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Michael McAndrew

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Logging
February 09, 2012, 03:34:42 am
Hey there,

I'm looking at turning on logging on a CiviCRM site.  There doesn't seem to be much about this on the wiki or the forums (though there is this on the issue tracker: http://issues.civicrm.org/jira/browse/CRM-7164).

Anyone have any experience of using it in production?
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Re: Logging
February 13, 2012, 07:41:33 am
I turned on the "advanced" logging feature recently, as the traditional log isn't very useful. The new logging feature allows you to see precisely what was updated, and rollback the change if desired.

Before setting it up, I read the blog entry: http://civicrm.org/blogs/shot/new-civicrm-33-feature-logging which seems the most informative source at the moment.

My personal approach (paraphrasing the blog):
- Create a new database just for the logs
- Tell your config file where to find it: add CIVICRM_LOGGING_DSN parameter in your civicrm.settings.php
- Turn on logging (Administer → Configure → Global Settings … Miscellaneous)
- The required tables are then created automatically

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Re: Logging
February 13, 2012, 08:36:45 am
Thanks Stuart - will check it out.

Michael
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