Customizing Columns for Logs and
Traces
Use
You can add, remove and change the position of the columns in the table of list formatted logs and traces.
● If you customize the columns displayed for a predefined view, the changes are visible only during the current session.
● If you want the changes to be visible during subsequent sessions, save the predefined view by a different name. The predefined view becomes a custom view.
Procedure
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1. Open the view, whose content you want to customize.
2. Choose Show Column Customization.
You have the following options:
If You Want To |
Then |
Add a column to the table |
Select the column name and then select the indicator next to it. |
Move a column to the left |
Select the column name and choose Move Up. The column name is moved before the previous selected column name. |
Move a column to the right |
Select the column name and choose Move Down. The column name is moved after the next selected column name. |
Apply the changes to all views within the current logon session |
Choose Apply to All Views. |
3. Choose Hide Column Customization.
4. If you want to save the changes of the current view, choose Save View As.
5. Enter a name for the view and choose OK.
The predefined view becomes a custom view.
6. If you want to save the changes you have made in a custom view, choose Save View.
7. Choose Hide Advanced Filter.
More Information
The following table gives information about all the columns available for customization, and their descriptions:
Column Name |
Description |
Application |
The name of the application on whose behalf the log record is generated. |
Arguments |
String values for placeholders in the message. |
Argument Objects |
Additional arguments that are appended to the log record if the message type is Java. |
Category |
Name of the category of the problematic area, for example, database, network, security, to which the log record belongs. |
Correlator ID |
Identifier, which is relevant to one single logical task. |
Data Source |
Data source location where the log record is generated. |
Date |
Date on which the log record is generated. |
Dsr Component |
Distributed Statistics Record (DSR) component on whose behalf the log record is generated. |
Dsr Transaction |
DSR transaction on whose behalf the log record is generated. |
Dsr User |
DSR user on whose behalf the log record is generated. |
Host |
Host on which the log record is generated. |
Instance |
Instance on which the log record is generated. |
Location |
Name of the source code area, for example, component, package, class, method to which the trace message belongs. |
Message |
Message text. |
Message Code |
Key for internationalization in the associated resource bundle. If there is a resource bundle, the corresponding message text can be selected with the help of this key. |
Node |
Node on which the log record is generated. |
Session |
The name of the session on whose behalf the log record is generated. |
Severity |
Severity level of the log record: DEBUG, PATH, INFO, WARNING, ERROR, and FATAL. |
System |
System on which the log record is generated. |
Thread |
Name of the thread from which the log record is generated. |
Time |
Time when the log record is generated. |
Transaction |
The name of the transaction on whose behalf the log record is generated. |
User |
The name of the user on whose behalf the log is generated. |