About the Studio log files

For Studio, one log file contains all of the log messages, and a second file is used only for metrics logging.

About the main Studio log file

In the Studio log file configuration, the main root logger prints all messages to:
  • The console, which typically is redirected to the application server's output log (For Tomcat, catalina.out. For WebLogic Server, the server log file is by default domainName\servers\serverName\logs\serverName.log)
  • A file called eid-studio.log

The main logger does not print messages from the com.endeca.portal.instrumentation classes. Those messages are printed to the metrics log file.

Location of eid-studio.log

By default, the logger tries to create eid-studio.log in the following directory:
App Server Default Log File Location
Tomcat The default location of eid-studio.log is:

<value of catalina.home>/logs

For example, if catalina.home is set to C:\endeca-portal\tomcat-6.0.37, then eid-studio.log is located in:

C:\endeca-portal\tomcat-6.0.37\logs

WebLogic Server 11g The default location of eid-studio.log is the root directory of the WebLogic domain.
If the logger can't place the file in the default directory, then you typically can find eid-studio.log in one of the following locations:
App Server Configuration Alternate Log File Location
Tomcat - startup script If you started Tomcat by running a startup script, the log file is located where the script was run.

For example, if you ran the startup script from tomcat-<version>/bin, the log file also is in tomcat-<version>/bin.

Tomcat - Windows service If you registered and started Tomcat as a Windows service, the log file may be in C:\Windows\System32 or C:\Windows\SysWOW64.
Tomcat - Eclipse server If Tomcat is a server inside of Eclipse, the log files may be located in the root of the Eclipse directory.
WebLogic Server 11g Does not apply. The log file is always in the domain directory.

About metrics logging

Studio also captures metrics logging, including all log entries from the com.endeca.portal.instrumentation classes.

The metrics log file, eid-studio-metrics.log, is in the same directory as eid-studio.log.

You also can view metrics data on the Performance Metrics page. For details on metrics logging, see Monitoring the Performance of Queries.