# 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.
* **Process ID:** The process ID created the event.
* **Origin**: The event's originator, such as a user, backend, or cluster. 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.

You can select the **Advanced** switch to display internal events. This option is helpful for experts investigating internal issues.

 **Procedure**

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

![System events](https://1970823310-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-x-prod.appspot.com/o/spaces%2FNqDzxyFrTFrLD641p0iH%2Fuploads%2F3RZUFx3SlqoT434c4395%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 warning events (and higher severity events) related to resources](https://1970823310-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-x-prod.appspot.com/o/spaces%2FNqDzxyFrTFrLD641p0iH%2Fuploads%2FXvknZycf05Phq5BDk96A%2Fwmng_events_filter_example.gif?alt=media\&token=aed42f43-e142-492f-b260-a54ddcffa7bb)

#### Procedures

<details>

<summary>Display events of a specific minimum severity</summary>

1. Select the filter icon of the **Severity** column.
2. Select the required minimum severity.\
   For example, the Critical events are displayed if you select the Major severity.

![](https://1970823310-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-x-prod.appspot.com/o/spaces%2FNqDzxyFrTFrLD641p0iH%2Fuploads%2FrcZT2mDxfse0CV3LXxGe%2Fwmng_events_filter_severity.png?alt=media\&token=93ead3f5-6056-4298-a0a5-6e1527edae8d)

</details>

<details>

<summary>Display events of a specific period</summary>

1. Select the filter icon of the **Timestamp** column.
2. In the **From** field, select the timestamp of the beginning of the period to display.
3. In the **To** field, select the timestamp of the end of the period to display or select **Now**.
4. Select **OK**.
5. Select **Filter**.

![](https://1970823310-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-x-prod.appspot.com/o/spaces%2FNqDzxyFrTFrLD641p0iH%2Fuploads%2FUzWuvUFFrSc8IYYMXg7I%2Fwmng_events_filter_timestamp.png?alt=media\&token=42c788d2-04bb-4cea-813e-d3a4026fbce3)

</details>

<details>

<summary>Display events of specific categories</summary>

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

![](https://1970823310-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-x-prod.appspot.com/o/spaces%2FNqDzxyFrTFrLD641p0iH%2Fuploads%2FRrInFGsi5k93c19PyHm3%2Fwmng_events_filter_category.png?alt=media\&token=21ef88dc-0a4c-4e12-8f58-96d621b1f517)

</details>

<details>

<summary>Display events with specific event names</summary>

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

![](https://1970823310-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-x-prod.appspot.com/o/spaces%2FNqDzxyFrTFrLD641p0iH%2Fuploads%2FCeqRSODIuOQJ9vyIjLE2%2Fwmng_events_filter_by_events.png?alt=media\&token=a91284a0-0b66-46ba-980a-7b989220a080)

</details>

## Display events by a predefined template

You can display events according to predefined templates based on a combination of event names with the same logical context. For example, selecting the **Processes** template displays all events related to processes. A predefined template enables focusing on certain areas of the system.

The predefined templates include protocols, object store, cluster-wide tasks, filesystems, quota, snapshots, clients, and processes.

<figure><img src="https://1970823310-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-x-prod.appspot.com/o/spaces%2FNqDzxyFrTFrLD641p0iH%2Fuploads%2F7aXUCGA8lGhxZh80fIZj%2Fwmng_predefined_template_example.gif?alt=media&#x26;token=0429652d-3400-408b-87cc-6aab81fe5d08" alt=""><figcaption><p>Display events by a predefined template</p></figcaption></figure>

**Procedure**

1. In the Events page, select **Predefined Templates.**
2. Select from the list the required template to display.

**Related topics**

[list-of-events](https://docs.weka.io/4.2/usage/events/list-of-events "mention")

[#switch-the-display-time](https://docs.weka.io/4.2/getting-started-with-weka/manage-the-system-using-weka-gui#switch-the-display-time "mention")