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When debugging issues in SAS® Financial Management, there are a number of logs that you might be asked to check. Below are the default locations for the most commonly-requested logs on Windows/WebLogic.

Please note that the locations of these logs are different from release 4.x to release 5.x of SAS Financial Management. The paths below will be noted as to whether they are for release 4.x or 5.x.

Also, please note that these are the default log locations and might be different in your specific implementation.

Access log
For release 4.x, there are 2 primary Access logs that might be needed - one for the SAS Managed Server (SMS) and one for the SAS ODCS Server.

Release 4.x SMS: <drive>:\bea\user_projects\domains\SASSolutions\SASManagedServer\access.log
(located on the mid-tier machine)

Release 4.x ODCS: <drive>:\bea\user_projects\domains\SASSolutions\SASODCSServer\access.log
(on the mid-tier machine)

For release 5.x , there as many as 6 Access logs that might be needed, as noted below. SAS Technical Support will indicate which specific access log files are needed.

Release 5.x Admin Server:
<drive>:\SAS\Config\Lev1\Web\SASDomain\servers\AdminServer\logs\access.log
(located on the mid-tier machine)

Release 5.x SASServer1:
<drive>:\SAS\Config\Lev1\Web\SASDomain\servers\SASServer1\logs\access.log
(located on the mid-tier machine)

Release 5.x SASServer2:
<drive>:\SAS\Config\Lev1\Web\SASDomain\servers\SASServer2\logs\access.log
(located on the mid-tier machine)

Release 5.x SASServer3:
<drive>:\SAS\Config\Lev1\Web\SASDomain\servers\SASServer3\logs\access.log
(located on the mid-tier machine)

Release 5.x SASServer4:
<drive>:\SAS\Config\Lev1\Web\SASDomain\servers\SASServer4\logs\access.log
(located on the mid-tier machine)

Release 5.x SASServer5:
<drive>:\SAS\Config\Lev1\Web\SASDomain\servers\SASServer5\logs\access.log
(located on the mid-tier machine)

Admin Server log

Release 4.x: <drive>:\bea\user_projects\domains\SASSolutions\Admin\Admin.log
(located on the mid-tier machine)

The above path is also the location for the "t" log (Admin.xxxx.tlog)

Release 5.x: <drive>:\SAS\Config\Lev1\Web\SASDomain\servers\AdminServer\logs\AdminServer.log
(located on the mid-tier machine)

The above path is also the location for the ".out" logs (AdminServer.out-xxxxxxxxxxxx)

SAS Add-in for Microsoft Office (AMO) log
Since specific .dll files need to be installed to enable the AMO log, information on the AMO log is in a separate SAS Note. Please refer to SAS Note 19846.

Client log

Release 4.x: <drive>:\Program Files\SAS\SASFinancialManagement\Studio\4.x\client.log
(on the client machine)

Release 5.1: <drive>:\Program Files\SAS\SASFinancialManagementStudio\5.1\client.log
(on the client machine)

Release 5.2: <drive>:\Users\<USERID>\SAS\FinancialManagementStudio\5.2\client.log
(on the client machine)

configure_copyFiles.log

Release 4.x: <drive>:\SAS\SASSolutionsConfig\
(on the mid-tier machine)

DAV/Content Server

Release 4.x (Xythos): <drive>:\ProgramFiles\SAS\xythos\2.x\server-4.2.x.x\logs\Catalina.out
(located on the mid-tier machine)

Release 5.x (SAS Content Server): <drive>:\SAS\Config\Lev1\Web\Logs\SASContentServer.log
(located on the mid-tier machine)

SASFinancialManagement5.x log

Release 5.x: <drive>:\SAS\Config\Lev1\Web\Logs\SASFinancialManagement5.x.log
(located on the mid-tier machine)

SASManagedServer log

Release 4.x: <drive>:\bea\user_projects\domains\SASSolutions\SASManagedServer\SASManagedServer.log
(located on the mid-tier machine)

The above path is also the location for the "t" log (SASManagedServer.xxxx.tlog)

In release 5.x, the SAS Managed Server is known as SAS Server 3. Please see below for the location of this log file.

Metadata Server log

Release 4.x: <drive>:\SAS\SASSolutionsConfig\Lev1\SASMain\MetadataServer\logs\MetadataServerddmmmyy.log

(on the data tier machine), where ddmmmyy represents the date of the log file. Please be sure to send the log file with the most recent date/time stamp.

Release 5.x: <drive>:\SAS\Config\Lev1\SASMeta\MetadataServer\Logs\SASMeta_MetadataServer_yyyyy-mm-dd_nnnn.log

(on the data-tier machine), where yyyy-mm-dd represents the date of the log file. Please be sure to send the log file with the most recent date/time stamp.

Object Spawner log

Release 4.x: <drive>:\SAS\SASSolutionsConfig\Lev1\SASMain\ObjectSpawner\logs
(on the data tier machine)

Release 5.x: <drive>:\SAS\Config\Lev1\ObjectSpawner\Logs\ObjectSpawner_yyyyy-mm-dd_nnnn.log

(on the data-tier machine), where yyyy-mm-dd represents the date of the log file. Please be sure to send the log file with the most recent date/time stamp.

For instructions on how to enable/set the logging level for the SAS Workspace Server log, please contact SAS Technical Support.

SASODCSServer log

Release 4.x: <drive>:\bea\user_projects\domains\SASSolutions\SASODCSServer\SASODCSServer.log
(on the mid-tier machine)

The above path is also the location for the "t" log (SASODCSServer.xxxx.tlog)

In release 5.x, the SAS ODCS Server is known as SAS Server 4. Please see below for the location of this log file.

SAS ODCS For Solutions log

Release 5.x: <drive>:\SAS\Config\Lev1\Web\Logs\SASODCSForSolutions5.x.log
(located on the mid-tier machine)

Portal log

Release 4.x: <drive>:\SAS\SASSolutionsConfig\Lev1\web\Deployments\Portal\logs\Portal.log
(on the mid-tier machine)

Release 5.x: <drive>:\SAS\Config\Lev1\Web\Logs\SASPortal4.x.log
(on the mid-tier machine)

SAS_Configuration_Wizard_InstallLog.xml

Release 4.x: <drive>:\SAS\SASSolutionsConfig\
(on the mid-tier machine)

SASServer1 log

Release 5.x: <drive>:\SAS\Config\Lev1\Web\SASDomain\servers\SASServer1\logs\SASServer1.log
(located on the mid-tier machine)

SASServer2 log

Release 5.x: <drive>:\SAS\Config\Lev1\Web\SASDomain\servers\SASServer2\logs\SASServer2.log
(located on the mid-tier machine)

SASServer3 log

Release 5.x: <drive>:\SAS\Config\Lev1\Web\SASDomain\servers\SASServer3\logs\SASServer3.log
(located on the mid-tier machine)

The above path is also the location for the ".out" logs (SASServer3.out-xxxxxxxxxxxx)
In release 4.x, SAS Server 3 is known as the SAS Managed Server.

SASServer4 log

Release 5.x: <drive>:\SAS\Config\Lev1\Web\SASDomain\servers\SASServer4\logs\SASServer4.log
(located on the mid-tier machine)

The above path is also the location for the ".out" logs (SASServer4.out-xxxxxxxxxxxx)
In release 4.x, SAS Server 4 is known as the SAS ODCS Server.

SASServer5 log

Release 5.x: <drive>:\SAS\Config\Lev1\Web\SASDomain\servers\SASServer5\logs\SASServer5.log
(located on the mid-tier machine)

Server log

Release 4.x: <drive>:\SAS\SASSolutionsConfig\Lev1\web\Deployments\SASSolutionsServices\server.log
(on the mid-tier machine)

SASSharedServices log

Release 5.x: <drive>:\SAS\Config\Lev1\Web\Logs\SASSharedServices9.2.log
(on the mid-tier machine)

SASSolutionsServices log

Release 4.x: <drive>:\SAS\SASSolutionsConfig\Lev1web\Deployments\SASSolutionsServices\services.log
(on the mid-tier machine)

Release 5.x: <drive>:\SAS\Config\Lev1\Web\Logs\SASSolutionsServices5.x.log
(on the mid-tier machine)

Stored Process Server log

Release 4.x: <drive>:\SAS\SASSolutionsConfig\Lev1SASMain\StoredProcessServer\logs\StoredProcessServer_XX.log
(on the data-tier machine)

Release 5.x: <drive>:\SAS\Config\Lev1\SASApp\StoredProcessServer\Logs\SASApp_STPServer_yyyyy-mm-dd_nnnn.log

(on the data-tier machine), where yyyy-mm-dd represents the date of the log file. Please be sure to send the log file with the most recent date/time stamp.

For instructions on how to enable/set the logging level for the SAS Stored Process Server log, please contact SAS Technical Support.

SAS Workspace Server

Release 4.x: <drive>:\SAS\SASSolutionsConfig\Lev1\SASMain\WorkspaceServer\logs
(on the data tier machine)

Release 5.x: <drive>:\SAS\Config\Lev1\SASApp\WorkspaceServer\Logs\
(on the data-tier machine).

For instructions on how to enable/set the logging level for the SAS Workspace Server log, please contact SAS Technical Support.

WebDataEntry log

Release 5.x: <drive>:\SAS\Config\Lev1\Web\Logs\SASFinancialManagementWebDataEntry5.x.log
(located on the mid-tier machine)

Wrapper log

Release 4.x: <drive>:\ProgramFiles\SAS\SASFoundationServices\1.1\Wrapper\logs\wrapper.log
(on the data-tier machine)

Operating System and Release Information

Product Family	Product	System	SAS Release
			Reported	Fixed*
SAS System	SAS Financial Management	Microsoft Windows 2000 Advanced Server
		Microsoft Windows 2000 Datacenter Server
		Microsoft Windows 2000 Server
		Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional
		Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Datacenter Edition
		Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Enterprise Edition
		Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Standard Edition
		Microsoft Windows XP Professional
		64-bit Enabled AIX
		64-bit Enabled Solaris

* 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.