Collector for Monitoring System Logs

The technical name of the Collector for Monitoring System Logs is /DVD/MON_CL_COL_SYSLOG.

This collector falls under GRC (Governance, Risk, Compliance)* monitoring. It collects information by reading the SAP system log file. It comes with two predefined KPIs. However, you can define more KPIs via the input table. The input table reflects the select options of transaction SM21.

Default KPIs

This collector includes the following predefined KPIs by default:

KPI name

Description

Unit

Detail table

SLG_DEBUG

Number of changes in debug mode

Count

Yes

SLG_KERNEL

Number of activated C calls in debug mode

Count

Yes
NOTE All standard system log KPIs have the prefix SLG_*.

Input Table

You can define the KPIs in the input table /DVD/MON_SLGMSG2. It contains the following fields:

Technical name

Column name 

Description

KPI

KPI

KPI name

KPI_RULE_NUMBER

KPI rule number

KPI rule number

AREA

Area for system log

System log: Message area (first part of the message number)

SUBID

Subname ID for system log

System log: Subname (third character of the message name)

CLASID

Problem class

Problem class of the system log. Possible values:

  • E: Problems only

  • W: Problems and warnings

  • A: All messages

MONBEW

Priority for system log

Priority of the system log. This value is used to determine the error log record icon in transaction SM21. Possible values from highest to lowest priority:

  • RA/RE: Red = error with/without an alert

  • YA/YE: Yellow = warning with/without an alert

  • G: Green = OK

  • W: White = Info

MONKAT

Category for system log

Category of the system log. Possible values:

  • Application

  • Batch input

  • Background processing

  • SAP Basis system

  • Operation trace

  • Database

  • Problem notification

  • Communication data

  • Spool/print

  • Security

  • Transport

SID

System ID

System ID

CHANGED_BY

Changed by

Last changed by user [automatically filled]

CHANGED_AT

Changed at

Last changed at [automatically filled]

CREATED_BY

Created by

Created by user [automatically filled]

CREATED_AT

Created at

Creation time [automatically filled]
NOTE

If you want to monitor custom values of data in the alert log, you must define a new custom KPI in the CrystalBridge® Monitoring Cockpit before assigning it to the input table. For more information, see the chapter Creating a Custom KPI via a Collector with a Custom KPI.

The KPI value is the number of occurrences of the specified data defined via the input table and found in the alert log. You can also use existing SLG* KPIs in the input table if you do not want to create your own custom KPIs. Data will be entered into the input table either way.

Detail Table

The collector also provides detailed information about KPIs in a detail table. The detail table is called System log info – /DVD/MON_SLGINF2. It contains the following fields:

Technical name

Description

TIMESTAMP

Time when the records are saved to the detail table

SID

System ID

SERVER

Server name

RECID

Record ID

DATUM

Date

TIME

Time

SLGTTYP

SAP process name

CLIENT_CODE

Client

SLGUSER

SAP username

SLGTC

Transaction code

SLGREPNA

Program name

AREA

System log message group

SUBID

Subname

MSGTEXT

Message text

*SAP GRC (Governance, Risk, Compliance) is a set of solutions and products that help you manage enterprise resources in a way that minimizes risk, builds trust and lowers compliance costs.