IBM DataPower Operations Dashboard v1.0.11.0

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Log Target Analysis Levels

The Log Target Analysis Level determines how many syslogs will be sent from the monitored device to DPOD.

Each analysis level is composed of message groups that allow DPOD to show information about the transactions (see the message groups descriptions below) 
In addition, each analysis level will only show syslog messages that are equal or above a certain log level.


The Default analysis level for IDG and API Connect domains (on DataPower API Gateway) is Max Data
The Default analysis level for API Connect domains (on DataPower Gateway) is Balanced + SideCalls

Analysis Level NameMessage GroupsLog Level
Max DataCore, MemoryReqRes, B2B, MemActionLevel, ReqPayloadSize, ExtLatency, Sidecallsinfo
More DataCore, MemoryReqRes, B2B, MemActionLevel, ReqPayloadSize, ExtLatencyinfo
BalancedCore, MemoryReqRes, B2B, MemActionLevelnotice
More TPSCore, MemoryReqRes, B2Bnotice
Max TPSCore, MemoryReqRes, B2Berror


Message Group NameDescription
CoreRequired, DPOD may not show any data without this message group
MemoryReqResRequired, DPOD may not show any data without this message group
B2BThis message group will enable special B2B filters in the Raw Messages page (like "B2B Message ID" and "B2B From Partner ID"),
DPOD will show B2B transactions even without this message group
MemActionLevelThis message group will populate the memory graph in the transaction page,
DPOD will show basic memory data even without this message group
ReqPayloadSizeThis message group will populate service request size information in some dashboards, such as the Recent Activity dashboard
ExtLatencyThis message group will populate the transaction's extended latency tab in the transaction page.

SideCallsThis message group will populate the sidecalls tab in the transaction page

Customize Analysis Levels

You can configure which message groups and log level are assigned to each analysis level from the system parameters (For example, the parameters "Transaction Analysis Level - Balanced" will assign message groups and log level to the Balanced analysis level)
In most cases, you can leave the default analysis levels setup 

Customize Message Groups

If you wish to add or remove specific syslog messages from a message group, you can specify an override file, specify the file's location in the system parameter "Transaction Analysis Level - User Override Path" 

The file should contain one or more lines to add or remove messages to message groups,
To add messages to a message group use:
+.messageGropName.syslogMessageCode=logLevel.logCategory,logLevel.logCategory,logLevel.logCategory

For Example
+.MemActionLevel.0x80e0013f=debug.memory-report
Will add the message 0x80e0013f (debug log level and above, with log category memory-report) to the message group MemActionLevel

+.B2B.0x80123456=debug.b2bgw, error.mpgw
Will add the message 0x80123456 (debug log level and above, with log category b2bgw, and error log level and above withr log category mpgw) to the message group B2B

Similarly, remove a message from a message group by adding the line:
-.messageGropName.syslogMessageCode=logLevel.logCategory,logLevel.logCategory,logLevel.logCategory

For example:
-.MemActionLevel.0x80e0013f=debug.memory-report
Will remove the message 0x80e0013f (debug log level and above, with log category memory-report) from the message group MemActionLevel


Changing message groups setting may have tremendous impact on DPOD performance, DPOD functionality and also on network utilization. Supporting customers for performance issues will be performed on default message group setting only.




IBM DataPower Operations Dashboard (DPOD) v1.0.11.0