XpoLog help - Configure Regular Log
 
In order to browse a log's file(s) it is necessary to supply some configuration information.
Note that the information correctness is crucial for XpoLog to present and analyze the data in a correct and efficient manner.
 
Adding new manual log :

 

1. Enter the log's parent folder, name and description. For additional info see General Log Settings help .
2. Enter the log's path and determine it's online/offline attribute stat.   For additional info see General Log Settings help .
3. You can repeat action number 2 if you want to configure new directories location for this log.
4. Set your 'Advanced' setting by clicking the 'Advanced' link.  For additional info about advanced settings see General Log Settings help .If you need to use authentication account select it from the 'Account' section.
5. Press the 'next' link.
6. In 'Log Pattern Administration' page you set your log's pattern configuration. In the first text box area you can see lines from your log as they look at the source file.
7. Set your log's line pattern .Be as accurate as you can for best analysis. see Pattern Help. after adding or editing the log pattern you can press the 'Verify pattern' link to see the parse result according to the set pattern . View this result at the 'Log record analysis result' section.
8. Press 'Advanced' link for advance settings : You can check the 'Use file date' to get the file's date from the file itself or you can add pattern for the file header (and number of first lines to look in the header) to get information (like date)from the header  Header Setting Help.
9. In the 'Log View Settings' section you can check the 'Ignore unparsed records' checkbox if you wish to see only records that fit to the pattern you entered. The 'Show line number' check box will enable you to see the lines number.
10. In The 'Pattern verification status' section you will see the analysis result of the log's line and data pattern.
11. The 'Log record analysis result ' section enables you to see the log's line after they were analysis.
12. Press the 'next' link.
13. In 'Log Field Admin' page you set the log's fields settings. 'Generated Table' section show you few first line from the analysis lines.
14. In 'Field Specification' section you can edit each field name by setting a new name. (see more field setting in the steps 16,17).
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The 'Add virtual column' enables you to merge few column to virtual merged one. select the column you want to merge and press add. you can also edit the new column that were created like in step 14.

16. Check 'Compute statistic' check box to enable statistical evaluations on this log. You can set this option for each filed separately. For additional information about statistics setting see Dashboard Log Definitions Help.
17. In 'Indexing Settings' section you can decide which column to include while running indexing. Checking 'Use indexing for date search' checkbox enable quick date search using the index.
18. Press the 'next' link for ending successfully this process.
Note that if the pattern is wrong, you may see wrong data or even nothing in the log view.
 
After adding the log you can choose to view it in the log view page or to customize its table and colors.
 

Additional links

     Pattern help
     Log view help
     Log customization help