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Procedure documentationDownloading Log and Trace Records Locate this document in the navigation structure

 

In any predefined or custom view, you can download all log and trace records, specified to a comma separated value (CSV) formatted file. For example, you can view log and trace records in a human-readable format on a computer system, on which a Log Viewer is not running.

The records are only extracted first. Then you can download them to a CSV formatted file and save it to the file system.

Note Note

For list formatted log and trace records, the file includes only the columns you have selected during column customization.

For text formatted log and trace records, the file includes only the complete message text.

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The maximum size of the extraction file is 5 MB. If this size is exceeded, you can download the extracted records. Then you can continue with the extraction of the next portion of log records.

Procedure

1. Extracting and Downloading the Content
  1. Open the relevant view you want to extract and download.

  2. Choose Download Content.

    A dialog box appears.

  3. To start extracting the log and trace records, choose Download.

  4. To download the extracted log records, choose Click here to download <N> bytes.

    Note Note

    If the size of the extracted information exceeds 5 MB, the content will be downloaded in series.

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  5. Save the file to the file system.

Reading the File
  1. Open the file using a spreadsheet application.

  2. Select column A.

  3. From the Data menu, choose Text to Columns.

  4. In the Convert Text to Columns Wizard - Step 1 of 3 dialog box, select the Delimited indicator and choose Next.

  5. In the Convert Text to Columns Wizard - Step 2 of 3 dialog box, select the following indicators: Tab, Comma, and Treat consecutive delimiters as one.

  6. From the Text qualifier dropdown box, select double quotation marks (") and then choose Next.

  7. In the Convert Text to Columns Wizard - Step 3 of 3 dialog box, select the General indicator and choose Finish.

Result

The log and trace records are displayed in a human-readable format in a spreadsheet application.