TIBCO Spotfire® Server and Environment - Installation and Administration

Setting action logging to write to a database using the configuration tool

If you need to capture action logs, you can configure the Spotfire Server to write the action logs to a file, a database, or both. This topic discusses writing an action log to a database using the configuration tool.

About this task

Alternatively, you can also configure the action logs by using command-line commands.

Before you begin

  • You must have administrative credentials for Spotfire Server.
  • You have performed initial configuration as described in Configuration using the configuration tool.
  • You must have a database established to collect the logs.

Procedure

  1. On the computer running Spotfire Server, click Start, and locate and click Configure TIBCO Spotfire Server.
    Log in if needed.
  2. On the Configuration page, click User Action log.
    User Action Log configuration options are displayed.
  3. For Enable database logger, click Yes.
  4. To set specific categories to log, for Enable categories, click Some Categories, and from the list, select the categories to log.
    Only those categories you select are added to the database logger queue. By default, all categories are logged.
  5. To ensure certain categories are added to the database logger queue, select the Prioritized check box.
    See Database logging for more information.
  6. Complete the Database logger configuration section, specifying the required database connection information.
  7. Click Test connection to make sure the configuration works.
  8. Optionally, change the default configuration settings.
  9. Optionally, configure the web service to log actions from the configuration tool.
    If you do not configure the web service, only actions that occur on the Spotfire Server are logged.
  10. At the bottom of the page, click Save configuration.
    The Save configuration wizard is displayed. Database (recommended) is the pre-selected option, used to immediately apply the new configuration.
  11. Click Next.
  12. Enter a comment about the changes done to the configuration, and then click Finish.

What to do next

Restart all services and Spotfire Server for your changes to take effect. The action logs are written to the specified database.