Log Types and Formats

The Log Viewer tool supports the following log types and formats:

Log Types	Log Formats
ListLog	List
ASCIILog	Text; Trace
SysLog	ABAP Sys Log

The log types and formats are predefined. You cannot configure them.

Note Note

The Message field in Log Viewer has maximum size of 64 KB.

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Features

List Format

This is a standard human readable format that can be parsed and is used by the Log Viewer tool and AS Java. List formatted logs are written to a file and its values are separated by a hash (#). More information: List Log Format 2.0

There is a specific list formatted log file called Change Log. More information: Change Log

Text Format

This format is relevant for text log files and has random structure.

Example Example

<!--LOGHEADER[START]/-->
<!--HELP[Manual modification of the header may cause parsing problem!]/-->
<!--LOGGINGVERSION[1.5.7.1006]/-->
<!--NAME[D:\usr\sap\LKG\J00\work\deploy.trc]/-->
<!--PATTERN[deploy.trc]/-->
<!--FORMATTER[com.sap.tc.logging.TraceFormatter(%25d[%s] %m)]/-->
<!--ENCODING[UTF8]/-->
... 
<!--LOGHEADER[END]/-->
Feb 24, 2009 12:48:16 PM [Info] [Server 00 00_37057] (11354):
Deployment status of [sap.com_ATSFormalTestApplication365900472] was changed 
from [Delivered] to [Success] [ASJ.dpl_dc.006301]...  
  Additional information:  
 [ASJ.dpl_dc.001048]
...

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Trace Format

This format is the same as text format. However, it has a particular structure.

Example Example

```
%24d %-40l [%t] %s: %m
```

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where,

%d is a timestamp in a readable format.
%l is the location on behalf of which the message has been created.
%t is the thread that has emitted the message.
%s is the severity of the message.
%m is the message text.

The numbers in the pattern denote the number of characters for an item. The corresponding output is the following:

Output Output

Dec 01, 2008 10:10:00 PM com.sap.FooClass.fooMethod [main]
Fatal: A sample fatal message

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