Viewing logs, correlations, and symptom databases

Whenever you import logs, correlate logs, or create a symptom database, a logical representation is created in the Log Navigator view. The Log Navigator view is a tree structure view that allows you to conveniently navigate and manage logs, log correlations, and symptom databases. The view is stacked with the Profiling Monitor view in the Profiling and Logging perspective.

Prerequisites

This view shows the following resources that get created after an import, correlation, or creation of log files or symptom databases:

  1. Projects and folders project icon  folder icon
  2. Monitors monitor icon
  3. Hosts host icon
  4. Symptom databases symptom database icon
  5. Log files log file icon
  6. Correlations  correlation icon

Displaying different layouts

The Log Navigator view provides two different layouts for viewing the logging resources.

  1. To open the simple layout, select the drop-down menu button and select Simple layout. The simple layout opens, displaying the logs, correlations, and symptom databases. This view is useful for viewing non-distributed data, when logs and correlations are imported from the same host and grouped under the same monitor object. Folders and projects are also visible if the Profiling and Logging display option is set to view these types of resources. To show or hide folders or projects from the Log Navigator view, select Window > Preferences... > Profiling and Logging > Appearance. Check or clear Display projects in the Profiling Monitor.
    log navigator view showing the simple layout

  2. To open the distributed layout, select the drop-down menu button and select Distributed layout. The distributed layout opens, displaying the monitors and nodes in addition to the projects, logs, symptom databases, and correlations. This layout is useful for viewing logs imported from different hosts and possibly grouped under different monitors.
    log navigator view showing the distributed layout

Working with logging resources

From the Log Navigator view you can:

You can perform these actions and others using the toolbar or the context menu. Use the Properties dialog, which can be accessed from the context menu for a log file or correlation.

Related concepts
Determining problems in distributed applications using the Log and Trace Analyzer
Log file correlation

Related tasks
Correlating log files
Editing log file correlations
Working with log files
Viewing log interactions

Related reference
Log view
Log interactions view
Log thread interactions view