Customizing console logs

The Console view provides short summaries of Rational® Publishing Engine processes as they occur. You can customize the types and format of messages that are listed in this view.

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The location of the file that contains console logging customizations is RPE_HOME\config\log4j.properties. Properties that include the text stdout apply to the console.
Table 1. Log properties
Log property Default value Description
log4j.appender.stdout.layout.ConversionPattern %m%n
  • %m: Log message
  • %n: Enters a carriage return
log4j.appender.stdout.Threshold INFO The minimal degree of severity of the messages in the log file. You can enter any of the following thresholds, listed from least to greatest severity:
  1. DEBUG
  2. INFO
  3. WARNING
  4. ERROR
You can also set the threshold value to OFF to disable logging.

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