Filtering and Viewing Logs and Traces in Standalone Log Viewer View 

Use

You can view logs and traces from a J2EE Engine that is not running by connecting to a Standalone Log Viewer server.

Bear in mind that some of the steps in the procedure are optional. You can set as many filter criteria as you want.

Prerequisites

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       1.      The Standalone Log Viewer server is running on the system you want to monitor. For more information about starting the Standalone Log Viewer server, see Starting and Stopping the Standalone Log Viewer.

The version of the Standalone Log Viewer server to which you want to connect must be lower or equal to the version of the Logs & Traces plug-in in the SAP NetWeaver Administrator.

       2.      Logs and traces are registered on the Standalone Log Viewer server. For more information, see Adding Log Files, Adding Log Files from a Log Directory, or Registering Logs via the Socket Connection.

Procedure

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       1.      From the Get dropdown box, select Predefined View and then, from the adjacent dropdown box, select Standalone Log Viewer.

       2.      Choose Open Filter.

Defining Remote Connection Parameters

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       1.      To display logs and traces from a J2EE Engine that is not running, in the Remote Connection frame, enter the following data:

Field	Description
Connection Name	This field is optional. You can enter a name for the connection.
Host Name	The host name of the system you want to monitor. By default, the name of the local host is entered and if the Standalone Log Viewer server is started on your system, you can view logs and traces that are registered on the Standalone Log Viewer server. If you want to monitor a different system, enter the host name of that system.
Port Number	The port number of the system you want to monitor. By default, the port number of the Standalone Log Viewer server is 26000.

       2.      Choose Apply Connection.

All logs and traces that are registered on the Standalone Log Viewer server appear.

Selecting Log Files and Log Types

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       1.      In the Log Browser frame, select <Select Log> and then from the dropdown box below, select Log file named.

       2.      From the adjacent dropdown box, select as or different than.

       3.      In the adjacent field, you can enter a string or in the next field, you can choose .

A dialog box with log and trace file names appears.

       4.      Select a log or trace file you want to display.

       5.      In the Log Browser frame, select <Select Log> and then from the dropdown box below, select Log type.

       6.      From the adjacent dropdown box, select equals or does not equal.

       7.      In the adjacent field, you can enter a string or in the next field, you can choose .

A dialog box with log and trace file types appears.

       8.      Select a log or trace file type you want to display.

       9.      To merge list formatted logs and traces, select the Merge Logs If Possible indicator.

   10.      Choose Apply Logs.

Applying Filters by Content

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       1.      In the Filter by Content frame, select <Select Filter>, and then from the dropdown box below select a filter by content.

       2.      Specify filter criteria. For more information about the content you can filter, see List of Columns for Logs and Traces.

       3.      Choose Apply Filters.

○     If you have selected to display only one text formatted log or trace, a table with all message texts from the logs or traces that meet the filter criteria appears.

¡        If you have selected to display more text formatted logs and traces, separate tables with all message texts from the different logs and traces that meet the filter criteria appear.

¡        If you have selected to merge the log and trace files, you get a table with all log and trace files on all data source locations that meet the filter criteria.

¡        If you have not selected to merge the log and trace files, you get separate tables for the different log and trace files that meet the filter criteria.

       4.      From the Display Log File dropdown box, select a log or trace file name, and then from the From dropdown box select a data source location.

Opening Record Details and Record Full Information

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       1.      Select a list formatted log or trace record you want to view and choose Open Record Details.

Record details including the columns that are selected during column customization appear.

       2.      To view the full record information, choose Open Full Record Information.

Record details including all columns that are available for column customization appear.

 

See also:

Searching Log and Trace Records

Customizing Columns for Logs and Traces