Contents of the logs


Use this information about the logs to understand the log content and use it to configure logging.

Log entry details

Each entry in the log provides the following details:


Log entry

Description

Thread 

The thread that the transaction used when the message was generated.

Timestamp 

The date and time of the log entry.

Log Type

The type of log level such as Error, Debug, Warn.

Message

The message for the log entry (classified into error, warning, and information categories).

(For Normalization logs only) File name and line number

The file name and line number on which the error occurred.

(For Normalization logs only) User name

The user that started a specific Normalization Engine job. This information is not logged in the neContinuous.log and neBatch<timeStamp>.log files.

(For Normalization and Reconciliation logs only) Thread ID

The thread that the job used when the message was generated.


Log levels

You can set various log levels in  depending on the troubleshooting scenario. Log levels determine the types of messages that are logged for the calls. The following different types of log levels are available in . To change log levels, see Changing-log-settings-for-core-CMDB-components.

Level

Description

Fatal

Logs the events that might lead the application to abort.

Error

Logs the events in which application continues to run with some errors.

Warning

Logs the events that are potentially harmful situations.

Info

Logs results of events and calls that highlight the progress of the application at a basic level.

Debug

Logs the events and calls that are useful to debug an application. This level includes input and output values.

Trace

Logs the events without disturbing a running system. Trace-level logging can be useful in resolving issues in a production environment.

Clear

Logging is disabled.



 

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