SharePoint ULS logs can be filtered using powershell and generate grid-view, allows additional filtering. This can be handy to troubleshoot or searching with in ULS logs
Powershell script:
if ((Get-PSSnapin "Microsoft.SharePoint.PowerShell" -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue) -eq $null) { Add-PSSnapin "Microsoft.SharePoint.PowerShell" }
Get -SPLogEvent -StartTime "10/15/2015 11:19" -EndTime "10/15/2015 11:20" | out GridView
execution of the above powershell script opens a grid-view of the matching results. Grid-view has additional filtering capabilities.
Output can be written to a text file / log file using the following powershell command
if ((Get-PSSnapin "Microsoft.SharePoint.PowerShell" -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue) -eq $null) { Add-PSSnapin "Microsoft.SharePoint.PowerShell" }
Get -SPLogEvent -StartTime "10/15/2015 11:19" -EndTime "10/15/2015 11:20" >> C:\ULSlogs.txt
"Sorry, something went wrong" message with correlation ID can be filtered and written to a text file /log file
if ((Get-PSSnapin "Microsoft.SharePoint.PowerShell" -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue) -eq $null) { Add-PSSnapin "Microsoft.SharePoint.PowerShell" }
Get-splogevent | ?{$_.Correlation -eq "<Correlation ID>"} | select Area, Category, Level, EventID,Message | Format-List > C:\ULSlogs.txt
by Kusal Pokala via Everyone's Blog Posts - SharePoint Community
