OBIEE 12c-Logs Are Not Written To Audit File While Trying To Increase Logging Through instanceconfig.xml File (Doc ID 2697767.1)

Last updated on JUNE 26, 2024

Applies to:

Business Intelligence Suite Enterprise Edition - Version 12.2.1.4.0 and later
Business Intelligence Server Enterprise Edition - Version 12.2.1.4.0 and later
Oracle Exalytics Software - Version 2.0.0.1.0 and later
Information in this document applies to any platform.

Symptoms

Following Fusion Middleware System Administrator's Guide for Oracle Business Intelligence Enterprise Edition, trying to increase the logging level for file download through the settings in instanceconfig.xml file,however no logs are written into the audit file.

Below entries are added in between the <logging> </logging> tags

<Writers>
<Writer implementation="FileLogWriter" name="Custom Downloads Audit" disableCentralControl="true"
writerClassId="6" dir="{%ORACLE_BIPS_INSTANCE_LOGDIR%}" filePrefix="c_dwn_audit" maxFileSizeKb="512000" filesN="20" fmtName="ODL-Text"/>
</Writers>

<WriterClassGroups>
<WriterClassGroup name="DwnLog">6</WriterClassGroup>
</WriterClassGroups>

<Filters>
<FilterRecord disableCentralControl="true" error="32" incident_error="32" information="1" path="saw.httpserver.request.showrequest" trace="1" warning="32" writerClassGroup="DwnLog"/>
</Filters>

After adding the above parameters in instanceconfig.xml file , Restart Presentation server.
Open analytics->create any report ->download excel or any file
Go to the location
C:\app\Middleware\domains\bi\servers\obips1\logs\c_dwn_audit0.log
There isnt any entries in Obiee 12.2.1 4.

This worked well in OBIEE 12.2.1.3

Screenshot of the issue on 12.2.1.4: