Ektron Error Log

Question

In Ektron, how errors or exceptions are handled. Is there any way to handle this? Any table in Ektron DB stores errors or exceptions. How to handle events using the Ektron.Cms.EkException class?

Answer 1

You can use the helper functions from the Ektron.Cms.Instrumentation class. To use these features, you need to enable some settings in the configuration files.

Web.config: update LogLevel as "4"

<!-- Determines the level of messages that are logged 1 = Error: Only Errors are logged. 2 = Warning: Only warnings and Errors are logged. 3 = Information: Only Informationals, Warnings, and Errors are logged. 4 = Verbose: Everything is logged. NOTE: you can configure where each message level is logged using the instrumentation.config. --> <add name="LogLevel" value="4"/> 

Instrumentation.config:

Add "Trace" to "Verbose"

 <add switchValue="All" name="Verbose"> <listeners> <add name="Event Log" /> <add name="Trace" /> </listeners> </add> 

After making these changes to the configuration files, you can use the helper functions.

For example,

Exception ex = new exception ("Test Exception");

Ektron.Cms.Instrumentation.Log.WriteError (ex);

(Explore the Ektron.Cms.Instrumentation class for more details)

Answer 2

Errors are logged in the default event viewer. In the "Application" section