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Usage Note 17730: Turning on logging in SAS® Enterprise Guide® 4.2, 4.3, 5.1, and 6.1

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To start the logging feature, copy the logging.config file from your SAS Enterprise Guide home directory (see below) to this directory:

%appdata%\SAS\EnterpriseGuide\x.x\

SAS Enterprise Guide generates one log file for each SAS Enterprise Guide session. The logs reside in this directory:

%appdata%\SAS\EnterpriseGuide\x.x\Logs

The following are the default SAS Enterprise Guide home directories:

Product Location
SAS Enterprise Guide 4.2 C:\Program Files\SAS\EnterpriseGuide\4.2\
SAS Enterprise Guide 4.3 C:\Program Files\SAS\EnterpriseGuide\4.3\
SAS Enterprise Guide 5.1 C:\Program Files\SASHome\SASEnterpriseGuide\5.1\
SAS Enterprise Guide 6.1 C:\Program Files\SASHome\SASEnterpriseGuide\6.1\

To display the %APPDATA% Windows variable, submit the SET APPDATA command from a Windows command prompt, as shown below:

 

set appdata

The following table shows the default locations:

Windows Edition Location
Windows XP / Windows 2003 Server C:\Documents and Settings\user-id\Application Data
Windows Vista / Windows 7 / Windows 2008 Server C:\Users\user-id\AppData\Roaming

To stop logging, delete the logging.config file from %appdata%\SAS\EnterpriseGuide\x.x.

 

For instructions on starting and stopping logging in SAS Enterprise Guide 4.1, see SAS Note 47873: "Turning on logging in SAS® Enterprise Guide® 4.1."

For instructions on starting and stopping logging in SAS Enterprise Guide 7.1 and later, see SAS KB0036457, "Enabling logging in SAS® Enterprise Guide® 7.1 and later."



Operating System and Release Information

Product FamilyProductSystemProduct ReleaseSAS Release
ReportedFixed*ReportedFixed*
SAS SystemSAS Enterprise GuideMicrosoft Windows 2000 Professional4.19.1 TS1M3 SP1
Microsoft Windows XP Professional4.19.1 TS1M3 SP1
Microsoft Windows NT Workstation4.19.1 TS1M3 SP1
Microsoft® Windows® for x644.2
Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Datacenter Edition4.2
Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Enterprise Edition4.2
Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Standard Edition4.2
Microsoft Windows Server 2003 for x644.2
Microsoft Windows Server 20084.2
Microsoft Windows Server 2008 for x644.2
Windows 7 Enterprise 32 bit4.2
Windows 7 Enterprise x644.2
Windows 7 Home Premium 32 bit4.2
Windows 7 Home Premium x644.2
Windows 7 Professional 32 bit4.2
Windows 7 Professional x644.2
Windows 7 Ultimate 32 bit4.2
Windows 7 Ultimate x644.2
Windows Millennium Edition (Me)4.2
Windows Vista4.2
Windows Vista for x644.2
* For software releases that are not yet generally available, the Fixed Release is the software release in which the problem is planned to be fixed.