Tuesday, October 14, 2014

Siebel Client-Side Logging for High-Interactivity Applications

 

Siebel Client side logging can help you to diagnose situations in which your browser freezes or aborts while using Siebel Application.

Below table illustrates settings to be done on Application Object Manager to enabling Client Side logging.

Parameter

Description

Possible Values

Default Value

ClientSideLogging

Enable/Disable Client Side logging

True/False

False

ClntTraceMode

Set this parameter to enable or disable logging.

1 - Enable
0 - Disable

0

ClntLogFileSize

Size of the log file in MB. Minimum log file size is 50 MB.

50 MB or more

50

ClntLogArchiveCount

Number of files to be
archived.

2, 5, 10, and so on.

5

ClntLogDirectory

Directory where the log file
is created.

D:\SiebelLogs

C:\SiebelLogs

ClntTraceUnicode

Set this parameter to turn
on or off Unicode trace.

True—Unicode trace is on
False—Unicode trace is off

False

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Alternately if you want to enable Client logging for single High Interactivity client you can do so by setting below environment variables on local machine running Siebel Web Client(HI).

Environment Variable

Possible Values

SEBLCL_TRACEMODE

1—Enable
0—Disable

SEBLCL_LOGDIR

Directory where the log file is created

SEBLCL_LOGFILESIZE

Size of the log file in megabytes (MB)

NOTE:  If a log file size exceeds the value in the SEBLCL_LOGFILESIZE environment variable, a new log file is created.

SEBLCL_LOGARCHIVECOUNT

Maximum number of files to be archived

SEBLCL_TRACEUNICODE

True—Unicode trace is on
False—Unicode trace is off

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Please close all Internet Explorer Sessions and open new IE session after setting above environment variables.

If settings are done both at Server and Client the behavior is defined by below table.

Value on Client
(SEBLCL_TRACEMODE environment variable)

Value on Server (ClntTraceMode parameter)

Client Output

Not Set

0

No log file

Not Set

1

Log file for all users

0

0

No log file

0

1

No log file for the current user

1

1

Log file for the current user and all users

1

0

Log file for the current user only

Please refer “Examples of Log Files for Client-Side Logging” to read the log file created

http://docs.oracle.com/cd/E14004_01/books/SysDiag/SysDiagClientSideLogging12.html

Configuring Standard Error Files

Standard error files contain process messages that are directed to standard error and standard out

1. On the computer running the Siebel Server, set the following environment variable to the given value:

SIEBEL_STDERROUT = 1

2. Stop and restart the computer running the Siebel Server for the environment variable to take effect.