Event Action Editor window: Log to a log file

Logs information about the triggering event to a specified text file.

Fields

Log file name
Specifies the name of the log file. The log is formatted as a plain text file and located on the management server. You can specify the filename and file extension of the log file, as well as its maximum file size. If the log file reaches its specified maximum size, it is renamed to filename.1, where filename is the file name that you specified. Then, a new filename.extension file is created, where extension is the file extension that you specified for the log file. The log file is located on the management server in the install_root\log directory, where install_root is the root directory of your IBM® Systems Director installation. Note that this path uses the backslash (\) to delimit the directory; depending on the system that you are using, you might be required to enter the path using the forward slash (/).
Maximum log size
Specifies the maximum size of the log file, in kilobytes.
Log comment field
Displays comments that you want to include in the log entry. You can use event-data-substitution variables in your comments.

Menu bar

File
The File menu provides the following actions:
Rename
Displays a window in which you can type a new name for the selected event action.
Save
Saves the information in this window under the current name of the selected event action.
Save as
Displays a window in which you can type a new name for the current settings.
Close
Closes this window. If you have made any changes since opening the window, you are prompted to save or discard the changes.
Advanced
The Advanced menu provides the following actions:
Language
Sets the preferred language that the event-data substitution uses, for example, in the &text variable.
Time zone
Sets the time zone that event-data substitution uses, for example, in the &time variable.
Related concepts

Log to a log file
Event-data-substitution variables
Related tasks

Creating an event action to activate in an event automation plan

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