Procedure To Search Log Files

  1. Select Search Log Files from the right panel of the console.

    You can also access the Logging settings by selecting the Application Server node, selecting the Logging tab, and clicking on the View Log Files button.

  2. From the Log Viewer window, define and customize the Log Viewer Search Criteria.

  3. From the Search Criteria section of the Log Viewer window, define the following Basic Search fields:

  4. Log Level: To filter messages by log level, choose a log level from the drop-down list. By default, the display includes all messages that appear in the server log at the chosen log level and more severe levels. Select the checkbox labeled "Do not include more severe messages" to display messages at only the chosen level.

    To ensure that the messages you want to view appear in the server log, first set the appropriate log levels on the Log Levels page. See To configure log levels.

    If you choose to filter log messages based on log level, only messages matching the specified filter criteria are shown. However, this filtering does not affect which messages are logged to the server log.

  5. Select Search. The most recent 40 entries in the server log appear, with the settings specified on the Logging Settings and Log Levels pages.

  6. Click the triangle next to the Timestamp header to sort the messages so that the most recent one appears last.

    To view a formatted version of any message, click the link marked (details). A window labeled Log Entry Detail appears, with a formatted version of the message. At the end of the list of entries, click the buttons to view earlier or later entries in the log file.

  7. Click Advanced Search in the Search Criteria area to make additional refinements to the log viewer. Use the Advanced Options fields as follows: