Quick event logging guide with MS EL–really for me

CONCEPTS

· Source = Only used by the Machine Event Viewer

· EventId  number that goes in the EventId column of database Log

· TraceEventType (System.Diagnostics.TraceEventType) = a system enum for the log level (info, verbose, error, critical)

PROJECT

We need to add a reference to these:

Config

This page explains it - https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ff664760(v=pandp.50).aspx

Where is the tool?

The tool is in tfs - /EnterpriseLibrary5/Bin/EntLibConfig.exe

 

REGISTERING SOURCES FOR EVENTS LOG

If you ever need to register a source (for the Event Log), you run this from PowerShell

New-EventLog -LogName Application -SRC MyNewSource –computername <server>,<other>,<servers,go,here>

Is my source registered?

There’s a way to know what sources has been registered in a machine (see attached).

But it is easier to simply run the previous command to make sure

Report execution log.

This is for SSRS 2005.

If you want to see history of report running the following query in the ReportServer database helps.

set transaction isolation level read uncommitted
go
select * from
ExecutionLog el
INNER JOIN Catalog cat
ON el.ReportID = cat.ItemID
where cat.Name like '%reportname%'