Logger Activity

Activity Description

The Logger activity logs messages like information, warnings, and errors. The messages are logged to the Logger Console from the workflow.

Activity Properties

You can configure the Logger activity by specifying appropriate values in the Activity Properties area. To access the Activity Properties, click the Activity Properties menu in the Tool Bar. Or, right-click the Logger activity and select the Activity Properties option. The Activity properties are organized under groups of related properties. The properties under each group are described in this topic.

Name & Description

The properties in the Name & Description group is described below. You can use these properties to specify the name and description for the activity.

Name - This property can be used to specify a name for the activity.

Property Type: Optional (This property needs to be set only if necessary.)

Description - This property specifies a brief description to be displayed for the activity.

Property Type: Optional (This property needs to be set only if necessary.)

Configuration

The properties in the Configuration group is described below. You can use these properties to configure the functionality of the activity.

LogType - This property allows the user to select the type of message to be logged. The drop down lists the following options: Information, Warning, and Error.

Property Type: Mandatory (This property must be set if the activity is to be executed.)

LogMessage - This property allows the user to specify the message to be logged.

Property Type: Mandatory (This property must be set if the activity is to be executed.)

Steps to set the Log Message property

See Log - Log Message for a detailed description of the Log Message property window.

Activity outputs

The Logger Activity does not return any value.

Example for a Logger:

Step 1: In the Activity Properties of the Logger1, select LogType as Information, and click Save button of Activity Properties.

Step 2: Log Message - Select the field as Variable in the first drop-down. In the second drop-down, select the Variable.SubmittedBy.DisplayName, and then click Append.

Step 3: The entry would be as this: <%#Variable.SubmittedBy.DisplayName%>. The '#' Symbol is just for quick identification of data in the Logger.

Note: Before publishing the workflow, start the Logger Console.

Output:

In the Logger, you can see the contents of the variable Variable.SubmittedBy.UserName with the '#' symbols. 

In the below figure you can see the name Administrator at the end of the # symbols.