# Validate Logging Profile elements

To verify that the syslog data is converted correctly to SMC log fields, you can test a Logging Profile that you created.

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For more details about the product and how to configure features, click Help or press F1.

## Steps

1. Select Monitoring.
2. Browse to Third-Party Devices > Logging Profiles.
3. Right-click the Logging Profile that you want to validate, then select Edit Logging Profile.
4. Click the Validation tab.
5. To select a file with syslog data, click Browse.
6. Click Validate.
   The imported data is displayed in the first pane. The validation results are displayed in the second pane. The first column of the results pane shows which logging pattern is used to convert each syslog entry.