Windows Event Log
Windows Event Log is the native logging subsystem that records system, security, application and custom provider events.
EnginsightGlobal Fields (4)
| Field | Type | 
|---|---|
ngs.id Unique identifier for the log entry.  | string  | 
ngs.createdAt Timestamp when the event was created locally.  | pdate  | 
ngs.indexedAt Timestamp when the log was indexed into the SIEM.  | pdate  | 
ngs.source Origin or source system of the log.  | string  | 
Reference-Specific Fields (380)
| Field | Type | 
|---|---|
winlog.EventData.LogonTypeName  | string  | 
winlog.EventData.PrivilegeList  | string []  | 
winlog.EventName  | text_general  | 
winlog.EventSource  | string  | 
winlog.EventData.AuditPolicyChanges  | string []  | 
winlog.EventData.CategoryId  | string []  | 
winlog.EventData.AuthenticationPackageName  | text_general  | 
winlog.EventData.FailureReason  | text_general  | 
winlog.EventData.IpAddress  | text_general  | 
winlog.EventData.IpPort  | pint  | 
winlog.EventData.DestAddress  | text_general  | 
winlog.EventData.SourceAddress  | text_general  | 
winlog.EventData.SourcePort  | pint  | 
winlog.EventData.DestPort  | pint  | 
winlog.DebugData.SequenceNumber  | plong  | 
winlog.DebugData.FlagsName  | text_general  | 
winlog.EventData.WorkstationName  | text_general  | 
winlog.DebugData.LevelName  | text_general  | 
winlog.DebugData.Component  | text_general  | 
winlog.DebugData.SubComponent  | text_general  | 
winlog.DebugData.FileLine  | text_general  | 
winlog.DebugData.Function  | text_general  | 
winlog.DebugData.Message  | text_general  | 
winlog.EventData.ReturnCode  | string  | 
winlog.EventData.ProcessId  | string  | 
winlog.EventData.Protocol  | string  | 
winlog.EventData.LogonType  | plong  | 
winlog.EventData.TargetDomainName  | text_general  | 
winlog.EventData.TargetLogonId  | text_general  | 
winlog.EventData.TargetUserName  | text_general  | 
winlog.EventData.TargetUserSid  | text_general  | 
winlog.ProcessingErrorData.ErrorCode  | plong  | 
winlog.ProcessingErrorData.DataItemName  | text_general  | 
winlog.ProcessingErrorData.EventPayload  | text_general  | 
winlog.RenderingInfo.CultureAttr  | text_general  | 
winlog.RenderingInfo.Message  | text_general  | 
winlog.RenderingInfo.Level  | text_general  | 
winlog.RenderingInfo.Opcode  | text_general  | 
winlog.RenderingInfo.Task  | text_general  | 
winlog.RenderingInfo.Channel  | text_general  | 
winlog.RenderingInfo.Provider  | text_general  | 
winlog.RenderingInfo.Keywords.Keywords  | text_general []  | 
winlog.System.Channel  | text_general  | 
winlog.System.Computer  | text_general  | 
winlog.System.Security.UserID  | text_general  | 
winlog.System.EventID  | pint  | 
winlog.System.EventRecordID  | plong  | 
winlog.System.Execution.ProcessID  | plong  | 
winlog.System.Execution.ThreadID  | plong  | 
winlog.System.Execution.ProcessorID  | plong  | 
winlog.System.Execution.SessionID  | plong  | 
winlog.System.Execution.KernelTime  | plong  | 
winlog.System.Execution.UserTime  | plong  | 
winlog.System.Execution.ProcessorTime  | plong  | 
winlog.System.Keywords  | text_general  | 
winlog.System.Level  | plong  | 
winlog.System.Opcode  | plong  | 
winlog.System.Correlation.ActivityID  | text_general  | 
winlog.System.Correlation.RelatedActivityID  | text_general  | 
winlog.System.Provider.Guid  | text_general  | 
winlog.System.Provider.Name  | text_general  | 
winlog.System.Provider.EventSourceName  | text_general  | 
winlog.System.Task  | plong  | 
winlog.System.TimeCreated.SystemTime  | pdate  | 
winlog.System.TimeCreated.RawTime  | plong  | 
winlog.System.Version  | plong  | 
winlog.EventData.CallerProcessId  | text_general  | 
winlog.EventData.CallerProcessName  | text_general  | 
winlog.EventData.SubjectDomainName  | text_general  | 
winlog.EventData.SubjectLogonId  | text_general  | 
winlog.EventData.SubjectUserName  | text_general  | 
winlog.EventData.SubjectUserSid  | text_general  | 
winlog.EventData.TargetSid  | text_general  | 
winlog.EventData.LogonID  | string  | 
winlog.EventData.ForceLogoff  | string  | 
winlog.EventData.FailureId  | string  | 
winlog.EventData.LocationInformation  | text_general  | 
winlog.EventData.CertThumbprint  | string  | 
winlog.EventData.DomainPolicyChanged  | text_general  | 
winlog.EventData.UserParameters  | string  | 
winlog.EventData.ProviderKey  | string  | 
winlog.EventData.TargetLinkedLogonId  | string  | 
winlog.EventData.DnsName  | text_general  | 
winlog.EventData.Identity  | text_general  | 
winlog.EventData.ReasonCode  | string  | 
winlog.EventData.MaxPasswordAge  | string  | 
winlog.EventData.SecurityPackageName  | text_general  | 
winlog.EventData.ObjectDN  | text_general  | 
winlog.EventData.NewSD  | string  | 
winlog.EventData.EndUSN  | string  | 
winlog.EventData.HardwareIds  | string  | 
winlog.EventData.RemoteEventLogging  | string  | 
winlog.EventData.SubcategoryGuid  | string  | 
winlog.EventData.VirtualAccount  | string  | 
winlog.EventData.DomainName  | text_general  | 
winlog.EventData.ConfiguredNames  | string  | 
winlog.EventData.AccountDomain  | string  | 
winlog.EventData.HomeDirectory  | string  | 
winlog.EventData.PackageName  | text_general  | 
winlog.EventData.TaskName  | text_general  | 
winlog.EventData.AlgorithmName  | string  | 
winlog.EventData.ServerNames  | text_general []  | 
winlog.EventData.Profiles  | text_general  | 
winlog.EventData.LayerRTID  | plong  | 
winlog.EventData.ServiceName  | text_general  | 
winlog.EventData.CompatibleIds  | string  | 
winlog.EventData.PeerMac  | string  | 
winlog.EventData.CalloutKey  | string  | 
winlog.EventData.OperationId  | string  | 
winlog.EventData.TransmittedServices  | string  | 
winlog.EventData.RemoteAdminEnabled  | string  | 
winlog.EventData.EventId  | plong  | 
winlog.EventData.EventCountTotal  | plong  | 
winlog.EventData.ObjectCollectionName  | text_general  | 
winlog.EventData.SettingValue  | string  | 
winlog.EventData.OldSD  | string  | 
winlog.EventData.OldTargetUserName  | text_general  | 
winlog.EventData.AccessRemoved  | text_general  | 
winlog.EventData.SourceProcessId  | string  | 
winlog.EventData.ObjectType  | string  | 
winlog.EventData.AttributeLDAPDisplayName  | text_general  | 
winlog.EventData.RuleAttr  | string  | 
winlog.EventData.OldMaxUsers  | string  | 
winlog.EventData.StatusCode  | plong  | 
winlog.EventData.FilterName  | string  | 
winlog.EventData.CertIssuerName  | string  | 
winlog.EventData.OldObjectDN  | text_general  | 
winlog.EventData.TicketEncryptionType  | string  | 
winlog.EventData.PreAuthType  | string  | 
winlog.EventData.RuleId  | string  | 
winlog.EventData.IntfGuid  | string  | 
winlog.EventData.NewProcessName  | text_general  | 
winlog.EventData.ClientName  | text_general  | 
winlog.EventData.StagingReason  | text_general  | 
winlog.EventData.TdoAttributes  | string  | 
winlog.EventData.PuaCount  | plong  | 
winlog.EventData.SSID  | text_general  | 
winlog.EventData.SourceHandleId  | string  | 
winlog.EventData.HypervisorLaunchType  | string  | 
winlog.EventData.PuaPolicyId  | string  | 
winlog.EventData.TokenElevationType  | string  | 
winlog.EventData.OldShareFlags  | string  | 
winlog.EventData.NewSd  | string  | 
winlog.EventData.DestinationDRA  | text_general  | 
winlog.EventData.TestSigning  | string  | 
winlog.EventData.NewValue  | text_general  | 
winlog.EventData.TargetServerName  | text_general  | 
winlog.EventData.TreeDelete  | string  | 
winlog.EventData.SidFilteringEnabled  | string  | 
winlog.EventData.ScriptPath  | string  | 
winlog.EventData.NotificationPackageName  | string  | 
winlog.EventData.TicketOptions  | string  | 
winlog.EventData.ServiceAccount  | string  | 
winlog.EventData.ShareName  | text_general  | 
winlog.EventData.TaskContentNew  | text_general  | 
winlog.EventData.MachineAccountQuota  | string  | 
winlog.EventData.SpnName  | string  | 
winlog.EventData.DSType  | string  | 
winlog.EventData.Operation  | string  | 
winlog.EventData.NamingContext  | text_general  | 
winlog.EventData.EAPErrorCode  | string  | 
winlog.EventData.PasswordLastSet  | string  | 
winlog.EventData.LockoutDuration  | string  | 
winlog.EventData.EntryType  | string  | 
winlog.EventData.GroupTypeChange  | text_general  | 
winlog.EventData.ObjectGUID  | string  | 
winlog.EventData.EventSourceId  | string  | 
winlog.EventData.ProcessName  | text_general  | 
winlog.EventData.Service  | text_general  | 
winlog.EventData.DnsHostName  | text_general  | 
winlog.EventData.RemoteMachineID  | string  | 
winlog.EventData.RuleName  | text_general  | 
winlog.EventData.NewTime  | string  | 
winlog.EventData.TransactionId  | string  | 
winlog.EventData.ReasonForRejection  | text_general  | 
winlog.EventData.LayerName  | string  | 
winlog.EventData.HomePath  | string  | 
winlog.EventData.ComputerAccountChange  | string  | 
winlog.EventData.AccessMask  | string  | 
winlog.EventData.HandleId  | string  | 
winlog.EventData.AccessGranted  | text_general  | 
winlog.EventData.TargetLogonGuid  | string  | 
winlog.EventData.ProfilePath  | string  | 
winlog.EventData.FilterType  | string  | 
winlog.EventData.LayerId  | plong  | 
winlog.EventData.AuditSourceName  | text_general  | 
winlog.EventData.ObjectName  | text_general  | 
winlog.EventData.NewValueType  | string  | 
winlog.EventData.StartUSN  | string  | 
winlog.EventData.ReplicationEvent  | string  | 
winlog.EventData.KeyName  | string  | 
winlog.EventData.LmPackageName  | string  | 
winlog.EventData.ObjectIdentifyingProperties  | text_general  | 
winlog.EventData.SidHistory  | string  | 
winlog.EventData.NewProcessId  | string  | 
winlog.EventData.OldSd  | string  | 
winlog.EventData.OldValueType  | string  | 
winlog.EventData.InterfaceName  | text_general  | 
winlog.EventData.SubcategoryId  | string  | 
winlog.EventData.TargetServer  | text_general  | 
winlog.EventData.RelativeTargetName  | text_general  | 
winlog.EventData.CredType  | string  | 
winlog.EventData.TargetProcessId  | string  | 
winlog.EventData.SamAccountName  | text_general  | 
winlog.EventData.UserSid  | string  | 
winlog.EventData.AuditStatusCode  | plong  | 
winlog.EventData.MemberSid  | string  | 
winlog.EventData.OldRemark  | string  | 
winlog.EventData.Status  | string  | 
winlog.EventData.Application  | text_general  | 
winlog.EventData.AdditionalInfo  | string  | 
winlog.EventData.DisabledPrivilegeList  | string  | 
winlog.EventData.AccountExpires  | string  | 
winlog.EventData.AdvancedOptions  | string  | 
winlog.EventData.Options  | plong  | 
winlog.EventData.UserAccountControl  | string  | 
winlog.EventData.AccountName  | text_general  | 
winlog.EventData.SessionID  | plong  | 
winlog.EventData.TargetHandleId  | string  | 
winlog.EventData.GroupMembership  | string  | 
winlog.EventData.UserUPN  | text_general  | 
winlog.EventData.ObjectClass  | text_general  | 
winlog.EventData.SessionName  | text_general  | 
winlog.EventData.OemInformation  | string  | 
winlog.EventData.ServicePrincipalNames  | text_general  | 
winlog.EventData.ProfileUsed  | text_general  | 
winlog.EventData.AttributeValue  | string  | 
winlog.EventData.ServiceFileName  | text_general  | 
winlog.EventData.KeyLength  | plong  | 
winlog.EventData.EAPReasonCode  | string  | 
winlog.EventData.ProfileChanged  | text_general  | 
winlog.EventData.SubjectUserDomainName  | text_general  | 
winlog.EventData.TargetProcessName  | text_general  | 
winlog.EventData.LogonProcessName  | text_general  | 
winlog.EventData.ForestRoot  | text_general  | 
winlog.EventData.ComputerName  | text_general  | 
winlog.EventData.OpCorrelationID  | string  | 
winlog.EventData.ConfigAccessPolicy  | string  | 
winlog.EventData.LogDroppedPacketsEnabled  | string  | 
winlog.EventData.NewUacValue  | string  | 
winlog.EventData.ResourceAttributes  | string  | 
winlog.EventData.DomainBehaviorVersion  | string  | 
winlog.EventData.UserName  | text_general  | 
winlog.EventData.ActiveProfile  | text_general  | 
winlog.EventData.ChangeType  | string  | 
winlog.EventData.TopLevelName  | string  | 
winlog.EventData.LinkName  | text_general  | 
winlog.EventData.DomainSid  | string  | 
winlog.EventData.ProcessID  | plong  | 
winlog.EventData.LogonHours  | string  | 
winlog.EventData.CertSerialNumber  | string  | 
winlog.EventData.KeyType  | string  | 
winlog.EventData.NetbiosName  | text_general  | 
winlog.EventData.SourceAddr  | string  | 
winlog.EventData.NewObjectDN  | text_general  | 
winlog.EventData.ImpersonationLevel  | string  | 
winlog.EventData.LogSuccessfulConnectionsEnabled  | string  | 
winlog.EventData.FilterId  | string  | 
winlog.EventData.ObjectServer  | text_general  | 
winlog.EventData.OldUacValue  | string  | 
winlog.EventData.DeviceClaims  | string  | 
winlog.EventData.RemoteUserID  | string  | 
winlog.EventData.Duration  | string  | 
winlog.EventData.TargetInfo  | text_general  | 
winlog.EventData.FlightSigning  | string  | 
winlog.EventData.NewTargetUserName  | text_general  | 
winlog.EventData.FileName  | text_general  | 
winlog.EventData.CalloutName  | text_general  | 
winlog.EventData.EventCount  | plong  | 
winlog.EventData.LockoutThreshold  | string  | 
winlog.EventData.PrimaryGroupId  | plong  | 
winlog.EventData.NewRemark  | string  | 
winlog.EventData.EventIdx  | plong  | 
winlog.EventData.AllowedToDelegateTo  | string  | 
winlog.EventData.RecoveryKeyId  | string  | 
winlog.EventData.MinPasswordAge  | string  | 
winlog.EventData.TargetUserDomain  | text_general  | 
winlog.EventData.FilterKey  | string  | 
winlog.EventData.LayerKey  | string  | 
winlog.EventData.ClassName  | text_general  | 
winlog.EventData.UserPrincipalName  | text_general  | 
winlog.EventData.SubStatus  | string  | 
winlog.EventData.MulticastFlowsEnabled  | string  | 
winlog.EventData.ParentProcessName  | text_general  | 
winlog.EventData.Package  | text_general  | 
winlog.EventData.AppCorrelationID  | string  | 
winlog.EventData.SettingType  | string  | 
winlog.EventData.VsmLaunchType  | string  | 
winlog.EventData.TaskContent  | text_general  | 
winlog.EventData.Properties  | string  | 
winlog.EventData.Weight  | plong  | 
winlog.EventData.KeyFilePath  | text_general  | 
winlog.EventData.RestrictedAdminMode  | string  | 
winlog.EventData.Dummy  | string  | 
winlog.EventData.ObjectValueName  | text_general  | 
winlog.EventData.GroupPolicyApplied  | string  | 
winlog.EventData.ElevatedToken  | string  | 
winlog.EventData.Conditions  | text_general  | 
winlog.EventData.AddedCAPs  | text_general  | 
winlog.EventData.PreviousTime  | pdate  | 
winlog.EventData.HypervisorDebug  | string  | 
winlog.EventData.ErrorCode  | string  | 
winlog.EventData.TargetOutboundUserName  | text_general  | 
winlog.EventData.LoadOptions  | string  | 
winlog.EventData.AccessReason  | string  | 
winlog.EventData.PasswordHistoryLength  | plong  | 
winlog.EventData.KernelDebug  | string  | 
winlog.EventData.AttributeSyntaxOID  | string  | 
winlog.EventData.PasswordProperties  | string  | 
winlog.EventData.SourceDRA  | text_general  | 
winlog.EventData.ClientAddress  | text_general  | 
winlog.EventData.ProviderName  | text_general  | 
winlog.EventData.RecoveryReason  | string  | 
winlog.EventData.ClassId  | string  | 
winlog.EventData.ModifiedObjectProperties  | text_general  | 
winlog.EventData.ForestRootSid  | string  | 
winlog.EventData.NewState  | string  | 
winlog.EventData.MinPasswordLength  | plong  | 
winlog.EventData.ServiceSid  | string  | 
winlog.EventData.UserWorkstations  | text_general  | 
winlog.EventData.RecoveryServer  | text_general  | 
winlog.EventData.GPOList  | text_general  | 
winlog.EventData.DSName  | text_general  | 
winlog.EventData.OperationMode  | string  | 
winlog.EventData.ObjectProperties  | text_general  | 
winlog.EventData.ResourceManager  | string  | 
winlog.EventData.TdoDirection  | string  | 
winlog.EventData.MandatoryLabel  | string  | 
winlog.EventData.LockoutObservationWindow  | string  | 
winlog.EventData.EnabledPrivilegeList  | text_general  | 
winlog.EventData.Flags  | string  | 
winlog.EventData.TargetOutboundDomainName  | string  | 
winlog.EventData.UserClaims  | text_general  | 
winlog.EventData.TdoType  | string  | 
winlog.EventData.CrashOnAuditFailValue  | string  | 
winlog.EventData.FilterRTID  | plong  | 
winlog.EventData.ServiceType  | string  | 
winlog.EventData.Profile  | text_general  | 
winlog.EventData.Action  | string  | 
winlog.EventData.HypervisorLoadOptions  | string  | 
winlog.EventData.DeviceDescription  | text_general  | 
winlog.EventData.NewShareFlags  | string  | 
winlog.EventData.VendorIds  | text_general  | 
winlog.EventData.IpAddresses  | text_general []  | 
winlog.EventData.NewMaxUsers  | string  | 
winlog.EventData.Workstation  | text_general  | 
winlog.EventData.SessionId  | plong  | 
winlog.EventData.OperationType  | string  | 
winlog.EventData.Direction  | string  | 
winlog.EventData.RestrictedSidCount  | plong  | 
winlog.EventData.KerberosPolicyChange  | string  | 
winlog.EventData.MasterKeyId  | string  | 
winlog.EventData.DeviceId  | text_general  | 
winlog.EventData.LogonGuid  | string  | 
winlog.EventData.ShareLocalPath  | text_general  | 
winlog.EventData.SidList  | string  | 
winlog.EventData.ServiceStartType  | string  | 
winlog.EventData.MixedDomainMode  | string  | 
winlog.EventData.ReasonText  | text_general  | 
winlog.EventData.MemberName  | text_general  | 
winlog.EventData.DisplayName  | text_general  | 
winlog.EventData.DisableIntegrityChecks  | string  | 
winlog.EventData.LocalMac  | text_general  | 
winlog.EventData.AccessList  | string  | 
winlog.EventData._Data  | text_general []  | 
winlog.EventData.param1  | text_general  | 
winlog.EventData.param2  | text_general  | 
winlog.EventData.param3  | string  | 
winlog.EventData.param4  | string  | 
winlog.EventData.param5  | string  | 
winlog.EventData.param6  | string  | 
winlog.EventData.param7  | string  | 
winlog.EventData.param8  | string  | 
winlog.EventData.param9  | string  | 
winlog.EventData.param10  | string  | 
winlog.EventData.param11  | string  | 
winlog.EventData.param12  | string  | 
winlog.EventData.param13  | string  | 
winlog.EventData.RemoteID  | pint  | 
winlog.EventData.LocalUser  | text_general  | 
Sample Log Event
Below is a representative JSON log entry showing key fields as they're emitted by the system. Depending on the context of the event, some fields may be omitted if they're not applicable.