Flexera Business Adapter Studio is a powerful integration tool used to connect various systems and applications within an enterprise environment. When working with complex integrations, it's essential to enable logging to facilitate troubleshooting and gain insights into the behavior of the integration processes. This article provides step-by-step instructions on how to enable logging on Flexera Business Adapter Studio.

1. Access Flexera Business Adapter Studio.

Launch Flexera Business Adapter Studio on your computer. Ensure you have the necessary permissions and access rights to configure settings.

2. Open the adapter.

In Flexera Business Adapter Studio, open the adapter on which you want to enable logging. This should be a project where the integration process needs to be monitored.

3. Navigate to the configuration settings. Right-click on the adapter name, then select Add New Item > Log.

4. Enable logging.

Look for the "Logging" section in the left window. You can now set configuration options.

5.  Choose a logging level.

In the Logging section, you will find options to select the logging level. The logging levels commonly available are:

• Error: Only critical errors will be logged.
• Warning: Errors and warnings will be logged.
• Info: Basic information, warnings, and errors will be logged.
• Debug: Detailed debugging information, along with info, warnings, and errors, will be logged. Use this level for extensive troubleshooting.

6. Define the log file location. 

Specify the location where you want to store the log files. You can choose a local directory or a network share. Ensure that the chosen location has sufficient permissions for writing log files.

7. Save the configuration.

After adjusting the logging level and specifying the log file location, save the adapter with the changes.

8. Monitor the log files.

Once the adapter is run again from your beacon, the new logging settings will generate a log. If output to file was selected, you will see a log generated along with the intermediate data for the business adapter. 

Learn more

See Specify a log file to learn how to specify a log file for all imports using a business adapter.