How to enable QVB logging

[Bjorn_Wedbratt]

To enable logging of the calls between QVB.exe and QlikView Distribution Service, the QVB.exe settings.ini file needs to be modified. 

QlikView 12.00 and up:

1. Locate the QlikViewBatch settings.in file in:
   
   C:\Windows\System32\config\systemprofile\AppData\Roaming\QlikTech\QlikViewBatch (when managing reloads in the QMC) 
   
   or
   
   C:\Users\<service account>\AppData\Roaming\QlikTech\QlikViewBatch (when executing tasks using the command line)
   
   
2. Stop all QVB.exe processes and the QlikView Distribution Services.
3. Modify the settings.ini file to include one of the following log levels:
   
   Verbosity=700 Information, Warnings, and Errors. 
   Verbosity=500 Errors and Warnings. shows errors and warnings. So if there are none, no log files will be created.
   Verbosity=300  Errors only
   Verbosity=900  Debug information
   
   
4. Add ExitLogVerbosity=5 to enable the exit log the engine produces upon shutdown. It's turned off by default. Setting it to 5 shows all levels of exit messages. This setting is not necessary for the Verbosity setting to work.

Note: Adding spaces will invalidate the commands. Example:  Verbosity=700  will work Verbosity = 700 will not.

Log files will be named:

Events_<server name>PID<ID of current process>.log
Exit<server name>_PID<ID of current process>.log
 

Log files will be generated into folder:

C:\ProgramData\QlikTech\QlikViewBatch

QlikView 11.20:

1. Locate the QlikViewBatch settings.in file in:
   
   C:\Windows\System32\config\systemprofile\AppData\Roaming\QlikTech\QlikViewBatch (when managing reloads in the QMC)
   
   C:\Users\<service account>\AppData\Roaming\QlikTech\QlikViewBatch (when executing tasks using the command line)
   
   
2. Stop all QVB.exe processes and the QlikView Distribution Services.
3. Modify the settings.ini file to include one of the following log levels:

EnableQVBLog=1

Each time a task or batch reload is run, the QVB.exe will create a log file similar to the one attached including all the calls between the QDS and the QVB.exe.

The log files will be located in C:\ProgramData\QlikTech\QlikViewBatch   

NOTE: this folder may not exist, if it doesn't you must create it, otherwise the logging will not work

Environment: 

QlikView 

[Filippo_Nicolussi_P]

To completely disable logging of QVB executions in folder 

C:\ProgramData\QlikTech\QlikViewBatch   

the option SystemLogVerbosity=2 could be used.