Difference between logs and traces
Describes the difference between log and trace messages, and indicates in which languages they are available.
HCL Workload Automation and
the Dynamic Workload Console create
both log and trace messages:
- Log messages
- These are messages that provide you with information, give you warning of potential problems,
and inform you of errors. Most log messages are described in Messages and Codes. Log messages are translated into
the following languages:
- Chinese - simplified
- Chinese - traditional
- French
- German
- Italian
- Japanese
- Korean
- Portuguese - Brazilian
- Spanish
- Trace messages
- These are messages for IBM® Software
Support that provide in depth information about HCL Workload Automation processes.
In most cases they are in English. Whereas log messages are written
so that you can understand them in relation to the activity you were
performing, trace messages might not be. There is no guarantee that
you can diagnose any error situations from the information they contain.The traces are provided at several different levels and in several different forms:
- Messages for IBM® Software Support
- These are similar to log messages, and while not intended for customer use, can be sometimes helpful to experienced customers who know the product well. The information they contain is used by IBM® Software Support to understand problems better.
- Specific software traces
- These are traces written directly by the program code normally indicating the values of variables being used in complex processes. They are not for use by the customer.
- Automatic software traces
- These are traces issued automatically by the code when it enters and exits code modules. They are not for use by the customer.
The following table gives more detailed information:
Characteristics | Log Messages | Messages for IBM® Software Support | Specific software traces | Automatic software traces |
---|---|---|---|---|
Translated | √ | |||
Documented in Product Documentation | √ | Some | ||
Written to
|
√ | |||
Written to
|
√ | √ | √ | |
Logging level, format etc. controlled by TWSCCLog.properties | √ | √ | √ | |
Logging level, format etc. controlled by TWSFullTrace | √ | |||
Optionally written to memory by TWSFullTrace and written to disc by that utility when requested. | √ | √ | √ | √ |
If you want to merge the logs and traces controlled by TWSCCLog.properties into one file, set the localopts option merge stdlist to yes.