Customizing Columns for Logs and Traces

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Customizing Columns for Logs and Traces

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

Open the view, whose content you want to customize.

Choose Customization and then select Table.

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/right	Select the column name and choose Move Up/Move Down. The column name is moved before/after the previous/next selected column name.
Apply the changes to all views within the current logon session	Check theAll Views radio button.

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/right

Select the column name and choose Move Up/Move Down.

The column name is moved before/after the previous/next selected column name.

Apply the changes to all views within the current logon session

Check theAll Views radio button.

Choose OK.
If you want to save the changes of the current view, choose Save View As.
Enter a name for the view and choose OK.

The predefined view becomes a custom view.
If you want to save the changes, choose Show Advanced Filter and then Save View As.

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.
CSN Component	The CSN (SAP support ticket) component, to which the relevant log file belongs.
Category	The category name of the problematic area (for example, database, network, security), to which the log record belongs.
Correlation ID	Identifier, which is relevant to one single logical task in a connection.
Data Source	The log/trace file where the log/trace record is generated.
Date	Date on which the log record is generated.
DC Component	The development component, into which the relevant log file is generated.
DSR Connection	The Distributed Statistics Record (DSR) connection identifier, on whose behalf the log record is generated.
DSR Counter	The DSR counter of each call in a connection, on whose behalf the relevant log is generated.
DSR Root Context ID	The DSR identifier of each user session, on whose behalf the log record is generated..
DSR Transaction	The DSR transaction, on whose behalf the log record is generated.
Host	The host on which the log record is generated.
Instance	The 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.
Log ID	A unique log record identifier that is different each time the relevant event occurs.
Message	The log/trace 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	Server process (node) on which the log record is generated.
Session	The name of the session on whose behalf the log record is generated.
Severity	The severity level of the log record.
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.
TimeZone	The time zone of the AS Java, whose logs you want to view.
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.