# Logs

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## [collecting logs from network shares on Windows](https://community.dynatrace.com/t/collecting-logs-from-network-shares-on-windows/48770)

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**Author:** [@stephenM](https://community.dynatrace.com/u/stephenM)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [November 7, 2024, 8:24am UTC](https://community.dynatrace.com/t/collecting-logs-from-network-shares-on-windows/48770 "2024-11-07T08:24:00Z")

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We have an increase in application teams writing their app logs to network file shares instead of the local OS disks. These file shares require AD level permissions to read the log files. Since the Dynatrace OneAgent r…

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## [Create Service out of logs and metrics](https://community.dynatrace.com/t/create-service-out-of-logs-and-metrics/48690)

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**Author:** [@y\_buccellato](https://community.dynatrace.com/u/y_buccellato)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [November 4, 2024, 1:42pm UTC](https://community.dynatrace.com/t/create-service-out-of-logs-and-metrics/48690 "2024-11-04T13:42:15Z")

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I have logs ingested and metrics extracted out of those. Ready to make some meaning full alert, but I would like those to match a Service which doesn’t exists as of now. How can I create a Service which will work as a …

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## [How to enrich a log event](https://community.dynatrace.com/t/how-to-enrich-a-log-event/48674)

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**Author:** [@strudeau](https://community.dynatrace.com/u/strudeau)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [November 4, 2024, 8:34am UTC](https://community.dynatrace.com/t/how-to-enrich-a-log-event/48674 "2024-11-04T08:34:22Z")

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I am trying to generate a log event and was wondering how enhance its content so as to contain both start and end time, for example. Assuming a log such as: timestamp - started task A with status SUCCESS timestamp - f…

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## [How do we know the ingest cost?](https://community.dynatrace.com/t/how-do-we-know-the-ingest-cost/47306)

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**Author:** [@Maheedhar\_T](https://community.dynatrace.com/u/Maheedhar_T)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [October 29, 2024, 2:30pm UTC](https://community.dynatrace.com/t/how-do-we-know-the-ingest-cost/47306 "2024-10-29T14:30:08Z")

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Hi, Is there a way where we can see log ingest cost breakdown with respect to the log source ? I want to see this breakdown appwise/ log source wise so that I can prepare a dashboard of query, ingest and retain per app…

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## [Dimensions of Grail storage](https://community.dynatrace.com/t/dimensions-of-grail-storage/48269)

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**Author:** [@ronmacdonald](https://community.dynatrace.com/u/ronmacdonald)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [October 16, 2024, 11:22am UTC](https://community.dynatrace.com/t/dimensions-of-grail-storage/48269 "2024-10-16T11:22:18Z")

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Is there a way to dimension Grail storage, specifically logs? I have a few different API’s that are sending data but don’t see a way to dimension the grail storage. I hate to send them to different buckets simply to al…

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## [Monitoring LiquiBase Process](https://community.dynatrace.com/t/monitoring-liquibase-process/48237)

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**Author:** [@jeffscelza76](https://community.dynatrace.com/u/jeffscelza76)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [October 11, 2024, 3:21pm UTC](https://community.dynatrace.com/t/monitoring-liquibase-process/48237 "2024-10-11T15:21:50Z")

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My company is in the process of migrating to LiquiBase for our Database related SDLC and was wondering if anyone has had experience we how best to pull this off. So far we are thinking of doing either or both Logs to …

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## [Log Processing CASE WHEN THEN ELSE END Documentation](https://community.dynatrace.com/t/log-processing-case-when-then-else-end-documentation/48187)

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**Author:** [@36Krazyfists](https://community.dynatrace.com/u/36Krazyfists)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [October 10, 2024, 3:39am UTC](https://community.dynatrace.com/t/log-processing-case-when-then-else-end-documentation/48187 "2024-10-10T03:39:35Z")

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If you install the F5 Extension it creates a Log Processing rule called F5 Traps Processing and in this rule it has CASE statements. A lot of them… The problem is, how’d they know how to use those? I’ve searched and s…

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## [Monitoring File Presence Dynamically? (Log files with dates)](https://community.dynatrace.com/t/monitoring-file-presence-dynamically-log-files-with-dates/47649)

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**Author:** [@PedroSantos](https://community.dynatrace.com/u/PedroSantos)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [October 9, 2024, 3:24am UTC](https://community.dynatrace.com/t/monitoring-file-presence-dynamically-log-files-with-dates/47649 "2024-10-09T03:24:37Z")

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Hello community, I could use your advice with something. I’m trying to monitor the presence of a file on a given directory. The easiest and most simple solution would be to use the Filesystem Extension, which allows me …

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## [JMS Producer IBM MQ  x-dynatrace header issue with message posting](https://community.dynatrace.com/t/jms-producer-ibm-mq-x-dynatrace-header-issue-with-message-posting/47941)

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**Author:** [@Zishnu](https://community.dynatrace.com/u/Zishnu)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [October 7, 2024, 11:05am UTC](https://community.dynatrace.com/t/jms-producer-ibm-mq-x-dynatrace-header-issue-with-message-posting/47941 "2024-10-07T11:05:20Z")

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Outbound message posting issue with x-dynatrace header. Java JMS is not supporting any special characters in header key. How to disable the “x-dynatrace” or any other way to make it run. error.txt (692 Bytes)

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## [Change External Logging Endpoint On OneAgent](https://community.dynatrace.com/t/change-external-logging-endpoint-on-oneagent/48102)

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**Author:** [@A1](https://community.dynatrace.com/u/A1)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [October 4, 2024, 1:07pm UTC](https://community.dynatrace.com/t/change-external-logging-endpoint-on-oneagent/48102 "2024-10-04T13:07:45Z")

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Hello, Is it possible to change the outbound log endpoint on the OneAgent? Lets say I want to send logs to an external observability pipeline first (not DT openPipeline) is that possible or is everything forced to acti…

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## [Logs custom security rules for important processes](https://community.dynatrace.com/t/logs-custom-security-rules-for-important-processes/44798)

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**Author:** [@Erica\_Kelly](https://community.dynatrace.com/u/Erica_Kelly)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [October 3, 2024, 2:56pm UTC](https://community.dynatrace.com/t/logs-custom-security-rules-for-important-processes/44798 "2024-10-03T14:56:52Z")

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We are attempting to auto ingest Mulesoft logs. There are a significant amount of logs and the number will grow as new APIs are added. The log paths don’t fit the default security rules which are necessary for log ingest…

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## [Not able to ingest application log files using OneAgent on a Fargate container](https://community.dynatrace.com/t/not-able-to-ingest-application-log-files-using-oneagent-on-a-fargate-container/46166)

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**Author:** [@paul2perth](https://community.dynatrace.com/u/paul2perth)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [October 3, 2024, 2:18am UTC](https://community.dynatrace.com/t/not-able-to-ingest-application-log-files-using-oneagent-on-a-fargate-container/46166 "2024-10-03T02:18:23Z")

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I have deployed OneAgent onto my Fargate container which is primarily running nginx and Flask/Python with uWSGI. The container shows as a host through Hosts Classic fine. The application log file is written to /var/lo…

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## [Generic Grail POLICY for more than 6K+ management zones](https://community.dynatrace.com/t/generic-grail-policy-for-more-than-6k-management-zones/48014)

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**Author:** [@nicemukesh](https://community.dynatrace.com/u/nicemukesh)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [September 30, 2024, 12:16pm UTC](https://community.dynatrace.com/t/generic-grail-policy-for-more-than-6k-management-zones/48014 "2024-09-30T12:16:59Z")

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We enabled GRAIL in our environment and need your help to create generic GRAIL policy using RBAC permission. Its not feasible to write 6k+ policies for each management zone. I want to write one to restrict user access to…

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## [Open Pipeline - processing logs from Azure](https://community.dynatrace.com/t/open-pipeline-processing-logs-from-azure/47972)

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**Author:** [@y\_buccellato](https://community.dynatrace.com/u/y_buccellato)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [September 26, 2024, 6:24am UTC](https://community.dynatrace.com/t/open-pipeline-processing-logs-from-azure/47972 "2024-09-26T06:24:15Z")

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Good afternoon community, struggling with OpenPipeline as I get confused by different settings in Dynatrace. The original situation is the following: I “log forward” logs from Azure to DT via Dynatrace Azure Native S…

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## [Exchange online message tracking Logs](https://community.dynatrace.com/t/exchange-online-message-tracking-logs/47855)

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**Author:** [@S\_Hadley1138](https://community.dynatrace.com/u/S_Hadley1138)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [September 23, 2024, 8:02am UTC](https://community.dynatrace.com/t/exchange-online-message-tracking-logs/47855 "2024-09-23T08:02:13Z")

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hi all has anyone found a way to query Exchange Online message tracking logs from office 365? the only way i can think of would be to download the logs every hour, then ingest that folder into dynatrace. slow and a hu…

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## [Set custom log sources globally but not have them shown](https://community.dynatrace.com/t/set-custom-log-sources-globally-but-not-have-them-shown/47634)

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**Author:** [@A1](https://community.dynatrace.com/u/A1)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [September 13, 2024, 8:57am UTC](https://community.dynatrace.com/t/set-custom-log-sources-globally-but-not-have-them-shown/47634 "2024-09-13T08:57:20Z")

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Hello, Is there a way that when i set a custom log source path at the environment level to not have it show under log sources that it does not exist on the hosts that do not have that path. In some cases I would like t…

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## [Cause of Message "no log data available"](https://community.dynatrace.com/t/cause-of-message-no-log-data-available/47577)

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**Author:** [@Constantin](https://community.dynatrace.com/u/Constantin)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [September 11, 2024, 7:57am UTC](https://community.dynatrace.com/t/cause-of-message-no-log-data-available/47577 "2024-09-11T07:57:16Z")

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I want to monitor log files on 16 servers from a custom log source. The log source is deposited on every server individually with a matching log ingestion rule. On 4 of the servers it does work and the logs are being ing…

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## [Logs - Timestamps without Date information](https://community.dynatrace.com/t/logs-timestamps-without-date-information/47042)

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**Author:** [@SG88](https://community.dynatrace.com/u/SG88)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [September 6, 2024, 7:47am UTC](https://community.dynatrace.com/t/logs-timestamps-without-date-information/47042 "2024-09-06T07:47:04Z")

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Hello! Just wondered if anyone had wrestled with any weird log formats, we’re ingesting some from a COTS product that I’m told we can’t configure, and the logs just have a timestamp with no date details…has anyone worke…

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## [Dynatrace log retention with loss of connectivity](https://community.dynatrace.com/t/dynatrace-log-retention-with-loss-of-connectivity/47402)

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**Author:** [@ronmacdonald](https://community.dynatrace.com/u/ronmacdonald)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [September 5, 2024, 11:41am UTC](https://community.dynatrace.com/t/dynatrace-log-retention-with-loss-of-connectivity/47402 "2024-09-05T11:41:01Z")

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Log data is critical for various reasons including resolution of issues, compliance, and audit. Therefore, it is critical that all logs are captured and available for analysis. In a loss of connectivity scenario, how l…

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## [How to configure log retention for classic](https://community.dynatrace.com/t/how-to-configure-log-retention-for-classic/43111)

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**Author:** [@Ashok\_Selvaraj](https://community.dynatrace.com/u/Ashok_Selvaraj)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [September 2, 2024, 11:14am UTC](https://community.dynatrace.com/t/how-to-configure-log-retention-for-classic/43111 "2024-09-02T11:14:37Z")

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currently, we have the default log retention(35 days), which consumes huge disk space.. let us know how to configure the retention period for Log Monitoring v2.

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## [Enrich logs with OneAgent metadata when sending via FluentBit](https://community.dynatrace.com/t/enrich-logs-with-oneagent-metadata-when-sending-via-fluentbit/47300)

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**Author:** [@strudeau](https://community.dynatrace.com/u/strudeau)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [August 23, 2024, 8:56pm UTC](https://community.dynatrace.com/t/enrich-logs-with-oneagent-metadata-when-sending-via-fluentbit/47300 "2024-08-23T20:56:22Z")

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Hello, I am looking to send all my logs via FluentBit and need to export them to multiple destination with Dynatrace being one of them as well as to a SIEM and a long term cold storage on Azure Blob Storage. FluentBit l…

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## [Challenges with Automatic Log Analysis and Root Cause Detection for AEM on Windows with Dynatrace OneAgent](https://community.dynatrace.com/t/challenges-with-automatic-log-analysis-and-root-cause-detection-for-aem-on-windows-with-dynatrace-oneagent/47187)

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**Author:** [@navi](https://community.dynatrace.com/u/navi)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [August 21, 2024, 1:25pm UTC](https://community.dynatrace.com/t/challenges-with-automatic-log-analysis-and-root-cause-detection-for-aem-on-windows-with-dynatrace-oneagent/47187 "2024-08-21T13:25:13Z")

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Hello, I am new to APM’s and I have tried dynatrace as my first APM or observability tool and have recently installed Dynatrace OneAgent on my Windows machine, where I’m running Adobe Experience Manager (AEM) as a Cloud…

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## [Monaco: Deploy log monitoring rules without DQL format](https://community.dynatrace.com/t/monaco-deploy-log-monitoring-rules-without-dql-format/47095)

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**Author:** [@AntonPineiro](https://community.dynatrace.com/u/AntonPineiro)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [August 16, 2024, 9:36am UTC](https://community.dynatrace.com/t/monaco-deploy-log-monitoring-rules-without-dql-format/47095 "2024-08-16T09:36:32Z")

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Hi, I am deploying some log monitoring rules (processing, log events) and no problem using DQL matchers. But if I try syntax without DQL, it complains during deploy. Do you know if we must use DQL syntax? We would like…

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## [Log ingest rule for custom log source (source type; log path)](https://community.dynatrace.com/t/log-ingest-rule-for-custom-log-source-source-type-log-path/43541)

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**Author:** [@marina\_pollehn](https://community.dynatrace.com/u/marina_pollehn)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [August 8, 2024, 4:57pm UTC](https://community.dynatrace.com/t/log-ingest-rule-for-custom-log-source-source-type-log-path/43541 "2024-08-08T16:57:49Z")

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I have added a custom log source, namely d:\\apps\\signaturelogging\\\*.txt of source type log path. The folder does exist according to Dynatrace (I checked with the Filesystem Monitoring extension) and there are also logs w…

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## [Enabling log monitoring at host level programmatically](https://community.dynatrace.com/t/enabling-log-monitoring-at-host-level-programmatically/47064)

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**Author:** [@YPareek9](https://community.dynatrace.com/u/YPareek9)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [August 8, 2024, 12:29pm UTC](https://community.dynatrace.com/t/enabling-log-monitoring-at-host-level-programmatically/47064 "2024-08-08T12:29:37Z")

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Hello, I am looking for ways to enable log monitoring at the host level programmatically. Is there an API for this I can use? Apparently there isn’t any as per my discussion with Chat. Only way is to enable manually for…

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## [Connect Trace to logs](https://community.dynatrace.com/t/connect-trace-to-logs/46981)

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**Author:** [@tarun\_kumar\_aga](https://community.dynatrace.com/u/tarun_kumar_aga)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [August 2, 2024, 10:21pm UTC](https://community.dynatrace.com/t/connect-trace-to-logs/46981 "2024-08-02T22:21:19Z")

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Hi, We are using splunk for logging and all the traces are routing to dynatrace. We would like to provide similar kind of inbuilt option to users providing button to connect traces to logs using traceID for external too…

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## [Ingest MSSQL logs to Dynatrace and create a problem when condition matches](https://community.dynatrace.com/t/ingest-mssql-logs-to-dynatrace-and-create-a-problem-when-condition-matches/46871)

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**Author:** [@binodkumarroy](https://community.dynatrace.com/u/binodkumarroy)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [July 30, 2024, 10:03am UTC](https://community.dynatrace.com/t/ingest-mssql-logs-to-dynatrace-and-create-a-problem-when-condition-matches/46871 "2024-07-30T10:03:05Z")

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Hi Team, I am trying to ingest MSSQL Logs to Dynatrace and create the Problem when condition matches. Logs contain 2 lines which is related to same Error, I would like to put the condition in Dynatrace if it contains s…

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## [Clarification needed about log monitoring retention periods](https://community.dynatrace.com/t/clarification-needed-about-log-monitoring-retention-periods/44913)

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**Author:** [@Orphan\_Nate](https://community.dynatrace.com/u/Orphan_Nate)\
**Replies:** 7\
**Last updated:** [July 17, 2024, 8:56pm UTC](https://community.dynatrace.com/t/clarification-needed-about-log-monitoring-retention-periods/44913 "2024-07-17T20:56:24Z")

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Hi, I would like if someone could clarify a few questions I got regarding log monitoring in terms of retention periods. I have seen that we can store logs for a maximum of 10 years + 1 week of retention time, while th…

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## [Simple text log monitoring](https://community.dynatrace.com/t/simple-text-log-monitoring/41616)

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**Author:** [@olegus](https://community.dynatrace.com/u/olegus)\
**Replies:** 15\
**Last updated:** [July 10, 2024, 3:05pm UTC](https://community.dynatrace.com/t/simple-text-log-monitoring/41616 "2024-07-10T15:05:06Z")

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I’m new to Dynatrace so bare with my dumb questions here :slightly\_smiling\_face: What I need is to make Dynatrace to watch a very simple log file in text format , check for a specific value and raise an alert if found. …

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## [Navigation between logs and session replay](https://community.dynatrace.com/t/navigation-between-logs-and-session-replay/46467)

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**Author:** [@Lakhanimayuri](https://community.dynatrace.com/u/Lakhanimayuri)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [July 4, 2024, 7:51pm UTC](https://community.dynatrace.com/t/navigation-between-logs-and-session-replay/46467 "2024-07-04T19:51:47Z")

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We are working on POC for Log monitoring in SaaS. I am facing issues with log traces and span ids. I am unable to navigate between logs and session replay.

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