Customizing Log view

To customize the Log view, select Windows > Preferences >. The Preferences dialog box opens. Select Profiling and Logging > Log View. The Log view preferences pane opens up.

Log view preferences

You can customize the Log view by setting the timestamp, selecting sort parameters, and selecting what to display.

Setting the timestamp format

  1. Select Window > Preferences > Profiling and Logging > Log View.
  2. Select the Timestamp Format tab.
  3. Select the date and time format.  Click Apply.
  4. To close the Preferences window, click OK.

Selecting the properties for sorting

  1. Select Window > Preferences > Profiling and Logging > Log View.
  2. Select the Sort Records tab. See the list of properties (fields) of log records that are currently available and are being used to sort logs.
  3. Select the properties by which you want records sorted and move them to the Selected Properties area using the arrow controls. 
    Notes:
  4. To reorder the selected properties, click Up or Down.  The new Sort by criterion is displayed as you do this.
  5. Click Apply. The changes are applied
  6. To close the Preferences window, click OK.

To see the resorted list, click the Refresh Views button  Referesh views icon from the Profiling Monitor view.

Selecting the properties to display

  1. Select Window > Preferences > Profiling and Logging > Log View.
  2. Select the Filter Properties tab. See the list of properties (fields) of log records that are currently available and visible in the Log view.
  3. Deselect a field to filter it out from the Log view.
  4. To reorder the properties, click Up or Down.
  5. To filter out properties by severity level, deselect: Error, Warning, or Information. For example, to display only records for which the severity of the problem is error, clear the check boxes for Warning and Information so that only the Error check box is selected.
  6. Click Apply. The changes are applied
  7. To close the Preferences window, click OK.


Related concepts

Determining problems in distributed applications using the Log and Trace Analyzer
Overview of the Profiling Tool

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Synchronizing time
Setting preferences for Log and Trace Analyzer
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