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Configure logging for service component events
You can choose to use the logging facilities of WebSphere Application Server to capture the service component events fired by process server monitoring. Use the loggers to view the data in events when you diagnose problems with the processing of your applications.
IBM BPM uses the extensive logging facilities of the underlying WebSphere Application Server to allow you to capture the events fired by server monitoring at service component event points. You can use the administrative console to specify the particular service component event points that you want to monitor, the amount of payload detail contained in the resulting service component events, and the method used to publish the results, such as to a file of a certain format, or directly to a console. Monitor logs contain events encoded in Common Base Event format, and you can use the information contained in the event elements to trace problems with the processing of your service components.
The functionality of WebSphere Application Server logging and tracing capabilities is documented in considerable detail in the WebSphere Application Server documentation, with complete details of how logging and tracing is used within the entire product. This section provides only supplemental information about logging as it relates to the service components that are specific to IBM BPM. Consult the information in the WebSphere Application Server documentation for using logging and trace with other components of the entire product.
- Enabling the diagnostic trace service
Use this task to enable the diagnostic trace service, which is the logging service that can manage the amount of detail contained in the service component event. - Configure logging properties using the administrative console
Use this task to specify that the monitoring function publish service component events to a logger file. - Tutorial: Logging service component events
For service component event points that you monitor, events can be published to the logging facilities of the underlying WebSphere Application Server. This tutorial guides you through an example of setting up monitoring with logging, and how to view events stored in a log file. - Audit logging for business rules and selectors
You can set up IBM BPM to automatically log any changes made to business rules and selectors.
Monitoring service component events
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Viewing and interpreting service component event log files
Event catalog
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