Searching for and viewing messages
To search for and view the messages that are stored in the System Logging facility, log on to IBM® Content Manager OnDemand with a Content Manager OnDemand client program and open the System Log folder. Enter search criteria in one or more of the search fields. When you choose the Search command, Content Manager OnDemand retrieves the messages from the database that match the search criteria that you specified.
- Userid
- The Content Manager OnDemand user ID
- Account
- Accounting information; the information specified in the Account field for the user.
- Log Id
- Each time that a client logs on to the server, Content Manager OnDemand assigns a number to that session. All messages that are generated during that session include the same Log Id.
- Severity
- Content Manager OnDemand assigns a severity to each message: Alert, Error, Warning, Info, and Debug
- View
- Depending on the type of message in the System Log, you might be able to view other information
that is related to or associated with the message. For example:
- You can display the message log that was generated during a load process by selecting an
ARSLOAD message and then choosing the View all Selected command. You
might see ARSLOAD messages after issuing the ADDRPTOND command.
While most processes do not generate other information that can be stored in the System Log, you could write a user exit program to process the messages and generate your own information about the events. For example, you could write a user exit program to generate a report that lists the number of users that are logged on to the system in 30 minute increments. Content Manager OnDemand provides a System Log user exit so that you can process any message that is stored in the System Log and take the action that you require. See System Log user exit for more information.
- Other messages in the System Log do not provide additional records or other data associated with an event. For example, the Logon and Logoff events each generate a single message, with no additional information that you can view.
- You can display the message log that was generated during a load process by selecting an
ARSLOAD message and then choosing the View all Selected command. You
might see ARSLOAD messages after issuing the ADDRPTOND command.
- Msg Num
- The message number that is assigned by Content Manager OnDemand
- Message
- The text of the message that Content Manager OnDemand uses to restrict a search. For example, if you type Login, Content Manager OnDemand searches for and displays the messages issued by the Logon to a Server command.