Viewing Predefined General Views
Use
Use these predefined views to monitor and view general logs and traces on an AS Java system. These logs and traces are commonly addressed to system administrators and customers.
Prerequisites
Open the Log Viewer tool by choosing SAP NetWeaver Administrator → Problem management → Logs and Traces → Log Viewer.
Procedure
Predefined General Views
Predefined View |
Description |
SAP Logs (Java) |
Shows a table of merged log records from all list formatted log files, except for defaultTrace.trc, on all selected systems. No filters by data source and content are set. |
Last 24 Hours (Java) |
Shows a table of merged log records from all list formatted log files, written in the last 24 hours on all selected systems. No filter by data source is set. The following filter by content is set: Date & Time-Relative equals last 24 hours. |
Alert (Java) |
Shows a table of merged log records from all list formatted log files, except for defaultTrace.trc with severity ERROR and FATAL, on all selected systems. No filter by data source is set. The following filter by content is set: Severity is greater than or equal to error. |
Default Trace (Java) |
Shows a table of merged trace records written in defaultTrace.trc file on all selected systems. No filters by data source and content are set. |
Text Formatted Traces (Java) |
Shows a list of log records written on all selected systems. Text formatted log records are not merged in a table. No filters by data source and content are set. |
Expert |
Allows you to view the user defined set of log records, on all selected systems. These logs correspond to traces of the Startup Framework. They give information about behaving of the AS Java at startup. No filters are set. More information: Viewing Predefined Development Views. |
Sys Logs (ABAP) |
Shows a table of log records written in the ABAP Sys Log set of files. No filters are set.
You can set filters by content only. |
Log Archives (Java) |
Allows you to view archives of log records, both list and text formatted on all selected systems. The default directory where
archives of logs are stored is: In the archive folder there is a sub-folder temp where the log and trace files of each archive are extracted. After you leave the Log Archives (Java) view, the log and trace files are not deleted from the temp directory. More information: Configuring Log Files Archiving. |
Standalone Log Viewer |
More information: Standalone Log Viewer View. |
1. From the Show dropdown list box, choose General View.
2. From the adjacent field, select the relevant predefined view.
The newest records are displayed at the top.
3.
To display a table
on a separate screen with the locations and names of the relevant log files,
choose 
Show
all Log Files included in this set of log records.
4. From the Display Log File dropdown box, you can find all the files containing logs for the relevant general view.
This dropdown box is relevant only for particular view types.
5. Choose Show Advanced Filter.
You can apply various types of filtering log records for all predefined general views.
More information: Filtering Logs and Traces.
More Information
Searching for Log and Trace Records