Monitoring the Business Lifecycle Logs

Prerequisites

You must have at least one of the following roles assigned to you, based on the activities you want to perform as listed in the table below.

Role	Activities
NWA_SUPERADMIN	View logs
NWA_READONLY	View logs
SAP_BPM_SuperDisplay	View logs and context data
SAP_BPM_Navigation	View logs and context data
SAP_BPM_SuperAdmin	View logs and context data

Context

You monitor and analyze business events of BPM (Business Process Management) using the business lifecycle logs. BPM raises events to signal changes in the lifecycle of its entities such as business processes. You can view the logs based on the categories, events, containers, and date ranges.

Procedure

Log on to the SAP NetWeaver Administrator application.
Choose Troubleshooting Processes and Tasks Business Logs.
You can view the logs using one of the following options as required:
1. To quickly view the recent logs, in the Show field select the required option and select the duration.
  
  Note
  
  By default, the maximum number of logs displayed in the Business Log application is limited to 100. You can change this value by editing the Max Results field in the Advanced options.
2. To view the logs based on creation time, in the Find By Creation Timestamp field, select the required date and time and choose Go .
3. To view the logs based on a more specific query, proceed as follows:
  1. Click Advanced .
  2. Provide the required options.
    
    Note
    
    If you want to view the archived logs of an archived process or task instance, you must provide the appropriate container ID.
  3. Choose Go .
To view the details of a log entry, select the required entry from the list.

The system displays the details of the selected log entry.