column header upwards or downwards.
To move or sort the columns, drag them sideways.
To show or hide columns, use the context menu.
To show or hide columns, select Show Columns from the context menu in the column header and select or deselect the columns as required.
To group messages in a multi-level tree based on the columns, select Group by Columns from the context menu in the column header and select the appropriate column. The order in which the columns are checked is the order of the grouping.

If the Filters pane is used in the Table view, the layout (that is, column ordering and the columns that are hidden or visible) are remembered together with the filter.

Small Card

The icons refer to the message type (error, info, bug, ...)

To filter and sort the messages, proceed as follows:
- Both views: Type a search string in the filter field in the top right corner of the screen to select the subset of messages to be displayed. Note that you must click the magnifying icon to indicate the column the filter should apply to. The last entered search strings are remembered ('timers' and 'Flow 'Switchclient'' in the example below)
- Table view:
  - To filter out messages based on a certain string in one column, enter that string in the filter field just above the column header.
  - To sort the table rows on the values in a particular column, click on that column's header.
  - To rearrange the table columns, drag the column headers around.
  - To reset all filters, the column ordering and the filter history, use the context menu.
For more information, refer to Filtering and sorting log messages in the Messages pane.