Chart Log Files


Specifying a chart log file

InterMapper can write chart data to a tab-delimited text file. You can specify separate log files for each chart, or you can send the data from several charts to a single log file.

To specify a log file to receive chart data:

  1. From the Chart dropdown menu, select Log file... The Create Log File window appears, as shown at right.
  2. In the Log File Name box, enter the name of the new log file.
  3. Set the preferences for the new log file using a window similar to the example at the right. For more details creating log files, see Log Files. When finished, click OK.

Each line of the tab-delimited file contains a date and time stamp and the current values of the variables defined by the chart.

To stop logging data to a log file:

  1. From the Server Settings window, choose the Log Files panel of the Server Preferences section. The Log Files panel appears.
  2. Click to select the file for which you want to stop logging data.
  3. Click Remove. The file disappears from the list, and chart data is no longer written to that file.