Kettle logs

[dilip.anant]

Hi,

When we run or preview a transformation, there are logs that are getting generated in the console. Is there a internal file where they are getting written or is it only for a view? If there is a log file, where can i find it in the kettle installation?

thanks,
Dilip

[jwright]

The answer is going to vary slightly depending on your OS. For Windows XP, by default the log files will be written to

C:\Documents and Settings\USERNAME\Local Settings\Temp

Where USERNAME is your Windows user name. The log file names will be in the form spoon_UNIQUE_ID.log.

You can also specify -logfile=/some/file.log on the spoon command line to send the log to a file of your choice.

--Jeff Wright
ThotWave Technologies

[lgtleon]

I have a question about this post: When I execute a transformation with kitchen ,does it write the log files there too?



Thanks!!

[MattCasters]

You can specify the logfile for Kitchen.
On top of that, you can write the logs to a database table.

http://wiki.pentaho.org/display/COM/...ional+Metadata

[lgtleon]

I have tried to use the option -logfile=/some/file.log to define the log file, but if I put basic logging, it doesn´t work, the log is empty. What´s the reason?



Thanks!