Specifying the logging level

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Troubleshooting Resources : Logging in OpenEdge : Logging levels : Specifying the logging level

You can specify the level at which log entries are written to the log file by setting:

The Logging Level (-logginglevel) startup parameter

The LOGGING-LEVEL attribute on the LOG-MANAGER system handle

The loggingLevel and related properties in the ubroker.properties file

The following table shows how to specify logging levels.

Table 36. Specifying logging levels
Method	General syntax	Example
Startup parameter	-logginglevellevel	-logginglevel 2
LOG-MANAGER system handle	LOG-MANAGER:LOGGING-LEVEL = level	LOG-MANAGER:LOGGING-LEVEL = 2
OpenEdge Management or OpenEdge Explorer, or ubroker.properties files	loggingLevel = levelsrvrLoggingLevel = levelbrkrLoggingLevel = level	logginglevel = 2
DSLOG-MANAGER system handle	DSLOG-MANAGER:LOG-ENTRY-TYPES "log-entry-type[:level]"	DSLOG-MANAGER:LOG-ENTRY-TYPES = "Cursor,DS.Interface:3"

For a detailed description of the Logging Level (-logginglevel) startup parameter, see OpenEdge Deployment: Startup Command and Parameter Reference.

For a detailed description of the LOG-MANAGER system handle, see OpenEdge Development: ABL Reference.

For more information on ubroker.properties, see the ubroker.properties.README file in $INSTALLDIR/properties/ubroker.properties.README.

To use OpenEdge Management or OpenEdge Explorer to view and set properties, see Logging settings .

For information about specifying logging level for the server context of DataServers, see OpenEdge Data Management: DataServer for Microsoft SQL Server, and OpenEdge Data Management: DataServer for Oracle.