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<?xml version="1.0"?>
<api>
  <query-continue>
    <logevents lecontinue="20130430170459|1700" />
  </query-continue>
  <query>
    <logevents>
      <item logid="1710" ns="0" title="Gamification" pageid="782" logpage="782" type="patrol" action="patrol" user="Admin" timestamp="2015-05-26T13:46:47Z" comment="">
        <patrol cur="1669" prev="0" auto="1" />
      </item>
      <item logid="1709" ns="0" title="End-user experience monitoring" pageid="781" logpage="781" type="patrol" action="patrol" user="Admin" timestamp="2014-06-16T07:58:49Z" comment="">
        <patrol cur="1668" prev="0" auto="1" />
      </item>
      <item logid="1708" ns="0" title="End-to-end мониторинг" pageid="780" logpage="780" type="patrol" action="patrol" user="Admin" timestamp="2014-06-05T14:44:32Z" comment="">
        <patrol cur="1667" prev="1666" auto="1" />
      </item>
      <item logid="1707" ns="0" title="End-to-end мониторинг" pageid="780" logpage="780" type="patrol" action="patrol" user="Admin" timestamp="2014-06-05T14:44:14Z" comment="">
        <patrol cur="1666" prev="0" auto="1" />
      </item>
      <item logid="1706" ns="0" title="Проактивный мониторинг" pageid="779" logpage="779" type="patrol" action="patrol" user="Admin" timestamp="2014-06-05T12:25:56Z" comment="">
        <patrol cur="1665" prev="0" auto="1" />
      </item>
      <item logid="1705" ns="0" title="Сквозной мониторинг бизнес-процессов" pageid="775" logpage="775" type="patrol" action="patrol" user="Admin" timestamp="2014-04-08T19:37:01Z" comment="">
        <patrol cur="1664" prev="1660" auto="1" />
      </item>
      <item logid="1704" ns="0" title="Uptime" pageid="778" logpage="778" type="patrol" action="patrol" user="Admin" timestamp="2014-04-08T09:09:32Z" comment="">
        <patrol cur="1663" prev="0" auto="1" />
      </item>
      <item logid="1703" ns="0" title="Downtime" pageid="777" logpage="777" type="patrol" action="patrol" user="Admin" timestamp="2014-04-08T09:00:54Z" comment="">
        <patrol cur="1662" prev="0" auto="1" />
      </item>
      <item logid="1702" ns="0" title="Мониторинг восприятия пользователя" pageid="776" logpage="776" type="patrol" action="patrol" user="Admin" timestamp="2014-04-07T20:59:23Z" comment="">
        <patrol cur="1661" prev="0" auto="1" />
      </item>
      <item logid="1701" ns="0" title="Сквозной мониторинг бизнес-процессов" pageid="775" logpage="775" type="patrol" action="patrol" user="Admin" timestamp="2014-04-07T20:49:09Z" comment="">
        <patrol cur="1660" prev="0" auto="1" />
      </item>
    </logevents>
  </query>
</api>