https://community.dynatrace.com/t5/Log-Analytics/Custom-logs/m-p/70463#M1046 <P>Hello Sandeep,</P><P>Validation of Windows custom logs requires the path to begin with drive letter. One solution would be to map the network drive and then use the assigned letter in the path.</P><P>For more details about adding logs manually please refer to: <A target="_blank" href="https://www.dynatrace.com/support/help/infrastructure/log-analytics/how-do-i-enable-log-analytics/#add-log-files-manually">Dynatrace help page</A>.</P><P>Also keep in mind that using "*.log" as log file name would result in reporting each file in the directory separately. There is also "#" character for handling numbered rotated log files as described on the linked help page.</P> Tue, 22 May 2018 12:53:39 GMT Jakub_Slota 2018-05-22T12:53:39Z https://community.dynatrace.com/t5/Log-Analytics/Custom-logs/m-p/70462#M1045 <P>How to give filepath in configuring custom logs:</P><P>eg: "\\mdrd-ns001\OCM-Insebackend-PPE\ECM\Log\*.log" is the filepath but this fails to validate and save the file giving error invalid filepath. Could you please let me know how this can be achieved.</P> Mon, 05 Aug 2024 20:47:01 GMT https://community.dynatrace.com/t5/Log-Analytics/Custom-logs/m-p/70462#M1045 sandeep_shankar 2024-08-05T20:47:01Z https://community.dynatrace.com/t5/Log-Analytics/Custom-logs/m-p/70463#M1046 <P>Hello Sandeep,</P><P>Validation of Windows custom logs requires the path to begin with drive letter. One solution would be to map the network drive and then use the assigned letter in the path.</P><P>For more details about adding logs manually please refer to: <A target="_blank" href="https://www.dynatrace.com/support/help/infrastructure/log-analytics/how-do-i-enable-log-analytics/#add-log-files-manually">Dynatrace help page</A>.</P><P>Also keep in mind that using "*.log" as log file name would result in reporting each file in the directory separately. There is also "#" character for handling numbered rotated log files as described on the linked help page.</P> Tue, 22 May 2018 12:53:39 GMT https://community.dynatrace.com/t5/Log-Analytics/Custom-logs/m-p/70463#M1046 Jakub_Slota 2018-05-22T12:53:39Z