The Add / Update task is responsible for the following actions:
The task is configured on the following screen:
Task manager for adding / updating tasks
The task should be run on a single node a clustered environment. A suitable poll time is 30 seconds as the task takes little resource on the server. The options within the properties manage the log file options as follows:
Property | Function |
LOG_FILE_PATH_NAME | Specifies the path name to the log file, relative to the WEB-INF directory |
USE_SYSTEM_LOG | This is an alternative to using a log file solely for the Add / Update log, and will interleave the log messages with the standard ExtraView application server log file |
LOG_FILE_PATH_NAME_ABSOLUTE | This is used as an alternative to the previous two options, and is used for stand-alone installation on the Microsoft Windows platform, or when running ExtraView from within a WAR file deployment |
PSP_LOG | This option can be used to debug the feature by writing all the SQL statements executed to the log file |
XML_LOG_FLAG | Outputs the log file in XML as opposed to text, if the option is set to TRUE |
LOG_FILE_MAX_SIZE | The size of the log file in bytes. Once this size is reached, the log file is archived and a new file started |
DEFAULT_LOG_LEVEL | This is the default level for log messages. This value should be 6 |
LOG_CHARSET | The character set for messages sent to the log file. This should be UTF-8 |
LOG_INCLUDE_THREAD_NAME | Includes or excludes the thread name in the log output |
LOG_LEVEL | The level of log messages, from 1 to 12. The default level is 6. Increasing the number increases the number of log messages |