How to set the log level for Discoverer component loggers How to copy Discoverer log files

Diagnostics and Logging Facilities in Discoverer 11-3

6. Select the row corresponding to the log file that you want to view, and click View

Log File . The View Log File page is displayed. It shows the entries in the selected log file. 7. To view details of specific log entries, select the entries. The details of the selected log entry are displayed below the list of entries. For more information, see Enterprise Manager Fusion Middleware Control Help.

11.4 How to set the log level for Discoverer component loggers

Oracle Fusion Middleware provides the following loggers for Discoverer components: ■ ORACLE.DISCOVERER.SERVER: For Discoverer session server ■ ORACLE.DISCOVERER.VIEWER: For Discoverer Viewer ■ ORACLE.DISCOVERER.WEB_SERVICES: For Discoverer Web Services ■ ORACLE.DISCOVERER.PORTLET_PROVIDER: For Discoverer Portlet Provider ■ ORACLE.DISCOVERER.MODEL: For logging messages pertaining to common internal components that are used by the Viewer, Plus, and Web Services components For each of these loggers, you can configure the Oracle Diagnostic Logging ODL level. You set the log level for individual Discoverer components when you want to monitor Discoverer component session activity at a specific level of detail. To configure the log level for Discoverer component log files: 1. Start Fusion Middleware Control. For more information, see Section 4.1.2, How to start Fusion Middleware Control and display the Farm Home page. 2. Navigate to the Fusion Middleware Control Discoverer home page. For more information, see Section 4.1.3, How to display the Fusion Middleware Control Discoverer Home page and Discoverer component Home pages.

3. From the Discoverer menu, select Logs, and then select Log Configuration.

The Log Configuration page is displayed. 4. From the View list, select Runtime Loggers. 5. Select a logging level for each Discoverer component from the Oracle Diagnostic Logging Level Java Level list.

6. Click Apply.

You can now monitor the Discoverer session log file at the level of detail that you specified. For more information, see Section 11.3, How to view Discoverer log files using Fusion Middleware Control. For more information, see Managing Log Files and Diagnostic Data in the Oracle Fusion Middleware Administration Guide.

11.5 How to copy Discoverer log files

You might want to copy all Discoverer logs into a single location for example, to provide a snap shot of a Discoverer middle-tier machine, or to provide an archive of Discoverer log files. You use the collectlogs utility to copy Discoverer logs into a single location. 11-4 Oracle Fusion Middleware Configuration Guide for Oracle Business Intelligence Discoverer To copy Discoverer log files to a single location, run the following command on the Discoverer middle-tier machine. collectlogs logs_target_location The target location is either a TAR filename UNIX or a folder name Windows. The Discoverer log files are copied to the specified location. For more information about the collectlogs utility, see Section A.1, Discoverer file locations. Note: The collectlogs script collects the following information: ■ Middle-tier Discoverer logs ■ application.log file ■ .reg_key.dc file ■ env information ■ Discoverer server files that is, all files in ORACLE_ HOMEdiscovererbin and ORACLE_ HOMEdiscovererlib ■ UNIX-specific system parameters for example, etc.hosts, ifconfig output, showrev -p output, uname -a output, and ulimit -a output 12 Starting Oracle BI Discoverer Using URL Parameters 12-1 12 Starting Oracle BI Discoverer Using URL Parameters This chapter explains how to use Oracle BI Discoverer with URL parameters, and contains the following topics: ■ Section 12.1, Why use Discoverer with URL parameters