Security Compliance

Create a custom report to show only interactive user logon events in SEM

This article describes how to create a custom Authentication - User Log On or Authentication - User Log On by User report that filters out everything but actual interactive logon events (physical logons).

First published date

10/9/2018 2:45 AM

Last published date

10/9/2018 2:45 AM

Overview

This article applies to Security Event Manager (formerly Log & Event Manager).

This article describes how to create a custom Authentication - User Log On or Authentication - User Log On by User report that filters out everything but actual interactive logon events (physical logons).

Product section

Security Event Manager

Resolution

  1. Open your Reports Console and run an Authentication - User Log On or Authentication - User Log On by User report for the last 24 hours.
  2. Click on the Select Expert button and click New.
  3. Select the last field, USERLOGON_1.LOGONTYPE, and click OK.
  4. Change the drop down box to is equal to and change the second drop down box to Windows: Interactive and click OK. This will filter the report to show only interactive logon events.
  5. Click the Export button and change the Format to Crystal Reports (RPT). Save it to the CustomReports folder under your SolarWinds Log and Event Manager Reports installation folder.
  6. You can now press F5 to refresh your reports list and see your saved report by going to the Settings tab and changing the Category to Custom Reports.