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April 8, 2022

Technical Tip: Customize log field in GUI

  • April 8, 2022
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Description The article describes how to add or delete a log field from the GUI.
Scope

FortiGate.

Solution

Go to Log & Report -> Forward Traffic', move the mouse pointer to the 'Data/Time' column and the 'Configure Table' setting button will be prompted out as shown in the screenshot below.


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Select the 'Configure Table' button, and it will be possible to customize the log field, and selected log field columns will only be prompted out after selecting 'Apply'.

 

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Note:

Changing log field names directly on a FortiGate or FortiGate-VM is not supported, as FortiOS relies on a predefined logging structure. The field names are standardized and cannot be modified within the device.

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