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:
- Projects and folders

- Monitors

- Hosts

- Symptom databases

- Log files

- Correlations

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

- 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.
Working with logging resources
From the Log Navigator view you can:
- import and rename log files
- import, export, edit and create new symptom databases
- create, edit, and rename log correlations
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
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