Custom location for Datamaker logs.

Products

• CA Test Data Manager (Data Finder / Grid Tools)

Issue/Introduction

Need to monitor Datamaker Logs at client side. As we know, the default location of the Datamaker Log file is at -

C:\Users\<username>\AppData\Roaming\Grid-Tools\DM_Logs.

How can we configure this path or is there any configuration file where we can set our own custom path so that the logs generated get diverted to the custom client location?

This is required, because we need to send the log files generated for all users who are accessing Datamaker to a custom path where it would be monitored.

Environment

All supported TDM releases.

Resolution

It is suggested to build a custom solution to move/copy the log files.

Can also use the hard/soft-link or maybe even directory junction point. It's a little uncommon on Windows and not so intuitive as in Linux but it works well and wouldn't need to rely on a copy process: the log file will be automatically available on both locations (the original and their custom). Take assistance from system administrators for this.

From our side, this has been converted to feature enhancement request and will go through the required process of feasibility checks before being considered for implementation.