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Viewing and Exporting Logged Data
You can view logs through the log browsing view. You can view data from all types of Engines, and from third-party elements that are configured to send data to the SMCaaS Application.
Changing how log entries are displayed
There are various ways in which you can customize how entries in the Log view are displayed.
Increase or decrease text size in log entries
You can increase, decrease, and reset the text size in the Logs view.

Preface
This guide provides the information you need to work with your Forcepoint product.
Introduction to SMC as a Service
The SMC as a Service provides centralized access for configuring, managing, logging, and monitoring NGFWs that secure network connectivity and control business operations.
Getting Started
Routing
Policy Creation and Administration
Monitoring
- Monitoring SMCaaS Application elements
  You can monitor Engines and view system summaries in the SMCaaS Application.
- Application Health Monitoring
  The Application Health Monitoring dashboard lets administrators monitor network and application layers connection quality.
- Viewing and Exporting Logged Data
  You can view logs through the log browsing view. You can view data from all types of Engines, and from third-party elements that are configured to send data to the SMCaaS Application.
  - Getting started with the Logs view
    The Logs view displays all logs for the SMCaaS Application.
  - Browsing log data
    You can browse, filter, and search for log data in the Logs view.
  - Changing how log entries are displayed
    There are various ways in which you can customize how entries in the Log view are displayed.
    - Increase or decrease text size in log entries
      You can increase, decrease, and reset the text size in the Logs view.
    - Selecting the time zone for log browsing
      The SMCaaS and Engines use universal time (UTC) internally. The times in the Logs view are changed to your selected time zone as they are displayed.
    - Select columns in the log entry table
      You can select which columns are shown in the Logs view and customize how the columns are shown. You can add and remove columns and change the order and width of columns.
    - Tools for customizing the Logs view
      To make logs easier to read, you can customize how the data is displayed in the Logs view.
  - Exporting data from the Logs view
    You can export log entries in various ways and formats.
  - Export data in PDF format
    You can export lists of elements, logged data, diagrams and dashboards in PDF format.
  - Create rules from log entries
    You can use log entry details to generate new rules.
  - Forwarding log data to an Elasticsearch cluster
    Elasticsearch is an open-source search Engine that runs on an external Elasticsearch server cluster. You can forward log data from Log Servers and Management Servers to an Elasticsearch cluster to improve the performance of browsing and searching for log entries, report generation, and other log-related features.
- Reports
  Reports are summaries of logs and statistics that allow you to combine large amounts of data into an easily viewable form.
- Filtering Data
  Filters allow you to select data based on values that it contains. Most frequently, you use filters when viewing logs, but filters can also be used for other tasks, such as exporting logs and selecting data for reports.
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Increase or decrease text size in log entries

You can increase, decrease, and reset the text size in the Logs view.

Steps

Select Logs.
Select More actions > Text Size, then select an option.

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