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Werk #13599: Windows event log: Add filtering of sequential duplicate messages

Component Checks & agents
Title Windows event log: Add filtering of sequential duplicate messages
Date Jan 18, 2022
Level Trivial Change
Class New Feature
Compatibility Compatible - no manual interaction needed
Checkmk versions & editions
2.1.0b1 Checkmk Raw (CRE), Checkmk Enterprise (CEE), Checkmk MSP (CME)

Only identical consecutive messages will be filtered. As soon as a different message comes in between, the filter will be reset.

Example: Without filtering W Dec 14 14:32:56 0.10016 SOURCE Message_Itself W Dec 14 14:33:57 0.10016 SOURCE Message_Itself W Dec 14 14:34:58 0.10016 SOURCE Message_Itself W Dec 14 14:35:59 0.10016 SOURCE Message_Again With filtering W Dec 14 14:32:56 0.10016 SOURCE Message_Itself [the above message was repeated 2 times] W Dec 14 14:35:59 0.10016 SOURCE Message_Again

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