The Log Viewer allows you to view all log and trace messages that are generated in the whole SAP NetWeaver system landscape. These log messages assist you to monitor and diagnose problems.
You can access the Log Viewer tool by choosing SAP NetWeaver Administrator → Problem management→ Logs and Traces → Log Viewer.
In the SAP NetWeaver Administrator you can configure the Log Viewer from the Log Configuration tool.
More information: Log Configuration with the SAP NetWeaver Administrator.
The Log Viewer tool allows you to:
● View list and text formatted logs and traces on selected systems in a set of predefined views.
More information: Predefined Views.
● View application and system logs. The messages in log files provide hints to the cause of problematic application behavior.
● Know the certain system problem via the trace messages.
● View logs and traces from an AS Java that is not running, by connecting to a Standalone Log Viewer server
The Standalone Log Viewer Server is relevant only for viewing log records from the older systems 7.0.
For systems 7.1, you can use the newly created offline connecting tool: the SAP Host Control Agent.
● View ABAP log messages
● Manage with debugging
● Control the amount of displayed log data
● Filter and view logs and traces
● Search log and trace records
● Merge list formatted logs and traces
● View archives of logs and traces
● Create your own custom views to view a certain set of log records
● Import and export custom views
How to Work with the Log Viewer