Setting logging preferences for the Log and Trace Analyzer

The Log and Trace Analyzer provides a preferences window to configure the logging level for each of the plug-ins that are configured to log events. You can set preferences for the level of messages in the log file, <workspace>/.metadata/CommonBaseEvents.log file that is written to by your product's plug-ins. This file is usually of interest to plug-in developers.

To set the level of messages reported to the Common Base Event log, follow these steps:

  1. Select Window  > Preferences > Logging. The window opens to the Loggers page.
  2. For each plug-in, select the logging level. Only messages with the same or higher logging level than the logging level that is selected (that is, specified by the loggingOptions extension point) will be logged to the LoggingUtil.log file. For example, if you select WARNING, SEVERE messages will be logged but INFO messages will not.
    Note: If you select NONE, no messages are logged.  
  3. Click OK to apply the changes and close the Preferences window.

Note: Logging is turned off by default. Changing the message level from NONE to any other level will enable the logging utility.

Related reference
Logging preferences