Technical Tip: Customize policy UUID log field

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Article Id 303032

Description

The article describes how to add the policy UUID log field you wish to see from the GUI.

Scope

FortiGate.

Solution

The Forward Traffic log field of FortiGate is not showing policy UUID by default setting,

To add the policy UUID log field, go to Log&Report -> Forward Traffic, 'right-click' on the header panel, a drop-down menu will appear. Scroll down until seeing 'Policy UUID' as shown below:

Select the 'Policy UUID'. Make sure it is selected with a green checkmark and apply accordingly as shown below:

After applying the setting, 'Policy UUID' will appear on the last column of the log field as shown below:

Policy UUID is only available in the Forward Traffic log and the Security Events log contains policy information.

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