Activity Analyzer
Check out this article and learn everything that you need to know about the WEBfactory 2010 Activity Analyzer tool.
WEBfactory 2010Activity Analyzer is used to display different levels of logs (from errors to debugging messages) from different diagnostic interfaces and allows a high level of customization. The diagnostic interfaces can be filtered, as well as the level of logging for the selected diagnostic interfaces.
Activity Analyzer WEBfactory 2010
Besides the standard diagnostic interfaces, Activity Analyzer supports custom applications that can be defined by the user.
WEBfactory 2010 system has comprehensive standard diagnostic interfaces that can be analyzed and evaluated by Activity Analyzer.
Modules with a diagnostic interface:
WEBfactory 2010 Server
WEBfactory 2010 Logger
WEBfactory 2010 AlarmManager
WEBfactory 2010 ScriptEngine
WEBfactory 2010 MessengerPro
WEBfactory 2010 MaintenancePro
WEBfactory 2010 SchedulerPro
WEBfactory 2010 ScenarioManager
WEBfactory 2010 Studio
WEBfactory 2010 WebServices
WEBfactory 2010 BACnetService
BACnet
Modbus
ADS
SNMP
The user interface consists of a display area, where messages are presented online and a menu area, from where various settings and operations can be accessed.
The Program menu
Option | Description |
|---|---|
Filter | Opens the Filter settings window, allowing you to set up individual filtering for each diagnostic interface. |
Options | Opens the Options window, allowing you to configure the Activity Analyzer itself and the log writer. |
Exit | Closes the program. |
The Trace menu
Option | Description |
|---|---|
Start | Diagnostic messages will start to be issued. |
Stop | Diagnostic messages will cease to be issued. |
Pause | The issuing of diagnostic messages will be paused. |
Load logs | Loads saved log files. |
Clear | Clears the display area. |
The Help menu
Option | Description |
|---|---|
View Help | Opens the Activity Analyzer help file. |
About | Displays a dialog window with the number of the current version. |
The display of diagnostic messages can be adjusted using the Filter settings. The Filter settings can be accessed by using the 
button or by pressing Ctrl + F on the keyboard. In addition to the standard settings, there are further custom filter settings available.
Filter settings
There are 5 standard filters available, which can be selected by means of a drop-down box and can be separately adapted for each WEBfactory 2010 module. Filter options are activated by clicking on the OK button and can be modified as desired during runtime. When the program is shut down, they are automatically saved.
Option | Description |
|---|---|
No trace messages | No trace messages will be issued. |
Only error messages | Display of error messages |
Warning and error messages | Display of error and warning messages |
Information, warning and error messages | Display of error, warning and information messages |
Debugging, information, warning and error messages | Display of error, warning, information and debugging messages |
The types of messages are identified by various icons:
Error
Warning
Information and/or debugging
In the case of the advanced filter settings, the user can set and save combinations of different filter criteria such as i4scada Server “errors only” and i4scada Logger “debugging messages only”.
Expanded filters and standard filters can be put in place at the same time and they have a cumulative effect.
Option | Description |
|---|---|
Symbol | Creates a new filter combination |
Symbol | Copies the filter line that is currently indicated. |
Symbol | Deletes the filter line that is currently indicated. |
Channel ID | Module selection The module name may contain a placeholder character. „i4scadaS*“displays messages from the Server and SchedulerPro. Further input options are “BacNet*”, “Modbus*” or ADS*. |
Message topic | Filters for messages with the same Group ID such as “Group.UpdateSignals” or “Group.AsyncRead“. |
Message level | Filters for messages with the same level such as “Info” or “Fault”. Message levels can be selected individually and combined. |
Load | Loads an XML file with filter settings. |
Save | Saves the filter settings in an XML file. |
The selected message levels will be displayed as a hexadecimal encoded value in the Message Level column.
Example: Error + warning + info + debug = hex (F).
In the WEBfactory 2010 standard system, only the error, warning, info and debug info levels are active. All other message levels are reserved for future WEBfactory 2010 modules and applications.
The General settings section provides the following options:
General Settings
Option | Description |
|---|---|
Always on top | The message window is always in the foreground. |
Max. list entries | The maximum number of messages displayed in the display window. |
Event Log writer
Event log writer options
Option | Description |
|---|---|
Enable Event Log writer | Message output to event log window. |
Standard filter | Display of error, warning, information and debugging messages for the selected channel ID. |
Event Log writer advanced filters
Event log writer advanced filter options
Option | Description |
|---|---|
Symbol | Creates a new filter combination. |
Symbol | Copies the filter line that is currently indicated. |
Symbol | Deletes the filter line that is currently indicated. |
Channel ID | Module selection The module name may contain a placeholder character. „i4scadaS*“displays messages from the Server and SchedulerPro. Further input options are “BacNet*”, “Modbus*” or ADS*. |
Message topic | Filters for messages with the same level such as “Info” or “Fault”. Message levels can be selected individually and combined.me Group ID such as “Group.UpdateSignals” or “Group.AsyncRead“. |
Message level | Filters for messages with the same level such as “Info” or “Fault”. Message levels can be selected individually and combined. |
Load | Loads an XML file with filter settings. |
Save | Saves the filter settings in an XML file. |
File writer
File writer options
Option | Description |
|---|---|
Enable file writer | Output of messages to a file. |
Trace logs path | The location where log files are stored |
Max. trace log files | Maximum number of log files in the selected directory. |
Max. trace log entries | The total size (in MB) of the log files inside the selected directory. |
Standard filter | Display of error, warning, information and debugging messages for the selected channel ID. |
File writer advanced filters
Event log writer advanced filter options
Option | Description |
|---|---|
Symbol | Creates a new filter combination. |
Symbol | Copies the filter line that is currently indicated. |
Symbol | Deletes the filter line that is currently indicated. |
Channel ID | Module selection The module name may contain a placeholder character. „WF2010S*“displays messages from the Server and SchedulerPro. Further input options are “BacNet*”, “Modbus*” or ADS*. |
Message topic | Filters for messages with the same Group ID such as “Group.UpdateSignals” or “Group.AsyncRead“. |
Message level | Filters for messages with the same level such as “Info” or “Fault”. Message levels can be selected individually and combined. |
Load | Loads an XML file with filter settings. |
Save | Saves the filter settings in an XML file. |