What is the checkdiscoverer utility? How to view Discoverer log files using Fusion Middleware Control

11-2 Oracle Fusion Middleware Configuration Guide for Oracle Business Intelligence Discoverer For more information, see Section 5.6, Configuration diagnostic utility for Discoverer Plus OLAP . ■ Log messages From the Farm menu, select Monitoring, and then select Logs to go to the Log Messages page, where you can search for and select log files to view. For more information, see Section 11.3, How to view Discoverer log files using Fusion Middleware Control. Notes ■ When diagnosing Discoverer session information, you often must know the session ID of the Discoverer Plus session to monitor. A session ID uniquely identifies a session, which starts when an end user logs in to Discoverer and finishes when an end users logs out of Discoverer. You can use this session ID to locate the corresponding server log. If Single Sign-On is deployed, you can use the Single Sign-On user name to monitor Discoverer sessions. To find out the session ID of a Discoverer Plus user’s session, access the JConsole of the Discoverer Plus user and note the Session ID: number value. 11.2 What is the checkdiscoverer utility? The checkdiscoverer utility is a script that checks the configuration of the Discoverer middle tier and middle-tier components, and reports any failures or anomalies. For more information about the checkdiscoverer utility, see Section A.1, Discoverer file locations . Note : Discoverer Plus OLAP has its own diagnostics utility. For more information, see Section 5.6, Configuration diagnostic utility for Discoverer Plus OLAP .

11.3 How to view Discoverer log files using Fusion Middleware Control

The Enterprise Manager Fusion Middleware Control enables you to search for and view log files for Oracle Fusion Middleware applications. For example, you might want to examine a list of all Discoverer sessions running on a particular Discoverer middle-tier machine. To view log files by using Fusion Middleware Control: 1. Start Enterprise Manager 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 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 Monitoring, and then select Logs.

The Log Messages page is displayed. 4. optional To search for a specific log file, enter the search criteria and click Search. 5. To view a list of the log files, click the Log Files... button. The Log Files page is displayed. 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