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August 17, 2025

Technical Tip: Explaining the 'User' field in FortiAnalyzer -> Log View -> FortiClient

  • August 17, 2025
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Description This article describes the 'User' field under FortiAnalyzer -> Log View -> FortiClient.
Scope FortiAnalyzer 7.0 and above.
Solution

End user network traffic is displayed under FortiAnalyzer -> Log View -> FortiClient.

 

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Note that the username displayed here is the device username: it is not the SSL VPN/IPsec VPN username.

It will display the current logged-in Windows user, which should exist in the C:\Users directory.

 

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