Viewing the IBM Cognos TM1 Web Log File
The IBM® Cognos® TM1® Web installation configures IBM Cognos TM1 Web logging to write messages
to the tm1web.log file in the <TM1
Web_install>\WEB-INF\logs\ directory. You can
open and view the file with a standard text editor.
About this task
If you installed IBM Cognos TM1 Web to the default installation location, then the tm1web.log file is located in the following directory:
C:\Program Files\IBM\cognos\tm1_64\webapps\tm1web\WEB-INF\logs
For backup purposes, a copy of the tm1web.log file is renamed and saved on a daily basis using the following naming convention:
tm1web.log.<year>-<mm>-<dd>
For example, tm1web.log.2013-10-17.
Procedure
- Locate the tm1web.log file in the <TM1 Web_install>\WEB-INF\logs\ directory.
- Open and view the file with a text editor, such as Microsoft Windows Notepad.
Results
Date Time Error_level Logger_name Error_message
Where:
- Date Time - Date and time
in format yyyy-mm-dd hh:mm:ss.
For example 2013-05-02 16:48:57,439
- Error_level - message level (DEBUG, INFO, ERROR)
- Logger_name - the sub component name. Example: Cognos.TM1.Web.PageTM1WebpageUtils
- Error_message - the message text.