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Important This documentation space contains information about the SaaS version of BMC Helix Discovery. If you are using the on-premises version of BMC Helix Discovery, see BMC Helix Discovery 25.2 (On-Premises).

Viewing log files

BMC Helix Discovery enables you to access logs to help you diagnose problems with CMDB-synchronization and writing patterns. You can watch logfiles in the BMC Helix Discovery UI, or you can download them to analyze on your local computer.

Related topics

Maintaining-the-system

CMDB-synchronization

Creating-a-pattern

To view or download the logs

  1. From the main menu, click the Administration icon.
    The     Administration page opens.
  1. In the Instance section, select Logs.
    The Logs page is displayed.
    DaaSLogs.png
  2. Each log has links in the Actions column that enable you to watch or to download the log.
    • To watch a log, click the Watch link in the Actions column. The log is displayed in an automatically updated page. If there is no Watch link, the log is not present.
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    • To download a log, from the Logs page, click the Download link in the Actions column. The log is downloaded to your system for you to view or analyze.


 

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