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For example, you can create a search string that looks for the occurrence of Word1 Word2.
This will find occurrences of Word1 Word2 but not occurrences of Word2 Word1 or Word1
Word3 Word2 and so on. Select Case sensitive if you would like to differentiate between
upper and lowercase letters in the Search string field.
5. In the Search type field select between three ways of searching for the phrase specified in the
Search string field:
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Simple: Use simple search, with which any Transaction data containing an occurrence of
the specified search string will be found.
o
Exact: Use exact match, with which occurrences of the specified search string will be
found only if they are preceded and followed by a blank space. Example: If you specify the
search phrase return, only occurrences in which the phrase return appears surrounded by
spaces will be highlighted, whereas occurrences such as returned item will not.
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Wildcards: Search using wildcards. Three different characters can be used as wildcards:
The asterisk character (*). Place a asterisk after the search string, with which
occurrences of the specified search string will be found also if the search string is
followed by any number of characters. Example: If you specify return* as your search
string, all occurrences containing the letters return, such as returned item, returns
and similar, will be highlighted.
The question mark character (?), with which any single character can be substituted.
Example: If you specify the search phrase j?ck, all occurrences such as jack, jock, etc.
will be highlighted. You may use several question mark characters in your search.
Examples: jac???n or j?cks?n.
The hash character (#), with which any single digit can be substituted. Example: If you
specify the search phrase 4#, all occurrences such as 40, 41, etc. will be highlighted.
You may use several hash characters in your search. Examples: 4## or 12#4##7.
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Reg Ex: Search using the regular expressions.
You must enclose your search criteria in quotation marks for them to be included in your
search.
For a list of regular expressions, go to Microsoft's MSDN website:
6. In the Event string field specify the string that you want to send in a TCP/UDP data package
to the surveillance system.
7. In the Check if expression matches search string, you can test whether the search type
expression produces the results you want to see. Enter the result you want to test for and the
area below the field displays the results of the test (for example, Match or No match).
8. Click OK to save your settings.
When you have created an event, an event group and a generic event in your surveillance system that
matches the criteria in the Transaction event, you can test your Transaction event to verify that the
specified action is triggered in your surveillance system.
See also
Manage event groups (on page 41)