Setting the Type of Application Messages Logged

By default, the application log lists the following types of messages:

Table 144 lists settings that you specify in the essbase.cfg file and a command that you can use in a calculation script to determine what types of messages Essbase Server writes to the application log. If you change an essbase.cfg setting, restart Essbase Server to apply the change.

Table 144. List of Application Log Message Configuration Settings

Setting

Definition

LOGMESSAGELEVEL

An essbase.cfg setting that determines whether Essbase Server writes all messages, warning messages, or error messages to the application log

TIMINGMESSAGES

An essbase.cfg setting that determines whether Essbase Server writes the duration of each spreadsheet and report query to the application log

SSLUNKNOWN

An essbase.cfg setting that determines whether Essbase Server writes error messages when it encounters an unknown member name during a spreadsheet operation to the application log

SET MSG

A calculation script setting that determines whether Essbase Server writes the following items to the application log during the duration of the calculation script:

  • A summary of calculation statistics

  • Detailed calculation statistics

  • All messages, error messages, or no messages