Collector for Application Logs

The technical name of the Collector for Application Logs is /DVD/MON_CL_COL_APPLOG.

This collector collects information about the standard SAP application logs. It collects KPIs and details according to the predefined records in the input table /DVD/MON_ALOG_I2. By default, only very important application logs are monitored within this collector. If required, you can define additional custom KPIs or KPI rules in the input table based on the template KPI delivered with this collector.

Default KPIs Delivered with This Collector

The following default KPIs are delivered with this collector:

KPI name	Description	Unit	Detail table
APP_LOGS_VERY_IMPORTANT	Number of VERY IMPORTANT application logs	Count	Yes
APP_LOGS *	Number of application logs specified by rules	Count	Yes

NOTE * This KPI APP_LOGS is not collected by default. It serves as a template definition for defining additional custom KPIs to monitor specific application logs based on custom defined rules according to the customer requirements.

Input Table

This collector uses the input table /DVD/MON_ALOG_I2.

NOTE By default, this input table has only one KPI rule predefined for the default KPI APP_LOGS_VERY_IMPORTANT so that only very important application logs are collected. If you need to monitor any other application logs with different filtering criteria, you must create the new KPI rules in the input table. For this purpose, you can use the template KPI APP_LOGS to define custom KPI rules with additional filtering values for specific application logs. If you need to define multiple KPI rules (rows) for one KPI, you must increment the value for the field RULE_ID to be able to create more rules.

The rules in the input table /DVD/MON_ALOG_I2 define the monitoring of specific application logs according to custom requirements. It contains the following fields:

Technical name	Column name	Description
KPI	KPI name	Name of the KPI to which the rule applies
RULE_ID	KPI rule number	ID of the rule
SID	System ID	System ID
LOG_OBJ	Application log: Object name (application code)	Filter for the log object. Wildcards are supported
LOG_SUBOBJ	Application log: Subobject	Filter for the log subobject. Wildcards are supported
EXTNUMBER	Application log: External ID	Filter for the log external ID. Wildcards are supported
MSGTY	Message type	Filter for the message type. Wildcards are supported
MSGID	Message class	Filter for the message class. Wildcards are supported
MSGNO	Message number	Filter for the message number. Wildcards are supported
PROG_NAME	Application log: Program name	Filter for the program name. Wildcards are supported
TCODE	Application log: Transaction code	Filter for the transaction code. Wildcards are supported
USER_ID	Application log: Username	Filter for the user ID. Wildcards are supported
PROBCLASS	Application log: Log problem class	Filter for the log problem class. Wildcards are supported
OPER_MODE	Application log: Operating mode (Batch, Batch Input, Dialog)	Filter for the operating mode. Wildcards are supported
ADD_TO_DETAIL	Add relevant records to details	If selected, application logs suitable for this KPI and its KPI rule are added to the detail table. If not selected, only the KPI value is calculated without adding any records to the detail table
ACTIVE	KPI rule active	Activates or deactivates the rule
CHANGED_BY	Last changed by user [automatically filled]	User who last changed the specific record
CHANGED_AT	Last changed time [automatically filled]	Time when the specific record was changed
CREATED_BY	Created by user [automatically filled]	User who created the specific record
CREATED_AT	Created at the time [automatically filled]	Time when the specific record was created

Filtering fields for application logs in this input table also supports the usage of wildcards *. If these fields have an empty value, this empty value is automatically converted into the wildcard value during the collector execution.

Detail Table

The collector also provides detailed output in the detail table for KPIs assigned to this collector.

The name of the detail table is Application logs – /DVD/MON_S_APPLOG_DETAILS. It contains the following fields:

Technical name	Description
TIMESTAMP	Application log: Message timestamp
LOG_OBJ	Application log: Object name (application code)
LOG_SUBOBJ	Application log: Sub-object
EXTNUMBER	Application log: External ID
OPER_MODE	Application log: Operating mode (Batch, Batch Input, Dialog)
PROGRAM	Application log: Program name
TCODE	Application log: Transaction code
USER_ID	Application log: Username
PROBCLASS	Application log: Log problem class
MSGTY	Message type
MSGTXT	Text of message
MSGID	Message class
MSGNO	Message number
KPI	KPI name
CLIENT_CODE	Client