Error: "The beginning date must be before the ending date."


This article applies to:

  • WebTrends Firewall Suite 4.1x
  • Security Reporting Center 2.1
  • Microsoft ISA Server

Symptoms:

  • Error: "The beginning date must be before the ending date."
  • Cannot analyze Microsoft ISA server log files.

Causes:

The analysis is trying to analyze all of non proxy log files that Microsoft ISA produces.

Information:

Microsoft ISA Server log files produce three different types of log files:

WEBD*.log  -  Proxy
FWSD*.log  -  Firewall
IPPD*.log  -  Packet Filter

Only the proxy server logs are supported.  In order to run a successful report please modify your profile to point only to the proxy log files.

This article was previously published as:
NETIQKB40335

Last Modified 3/8/2006.
https://support.trustwave.com/kb/KnowledgebaseArticle10153.aspx