Diagnostic logging

Diagnostic logging can be configured by administrators to use for intermittent or service-specific problems. The same logging configuration is automatically set on all servers.

The diagnostic logging messages are logged in the cognosserver.log and dataset-service.log files in the install_location/logs directory. The administrators can specify the maximum size for log files and maximum number of log files to keep to avoid negative impact on performance.

This type of logging is a replacement for JAVA IPF logging (ipfclientconfig.xml) from previous versions of Cognos Analytics. Cognos Analytics processes the log messages from the product services using internally defined loggers. These loggers are abstracted into logging topics that can be enabled in the Manage user interface.

Diagnostic logging has no impact on session logging or audit logging.

Tip: You can still use ipfclientconfig.xml for native code components, such as Report Servers, or Framework Manager. ipfclientconfig.xml can impact audit logging so use it with caution.