The Log and Trace Analyzer provides a preferences window to configure the logging level for each of the plug-ins that are configured to log events. You can set preferences for the level of messages in the log file, <workspace>/.metadata/CommonBaseEvents.log file that is written to by your product's plug-ins. This file is usually of interest to plug-in developers.
To set the level of messages reported to the Common Base Event log, follow these steps:
Note: Logging is turned off by default. Changing the message level from NONE to any other level will enable the logging utility.
Related reference
Logging preferences
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