Feature matrix

Event Log Explorer components

Component	Standard Edition	Enterprise Edition	Forensic Edition
Event Log Explorer Viewer main component of Event Log Explorer it has different features depending on the edition	✔	✔	✔
Elodea Event Collector collects events in the real time and saves them into a database		✔
Event Log Backup a utility to backup event logs into evtx files	✔	✔	✔
Event Log Database Exporter a utility to save event logs into a database (SQL Server)		✔
Event Log Exporter a utility to export event logs into different formats (Excel, OpenOffice spreadsheet, PDF, etc.)		✔	✔

Event Log Explorer Viewer features

Feature	Standard Edition	Enterprise Edition	Forensic Edition
Supported sources of events
Live event logs local and remote	✔	✔	✔
Event log files EVTX and legacy EVT	✔	✔	✔
Damaged event log files EVTX and legacy EVT			✔
Logs in a database logs saved in an SQL server db	✔	✔	✔
Disk images imaged PC or deep scan of raw images			✔
Event log snapshots events saved in a file for future analysis			✔
Filter and search
XML filter XPath query	✔	✔	✔
Log loading filter exclude inessential events at the loading stage	✔	✔	✔
General filter the most powerful filtering option	✔	✔	✔
Quick filter quick way to set a simple filter	✔	✔	✔
Linked filter filter on linked events	✔	✔	✔
Special marking filter filter separate events in scripts		✔	✔
General search search events using any criteria	✔	✔	✔
Go to date find an event of the specified date	✔	✔	✔
Reporting and export
Print events print event list using several predefined templates	✔	✔	✔
Export events export event list to Excel, Html, Text, PDF	✔	✔	✔
Analytical reports summary tables and pivot charts	✔	✔	✔
Custom columns
Custom columns user columns with with type support	✔	✔	✔
Maximum number of custom columns in a view	5	30	30
Formula script calculated custom columns		✔	✔
Event log tasks
Event log task management create and modify user tasks	✔	✔	✔
Task templates create/modify task templates and create tasks based on the templates	✔	✔	✔
Predefined task templates a bunch of templates for everyday use	✔	✔	✔
Additional features
Workspaces store working environment in a workspace file	✔	✔	✔
Merging logs unite different event logs and log files in one log view	✔	✔	✔
Import computers from different sources Active Directory, XML file, text file	✔	✔	✔
Color coding by event type, source, id, description	✔	✔	✔
Time correction display event time in a specific time zone	✔	✔	✔
Bookmarks bookmarking for faster navigation between events	✔	✔	✔
Admin permission requirements program start requires elevation	requires	requires	not require
Advanced features
Forensic specific options snapshots, deep scan, checking anomalies, disk images			✔
Description server if a description not available, get it from another source	✔ except imaged PC	✔ except imaged PC	✔
Credential manager store credentials to connect other computers/domains	✔	✔	✔
Scripting PascalScript to automate log-related tasks		✔	✔