You can search the Iguana logs for log messages matching one or more specified criteria.

To search the logs, specify search criteria in the Search Criteria panel, which is located to the right of the Logs screen:

To specify search criteria:

• In the Text Query field, type the text to be matched. For more information on the search criteria that you can use, see Specifying Keywords and Regular Expressions When Searching.

	New Feature in Iguana 4.5 As of version 4.5 of Iguana, index-based searching is provided. For most searches, this new search method produces results much more quickly. In some cases, the new index-based search may not display matches that are found in the middle of a word. For example, the search criterion Acct may not match a message containing the string PatientAcct. If you suspect that this might be happening in your search, specify ! as the first character in your search to use the old text search (for example, use !Acct instead of Acct). ! only has special significance when it is the first character in a search. If ! appears anywhere else in a search criterion, it is treated as part of the string to be searched for. Iguana 4.5 also contains a low-priority thread that checks whether each log file has had an index file defined for it. If an index file is missing, the thread creates it. Log files are searched in reverse chronological order, from newest to oldest. Searches that use regular expressions are performed using the old searching method.

• In the Channel list box, select the source of the log message. This can be All Entries, Service Entries (entries generated by the Iguana service), or a channel name.
• To limit the display to a date range, select the Time Range check box. Text boxes appear that enable you to specify the start and end date range of the search:

• If you want to specify a start date for the search, in the from row, type the start date for the search in YYYY/MM/DD HH:MM:SS (year/month/day hour:minute:second) format. You do not need to type the entire date. As you type, the date that Iguana is searching for is displayed below the field:

• Alternatively, you can click to display a calendar, from which you can select the start date for the search:

	If you do not specify a start date, Iguana displays all messages that were sent before the date and time specified in the to row.

• If you want to specify an end date for the search, in the to row, type some or all of the end date for the search in YYYY/MM/DD HH:MM:SS format, or click to select the end date from a calendar.

	If you do not specify an end date, Iguana displays all messages that were sent after the date and time specified in the from row.

	New Feature in Iguana 4.5 The method of specifying a start date and an end date for searches has been simplified and improved in Iguana 4.5.

• From the Type list box, you can select All to display all message log types, or you can select one or more log message types to display. (For more information on log message types, see Types of Log Messages.)
• From the list box below the Type list box, select Hide Deleted if you want to hide deleted messages when searching, select Show Deleted if you want to show both deleted and non-deleted messages, or select Show Only Deleted if you want to display deleted messages only. Each deleted message is displayed in gray and with overstrike characters, and DELETED is written over the message icon:

As with any other log message, you can click a deleted message to view it:

To undelete a deleted message, click .

If you specify a search criterion, the list of log messages displayed in the Logs screen changes instantaneously:

	When you have specified a search criterion, the following shortcut keys can be used when scrolling through the messages that are displayed: Ctrl+Home displays the most recent log message that matches the search criterion. Ctrl+End displays the oldest log message that matches the search criterion.

To create a bookmark for a search that you have created, click Bookmark Search. This enables you to save your bookmark using your browser's bookmark mechanism:

	New Feature in Iguana 4.1 The Bookmark Search feature is new in Iguana 4.1. It enables you to easily repeat commonly used log searches.

To cancel a search, click .

	If the Export panel is visible, the Search Criteria panel is not: To view the Search Criteria panel, click the [+] link to the left of the Search Criteria heading. This will hide the Export panel and redisplay the Search Criteria panel.

	New Feature in Iguana 4.1 The ability to specify Boolean expressions or regular expressions in the Text Query field is new in Iguana 4.1. This capability makes it easier to find specific log messages.