# Manage events using the GUI

With the GUI, you can:

* [View events](#view-events)
* [Filter events](#filter-events)

## View events

The events enable you to investigate issues that occur in the system.

The System Events page provides the following details:

* **Severity**: The severity of the event. The options are Info (lowest), Warning, Minor, Major, and Critical (highest).
* **Timestamp**: The date and time the event occurred. You can switch the display time between local and system time through the top bar.
* **Origin**: The originator of the event. For example, when a user creates a filesystem, the username appears as the event's originator.
* **Category**: The category options include Alerts, Cloud, Clustering, Config, Custom, Drive, Events, Filesystem, InterfaceGroup, Kms, Licensing, NFS, Network, Node, ObjectStorage, Org, Raid, Resources, S3, Security, Smb, System, Traces, Upgrade, and User.
* **Name**: The name of the event.
* **Description**: The description of the event.

{% hint style="info" %}
You can select the Advanced switch to display internal events. This option is helpful for experts investigating internal issues.
{% endhint %}

 **Procedure**

1. From the menu, select **Investigate > Events**.

![System events](https://1916840177-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-x-prod.appspot.com/o/spaces%2FTUYL9RLgSDAkF2U90csR%2Fuploads%2F8GlnVSlNjaAHdNKarO98%2Fwmng_events_view.png?alt=media\&token=157613df-3c21-4b1c-bec6-7139076d3c3d)

## Filter events

You can filter the events according to the event severity, timestamp, category, or event name. You can also filter events by multiple categories and multiple event names.

![Example: view all minor events (and higher severity events) related to clustering](https://1916840177-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-x-prod.appspot.com/o/spaces%2FTUYL9RLgSDAkF2U90csR%2Fuploads%2F5XJoSxABlBthjWhjVFSi%2Fwmng_events_filter_example.gif?alt=media\&token=aed42f43-e142-492f-b260-a54ddcffa7bb)

**Procedure**

1. To display events of a specific minimum severity:

   * Select the filter icon of the **Severity** column.
   * Select the required minimum severity.

   For example, if you select the Major severity, also the Critical events are displayed.

![Minimum serverity filter](https://1916840177-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-x-prod.appspot.com/o/spaces%2FTUYL9RLgSDAkF2U90csR%2Fuploads%2FbSP6E9Lc3VU4pjQyoZv9%2Fwmng_events_filter_severity.png?alt=media\&token=93ead3f5-6056-4298-a0a5-6e1527edae8d)

1. To display events that occur during a specific period:
   * Select the filter icon of the **Timestamp** column.
   * In the **From** field, select the timestamp of the beginning of the period to display.
   * In the **To** field, select the timestamp of the end of the period to display, or select **Now**.
   * Select **Filter**.

![Timestamp filter](https://1916840177-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-x-prod.appspot.com/o/spaces%2FTUYL9RLgSDAkF2U90csR%2Fuploads%2FEF3pUKOnJLnp7bTof4j4%2Fwmng_events_filter_timestamp.png?alt=media\&token=42c788d2-04bb-4cea-813e-d3a4026fbce3)

3\. To display events of specific categories:

* Select the filter icon of the **Category** column.
* In the **Filter Categories**, select the category you want to display. You can select multiple categories.
* Select **Filter**.

![Category filter example: filter by Clustering and Drive](https://1916840177-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-x-prod.appspot.com/o/spaces%2FTUYL9RLgSDAkF2U90csR%2Fuploads%2FgcRl6tpbeGejX05ZKiPL%2Fwmng_events_filter_category.png?alt=media\&token=21ef88dc-0a4c-4e12-8f58-96d621b1f517)

4\. To display events with specific event names:

* Select the filter icon of the **Event** column.
* In the **Events Filter**, select the event name you want to display. You can select multiple event names.
* Select **Filter**.

![Event filter example: filter by AlertMuted and DirectoryQuataSet](https://1916840177-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-x-prod.appspot.com/o/spaces%2FTUYL9RLgSDAkF2U90csR%2Fuploads%2F5pJqW7RWuC90Ske5WMux%2Fwmng_events_filter_event.png?alt=media\&token=b4ee38de-497d-4a79-ad18-d76b78b4c416)

**Related topics**

[list-of-events](https://docs.weka.io/4.1/usage/events/list-of-events "mention")

[#switch-the-display-time](https://docs.weka.io/4.1/getting-started-with-weka/manage-the-system-using-weka-gui#switch-the-display-time "mention")