All configurations for logging in iManage Work Desktop for Windows are specified in the LogConfig.xml file, which is located at the root install path for iManage Work Desktop for Windows. You can customize many aspects of logging for iManage Work Desktop for Windows. By default, iManage Work Desktop for Windows retains the last ten log files per application, up to 10 MB in size each. Microsoft Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Project, Visio and Adobe Acrobat are the applications supported.

The most commonly-adjusted configuration is at the log level, documented in the following text. You can specify a change in the log level by opening the log file as an administrator, and changing the level value property (refer to the Log values section below).

<logger name="WorkSiteLog"> <level value="INFO" /> <appender-ref ref="LogFileAppender" /> </logger>

Log values

• ALL: Maximum verbosity

• DEBUG: Debugging information is reported

• INFO: Information level events and above are reported (Default value)

• WARN: Warnings and errors are reported

• ERROR: Errors are reported

• FATAL: Only serious failure events are reported

• OFF: No logging

Changes made to the logging level are immediately in running applications and do not require an application restart.

Log file location

The local storage location for log files is specified in the following section of LogConfig.xml:

<file type="log4net.Util.PatternString"> <conversionPattern value="${LOCALAPPDATA}\iManage\Work\Logs\%property{ExeName}.iManage.Work.log-"/> </file>

$ {LOCALAPPDATA}\iManage\Work\Logs\ specifies the local path where log files are stored.

Maximum log file size

The following setting specifies the maximum size for a log file: <maximumFileSize value="10MB" />

iManage Work Desktop for Windows uses the common logging library Log4net for logging support. Log4net supports an extensive set of advanced configuration capabilities. For more information about Apache documentation for Log4Net go to https://logging.apache.org/log4net/release/manual/configuration.html.

Maximum days to retain log files

The following setting specifies the maximum number of days for which logs are retained before deleting: <maxSizeRollBackups value="30" />. To change the number of days for which log files are retained, specify a number greater than 0 (zero). To disable deletion of log files, specify a negative number.

The application automatically deletes the files at the specified log file location that are older than the number of days specified in the setting.

Select error reporting to Azure Application services

From version 10.6.0 onwards, cloud logging for select errors is enabled in iManage Work Desktop for Windows. The trace information, sent to Azure ApplicationInsights Services hosted by iManage, is used to identify the following issue areas and sources:

• Health checking errors

• iManage Work web checkpoint traces (info level and above)

• iManage Work web health checking notifications

• Microsoft WebView2 browser console errors

• Microsoft WebView2 browser process and navigation errors

• User actions on error banner

The errors shared are only for production environments. You can use the iwTestServerDomains configuration available in imWorkOptions.xml file to identify non-production servers that have the data analytics feature enabled. For non-production servers, iManage Work Desktop for Windows doesn't send error logs to Azure ApplicationInsights Services. For more information about this configuration, refer to the imWorkOptions.xml section in iManage Work Desktop for Windows Customization Guide.  

This feature is enabled by default and can be turned off by using the LogConfig.xml file. For detailed information about how to disable this feature, refer to the Disabling cloud logging for select errors section in iManage Work Desktop for Windows Customization Guide. 

Log files

The following is a list of log files that you can review to troubleshoot issues, if any: