Operational rules log
Logging of operational rules is not included in the general logging in the mtxagent.log file, it is written in its own specific log file, the OperationalRules.log , which is located next to the general log file in the Installation Directory/master/log directory.
The Agent Log File tab of the Device Topology > Your Device > Agent Configuration > Module Configuration > Operational Rules node shows if there are any operational rules associated with the remote device and if yes displays amongst other information the log file for the selected device concerning the execution of all assigned rules. The tab Agent Log File displays the contents of this log file in its right window pane for inspection.
If you are looking for the log of a specific operational rule on a specific device you can find it directly under the Assigned Objects node of either the device or the rule. When opening the log via the View Log File 
menu item in the Operational Rule Log File window, only the part pertaining to the currently selected device-operational rule relation is shown.
The log displays the date and time at which the action occurred, the name of the operational rule the action executed, a letter(s) that indicates of which type the explanation following is, such as ERR for error or T for trace, and so on, the ID of the thread as well as the description itself. The displayed contents of the log file can be filtered and thus reduced in size to find specific entries or types of entries as follows:
Parameter | Description |
|---|---|
Use Regular Expressions | Check this box if a regular expressions can be used in the following Description boxes. |
Date | In this text box you can enter a date and time value for which the respective log lines are to be displayed. The format is YYYY/MM/DD hh:mm:ss , and you can use wildcard characters. For example, to display everything logged at 12:30 on the 14 November 2006 the date box must be filled in as follows:2006/11/14 12:30.* . |
Description | In this text box you can enter any string value which is to be contained in the description of log entry you are looking form. For example, to display all lines containing "toto" in the description, enter the following in the Description box: .toto. . |
Type | From this drop down box you can select the type of entry you want to display, possible values are T for Trace, I for Information, ERR for any type of error, D for Details, W for Warning and A for Audit. |
Name | In this text box you can enter the name of the operational rule for which to display all entries, for example, all entries concerning a rule called Software Distribution Rule . |
Thread ID | In this field you can enter the unique identifier of a specific thread that you would like to follow. |
To apply the filters defined in the preceding text box click the Sort button to the right. The right window pane will be refreshed with only the requested lines.