DS job log

[Former Member]

Hi experts,

If I create a DS job for example DS_JOB_1,  where can I find the job log?

Is there a periode limitation for the job log? For example, the log can only store near 20 days log for the job. If exceed 20 days, the earlier log will be deleted automatically?

Thanks.

B.R.

David

[DayaJha · Accepted solution]

Hi David,

Regarding Job Server Logs below are the path in details for Windows and UNIX environment.

In Windows:

Job Server Log is maintained and used by Administrator and is available only in the Server. You need SAP Data Services server machine access to view the logs. There is no web interface to check the same.

Below are the details to find logging information in Data Services:

LINK_DIR = C:\Program Files (x86)\SAP BusinessObjects\Data Services (example)

LINK_DIR\log\ directory has three important files-

service_eventlog.txt - Information related to start/stop of all Job Server, Access Server, Job Service

server_configlog.txt - Information related to Add/Cancel/Update/Delete of all Job Server, Repository, Access Server to DSConfig file

errorlog.txt - Information related to all Job failure error log.

LINK_DIR\log\ has below directories:

LINK_DIR\log\[JobServer_Name]\

server_eventlog_YYYY-MM-DD.txt - Information related to Server event logs about start/stop of the Job Server.

LINK_DIR\log\[JobServer_Name]\[Server_Name]_[Database_Name]_[Database_Username]\

monitor_[MM_DD_YYYY_HH(24)_MM_SS]_[RunSequenceNumber]__[Job_GUID].txt

trace_[MM_DD_YYYY_HH(24)_MM_SS]_[RunSequenceNumber]__[Job_GUID].txt

error_[MM_DD_YYYY_HH(24)_MM_SS]_[RunSequenceNumber]__[Job_GUID].txt

Contains Monitor, Trace, Error Log information for the Jobs.

In UNIX:

  Job Server Logs:

• <LINK_DIR>/log/JobServer name/
• <LINK_DIR>/log/JobServer name/server_eventlog.txt

also refer below thread.

Link:

http://scn.sap.com/thread/3286170

Thanks,

Daya

[Former Member · Accepted solution]

Hi Daya,

Thanks for your useful answer.

so there is no period limitation for the job error log,right?

By the way,how can I match the errorlog with the job name.From the error log there is no job name.

David

B.R.

[Former Member · Accepted solution]

Hi David,

I think there is a log retention period, which has to be set in DSConfig.txt file.

If you want to pass the job name to error log, you can use a custom script to capture using job_name() function and create the error log in a file.

Arun

[Former Member · Accepted solution]

Thanks.

David

[DayaJha · Accepted solution]

Hi David,

Log retention period is there in SAP Business Objects Central management console 4.X. You have to go to Application tab and select dataservices

In Details:

S.No	Activity Name	By Default log Period Details	Description
1	History Retention Period	30	days to retain the Job History. 0 indicates that no history is retained. A negative number indicates that the history is retained indefinitely.
2	Job Server Log Retention Period	30	days to retain the Job Server log files. 0 indicates that no log file is retained. A negative number indicates that the log file is retained indefinitely.
3	Job History Cleanup Period	0	seconds to clean up the job history. 0 or a negative number means do not clean up the job history

Thanks,

Daya

[Former Member · Accepted solution]

Thanks for your useful answer.