NPrinting Log Viewer

Colin-Albert · Dec 7, 2015 12:51:38 PM

Attached is a QlikView app to analyse the log files generated by NPrinting v16.

Note -The attached App requires a QlikView desktop licence to open and is not compatible with Personal Edition.

The app has been purged of all data, so you will need to set the location of your NPrinting log files on the Configuration tab and then reload your data into the app for it to work.

The Event List box is generated by parsing the message text through a series of wildmatch() expressions in the load script to categorise the entries in the log file. You can modify the script to add further Event categories.

The text objects above the main chart have Actions which set various filters to select the range of events and dates.

The Source filter allows you to select logs generated by service events or logs generated from the NP Desktop app.

Version2 now includes the Parent Schedule, Message Type and additional charts.

This app is a "work in progress" but has proved useful in checking the NPrinting tasks we use internally and on our customer sites.

Hopefully you will also find this useful.

Regards

Colin

dgreenberg · ‎2016-05-25

Thank you - looks very useful

psankepalli · ‎2016-05-25

Thank you for sharing this info.

Emmanuelle__Bustos · ‎2016-05-26

Nice!! Thanks for sharing.

Move Comment · ‎2016-06-01

Thanks for sharing!

Anonymous · ‎2016-08-26

Hi Colin,

I have put this log viewer in place on my dev server. After using it, It would be helpful to have the name of the NSQ file that is referenced on each relevant line of the log. That would enable review of all occurrences of that nsq activity over time. Just wondering if you have done any more enhancements on this tool in the last couple months before I pursue updating it on my end.

Colin-Albert · ‎2016-08-26

Hi Mike,

I haven't done any more updates to the log viewer at present.

Adding the NSQ could be done in a similar way to the parent schedule in the load script.

Cheers.

Colin

Anonymous · ‎2016-08-26

Colin,

Thanks for the reply. I see the logic for the parent schedule and plan to add NSQ and Task in the same manner. so that I can filter on these dimensions as well. Just wanted to make sure someone else had not already improved the app before I invested the time.

This will be a nice tool with a few minor tweaks. Lifting a cold one in your honor!

Mike

Colin-Albert · ‎2016-08-26

Send me a copy when it's done and I'll update the document - with due credit of course 🙂

Emmanuelle__Bustos · ‎2016-09-01

Hi will we have this tool for Nprinting 17.1?

Colin-Albert · ‎2016-09-02

I don't have an installation of NP17 so have no log files to work from.

Do you have a log from NP17?