Adding, Editing, and Removing Log Formatters 

Use

This procedure describes how you can manage log formatters using the SAP NetWeaver Developer Studio.

Prerequisites

·        An installed and running NetWeaver Developer Studio.

·        An already created EAR project. For more information about how you can create an EAR project using the SAP NetWeaver Developer Studio, see Creating Enterprise Application Projects.

Procedure

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       1.      In the J2EE Explorer tab, choose your EAR project.

       2.      From the context menu, choose New ® SAP logging configuration.

The log-configuration.xml appears in the project tree.

       3.      Choose the Log Formatter tab from the right-hand pane.

Adding a New Formatter

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       1.      Choose the Log Formatters folder.

       2.      Choose Add. The new formatter appears in the Log Formatters tree.

       3.      Choose the newly created log formatter.

Several fields appear on the right-hand side of the Log Formatter tab. Use them to specify the parameters of the new formatter.

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                            a.      In the Log Formatter Name field, specify the name of the formatter.

                            b.      In the Log Formatter Pattern field, configure this formatter with a custom formatting pattern.

The pattern enables you to specify the message data fields with place holders of the form %[[-]<width>[-]]<type>, interspersed with arbitrary text that you want to include in the formatted messages.

                            c.      Select the formatter type using the Reference target type drop-down list:

                                                  i.       ListFormatter – formats a log record, which is then ready to be transferred to and processed further by another application.

                                                ii.       TraceFormatter – a format that is readily understood by users. If you use this format type, you do not need to specify a pattern.

                                               iii.       XMLFormatter – formats log records as XML elements.

       4.      Choose Save.

Editing a Fomatter

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       1.      Select the formatter you want to edit.

       2.      Use the fields in the right-hand side of the Log Formatter tab to edit the contents.

       3.      Choose Save.

Removing a Formatter

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       1.      Select the formatter you want to remove.

       2.      Choose Remove.

A dialog box appears where you have to confirm that you want to remove this formatter. Choose OK.

       3.      Choose Save.