Message logs

The Connector Message Logs section on the administration website of the connector contains important status events and errors generated by the connector. The 1,000 most recent messages logged by the current connector service process are available. You can view older messages in the connector host machine's Windows Event Viewer under Applications and Services Logs > PI Connectors.

Each message in the log displays its severity level, time stamp, and the message itself. Internally, time stamps are stored as UTC times but displayed according to the browser's time zone settings.

You can specify the message recording level (that is, what types of messages are captured) as well as which messages appear on the screen.

Specify which messages to record

By default, connectors record only error and warning messages in the message log. To change the behavior to record more or fewer types of messages, click the Record message_level drop-down and select an option.

If you change the message recording behavior from the administration website of the connector, the change is immediately reflected in the message log for PI Data Collection Manager. Likewise, if an administrator changes the message recording behavior in PI Data Collection Manager, the change is immediately reflected in the administration website of the connector.

View the message log

To specify which messages display in the message log, click the Show message_level drop-down list and select an option.

Changes to the message display options are not reflected across applications.

Note: Changing the recording setting affects which messages are recorded, not which messages are displayed. For example, if you specify the recording setting Record error messages and the display setting Show error and warning messages, the log could contain older warning messages that were recorded prior to the change.

You can sort messages by severity level, date (including time stamp), and message text. To sort, click the column you want to sort by. To reverse the order, click the column again.

Messages are limited to 100 messages per page. If more than 100 messages are displayed, use the navigation buttons (First, Previous, Next, and Last) to navigate through the pages.

To filter messages by a specific string, type the string in the Filter Messages field.