FME 2012: Logging Options

Hi,

 

 

Depends on what you mean by manage the logs, there are a number of possibilites to use python, tcl, sql or good old dos to 'manage' the logs.

 

 

I find the combination of dos commands integrated into the batch file, useful for maniputing the logs.

 

There are robably more elegant options possible if you have a decent understanding of one of the scripting languages mentioned above.

 

 

Hope this helps.

FME can be set up to stream log snippets to other applications via scripting as Itay described.

 

 

An example scripting technique that streams a log summary to a web portal is described within pg21 of:

 

http://www.fmeuc.com/archive/2009downloads/workshops/FMEUC09-WorkflowsWorkshop.pdf

 

 

Alternatively, given that the log file can be sent anywhere via changing the "Log File" published parameter, potentially you could send it to a static location and ingest that by another application. You could even read that log file in via FME and write it out in another format that is more easily ingested by another application.

You can also write custom FME logs using the workbench shutdown script. Using this you can, e.g.

• choose the amount and type of information to log
• select a different file than the default FME log to write it to
• choose to append to an existing log file
• write the date, number of features read/written to a database table
• send the information to a webservice,
• etc...

Have a look at this article for more details, in particular the list of variables particular to shutdown scripts.

 

 

David