The View Error Log command allows you to display all errors logged in the current database. The log indicates the key id of each record and the data item(s) involved in the error and includes information about the error that was found.

You can view the error log by opening a database and clicking ​Screen > View Error Log. You can also view a subset of the error log for selected records by 1. selecting the records in Spreadsheet Edit, e.g., with the mouse and 2. clicking Screen > View Error Log > Errors for Selected Records.

Errors are identified through the Import Data, Find Duplicates, and Screen Data commands. When any of these processes identifies errors, you are given the option to save them to the Error Log that is associated with the database. You will also have the option at that time to merge the error messages with those already in the log or to replace the prior log contents with the new errors.

When you View the Error Log, you have several additional options:

• Select Errors and Approvals, Errors Only, or Approvals Only to filter what is shown.
• Click Approve to approve errors or remove errors. For more, see Approve data errors.
• Click Erase Errors to either erase all errors that have been stored or choose from a listing of errors that have occurred (e.g., "Active - hire age outside of valid range…"). Erasing errors in this way is generally not necessary. For instance, when you re-run Screen Data you can simply choose to replace the existing error log entries when logging errors.

Errors that have been logged can also be reviewed in Spreadsheet Edit. For more information on using Spreadsheet Edit with errors, see Find data errors, View data errors, Approve data errors, and Correct data errors.