Log Node in IBM APP Connect
Here in this blog, we are going to learn the use cases of Log Node in IBM APPConnect which was introduced in V12.0.11.0.
Purpose of Log Node: Log Node in IBM App Connect can be useful for writing the flow level logs to send the Activity Log in the ACE Web UI like Flow information, Messages information including Request and Node information.
Configuration:
- In the basic tab property has a Configure button which opens a more detailed configuration page that looks just like the Discovery Connector configuration pages.
- The Log Node configuration panel lets you can select the value for the Log level of Debug, Info, or Error.
- In the message detail property, you can define the input message details property, flow details property and error details property.
- You can configure the Custom… option which will identify the log level dynamically using a field from the data passed into the Log node
- You can define the Custom message fields to be included in the log entry it can show the activity logs property.
- In this simple example we can display the saved all node information, deploy the message flow properties, and send them some data through the flow, the results of the Log entries in the Activity Log panel of the ACE Web User Interface will look similar to the below screenshot:
Advantages of LogNode:
- The Log node provides real-time monitoring of messages, allowing you to track the flow of messages through your integration solution.
- The Log allows you to log messages at different levels (e.g., INFO, DEBUG, ERROR) and format them according to your requirements. This flexibility enables you to log the based on their information that can be the severity of the message.
- ACE v12 Log nodes can integrate with various monitoring and logging tools, such as IBM Operations Dashboard this can help analyze the log data for monitoring and troubleshooting purposes.