Another option available on Log Viewer is the visualization of active log sessions being recorded by the system. To open this option, select the View - Running Loggers menu or click Running Loggers 
on the toolbar to open the window on the next figure.
Window with active log sessions
The available columns for viewing are described on the next table.
Available columns on the Running Loggers window
Column |
Description |
|---|---|
Session |
Name of a log session |
Location |
Path for recording logs |
Buffers written |
Buffers written to disk |
Events lost |
Indicates events lost or rejected by the system. This counter must always be zeroed. If this value is greater than 0 (zero), it indicates that events were lost, and therefore files do not contain all information for debugging |
Log file size (MB) |
Size of files, in megabytes |
Flush timer (s) |
If it is equal to 0 (zero), the buffer is only stored on disk when full. If different from 0 (zero), at every x seconds the buffers are automatically written to disk |
Log mode |
Recording mode |
Buffer size (KB) |
Size of buffers in memory |
Users can remove or add columns by right-clicking column names. Only the Session column cannot be removed.
Users can also select a few actions that can be applied to log sections, by right-clicking the respective row.
Options for editing a specific event of the active session
The available options are described on the next table.
Available options on the Running Loggers contextual menu
Option |
Description |
|---|---|
Flush buffers |
Stores on disk the events currently in memory |
Enable or Disable Session |
Disables event recording, although it does not stop a session. When disabling the recording, a session's row turns red, indicating that log is no longer recording events. When enabling this option again, that session restarts recording events |
Open File Folder |
Opens a Windows Explorer window, on the directory where log files are stored, configured in the Folder option of the Storage Settings window |
Full File Path to Clipboard |
Copies the full path of the selected log session file to the Clipboard |
Create New File |
Creates a new log file on the selected session. This contextual menu item is disabled in case the recording mode, on the Log Mode column, or the session are incompatible with creating new files |
The Running Sessions window allows dragging and dropping files to Log Viewer's main window, as well as to an external window, such as Windows Explorer.
In case of Log Viewer's main window, the behavior of this feature follows these rules:
•If a file is dragged and dropped onto the Merged Log Files item, that file is added to this item
•If a file is dropped onto any other area of the main window, which is the default behavior, that file is added to the Opened Log Files item
•If a file is dragged outside Log Viewer's main window, a copy of that file is then created on the destination