Bulk Plan Logs

OTM Logs are the most widely used and offer the ability to research both solution quality and performance issues. Here are some general guidelines:

Always turn on BulkPlanMilestone. Optionally you can also turn on BulkplanMilestoneDetails, although in most cases this is not necessary.
It is highly recommended that you create a separate log file for BulkplanMilestone so that it does not get cluttered with other logs. Moreover, if you have a lot of detailed logs turned on, some of the milestone lines may get lost as OTM recycles the log files. By having the milestones in a separate log, this will not be an issue.
Limit the number of detailed logs. The guideline is to quickly zero in on a specific problem area and then turn on the detailed logs pertaining to that area. For example, if you know that the problem is with multi-stop logic, it does not make sense to turn on RateEngine or RateEngineDetails unless you think there is some problem in rating along with multi-stop. The table below lists the log IDs to use for different areas in planning.

Table of Planning Logs

Logic	Log ID	Log ID for Detailed Logs	Notes
General Bulk Plan	BulkPlanning, BulkPlanningMilestone	BulkPlanningMilestoneDetails	BulkplanMilestone is something you should consider keeping on. It creates only a few lines of logs, but they are very useful in understanding the flow of the logic.
Order Releasing	OrderPacking, OrderReleasing, OrderPacker	OrderPackerDetails
Bundling	Planning, OrderBundling	OrderBundlingDetails
Order Priorities	OrderPriorities
Equipment Assignment	AssignEquipment
Container Optimization Algorithm	Conopt, PackingSolver	PackingSolverDetails	PackingSolverData for generating XML file.
3D Load Config	PackingSolver, LoadConfig	PackingSolverDetails, LoadConfigDetails
Shipment Builder	Planning	PlanningDetails	Planning logs provide useful information during the bulk plan. It is not specific to any one area of bulk plan, but provides enough details for researching the issues.
Multi-tier Logic	Planning	PlanningDetails
Dynamic Pooling	PoolXDockPlanning
Pool Cross-dock Planning	PoolXDockPlanning
Multi-stop Planning	Multistop, SavingsAlgorithm	MultistopDetails, SavingsAlgorithmDetails, SavingsAlgorithmHighDetails SavingsAlgorithmStatisitics	Do not turn on High Details unless specifically requested by support/development.
Multi-stop Sequencing	Sequencer	SequencerDetails	Turning on this log will provide additional information on how the multi-stop logic sequenced the stops. Could generate many lines of logs.
Service Time	ServiceTime	ServiceTimeDetails
Carrier Capacity and Commitment	CarrierCapacity, CapacityCommitmentAllocation, CarrierCommitment	CarrierCommitmentDetails
Continuous Moves	No logs available
Location Capacity Optimization	LocOpt
Cooperative Routing	Coroute, CorouteRouting, CorouteSolver
Route Execution	RouteExecution
Cooperative Routing Aggregation	CorouteAggregation
Fleet Assignment	FleetAssignment	FleetAssignmentDetails
Fleet Optimization	FleetString	FleetStringDetails
Procurement (Sourcing)	ProcOpt
Dash (FICO Xpress-Optimizer) Optimization	OptMip	OptMipDetails, DashDetails
Solution Improvement	PlanningImprovement

Bulk Plan Logs

Table of Planning Logs

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