Viewing log information

In IBM® Cognos® Controller Financial Analytic Publisher you can view log information about the status of the data mart and the source.

This allows you to keep track of every task that is performed.

For troubleshooting purposes, you can look at the file "error.log", which is located in the FAP service base directory. The file "error.log" contains history.

Procedure

  1. Click the Logs tab.
  2. Under Filter, select the filter options:
    • Type - you can specify log information type: Any, Log, Source and Data Mart.
    • Object - you can specify which objects you want to see the log information about.
    • Severity - you can specify severity level: Any Severity, Info, Error and Critical Error.
    • Page size - you can specify a page size of 50, 100, 500 or 1000.
  3. On the View menu, click Refresh to update the log.
  4. If you want to update the log information automatically, select the Update automatically check box.