Displaying Logs

Choose Tools Administration on the SAP initial screen to displays a log. The initial screen appears for system administration. Choose Monitor System Log. The initial screen for the system log is displayed .

The Imported SysLog Entries field specified how many log entries the system has read from the log file. This filed has the value 0 when you call the initial screen for the first time. Choose Re-Read SysLog to read the log. The system then imports the entries from the log file so that they can be displayed. The system reads the log for the last one to two hours by default.

After you have read a log, you will find additional buttons Redisplay Only and Read in SysLog: in the toolbar.

If you want to see the log that was last displayed again, choose Redisplay Only. Using this button you can use the restriction options without having to read the log again.

If you want to keep the data of the log that was last read, but want to read the log itself with other selection options, use the Read in SysLog option. With this option you can display the information from the original log access with information from a second access in a list.

Specify Selection Options

You can define the information that you want to take from the log using the selection options.

Reading Logs in Remote Systems

You can read the system logs of other application servers in your SAP system. Choose SelectSysLog to select a log. You can display the following logs:

Log	Display
Local SysLog	Messages of the application server where you are logged on (default).
Remote SysLog	Log of another application server. Use the instance name option to display a specific remote system.
All Remote SysLogs	The logs of the system where you are logged on and all other application servers in this SAP system.
Central SysLog	Central Log You first have to have configured every application so that their messages are forwarded from the local log to the central log before you can use this option. The information in the central system log can differ from the data in the individual logs. You can find information on the accuracy of the system logs in System Logging Concepts.

Environment

The Environment menu offers the following functions:

Display SAPPARAM	Displays the setting of the system log parameter in the system profile.
Display Authorizations	Displays authorizations required for the system log.
Clocks	Displays the system clocks that were used for the message time stamps. It makes sense to check the system clocks when you have to resolve discrepancies between messages from different application servers. The display shows if the system clocks of your SAP systems are set to the same time.
Status of Daemons	Shows the current status of the send process of the system log.

Setting Display of Log Entries

On the initial screen you can define which information you want to see for individual log entries. Choose Goto Layout . In Expert Mode you can also show the Development Class and Date.