View and Edit Log Configuration Settings

Starting in Strategy (July 2026), logs not available out-of-the-box can not be saved to DSSErrors.log to prevent extra entries that can cause high cloud ingestion and storage costs. Logs not available out-of-the-box have a default expiration date of seven days after enabling the log. Once the log expires, they will not be logged in the defined file.

This expiration behavior only applies to newly added or modified logs.

Starting in MicroStrategy 2021 Update 5, you can view and edit all log configuration settings. Administrators can make changes to the information that is logged and the location where it is saved. Administrators can also modify diagnostics or performance logs.

Check out the video below to learn more!

Configure Diagnostic Logs

  1. Open the Workstation window.
  2. In the Navigation pane, click Environments.
  3. Right-click a connected environment and choose Properties.
  4. In the Navigation pane, click Environment Settings.

  5. In the left pane, click Log Configuration.

  6. Select the Diagnostics Log tab.

  7. By default, the logs are grouped by component, as shown above. To change the display, from the Group By drop-down list, select File Log.

  8. If you have multiple nodes in this environment, do one of the following:

    • To apply the changes to all nodes, select the Apply Changes to all Nodes check box.

    • To specify the node, select it from the Apply Changes to all Nodes drop-down list.

  9. In the File Log column, choose the Log Destination for each one of the Log Type Entries.

    • If the log destination does not exist, you can add it. In the Log Destination drop-down list, click New Log Destination. Specify the File Name and Max File Size. Click OK.

  10. To export all the current settings, click Export.

  11. Click OK.

Configure Performance Logs

  1. Open the Workstation window.
  2. In the Navigation pane, click Environments.
  3. Right-click a connected environment and choose Properties.
  4. In the Navigation pane, click Environment Settings.
  5. In the left pane, click Log Configuration.

  6. Select the Performance Log tab.

  7. If you have multiple nodes in this environment, do one of the following:

    • To apply the changes to all nodes, select the Apply Changes to all Nodes check box.

    • To specify the node, select it from the Apply Changes to all Nodes drop-down list.

  8. In the File Log column, select all the counters to log to a file.

  9. In the File Log Properties area:

    1. Choose the Log Destination from the available log destinations.

    2. Type the Logging Frequency.

  10. In the Statistics column, select all the counters to log statistics.
  11. In the Statistics Properties area:
    1. Enter the Logging Frequency.
    2. Select whether to Persist Statistics.

  12. To export all the current settings, click Export.

  13. Click OK.

Manage Log File Destinations

You can view, delete and modify file log destinations.

  1. Open the Workstation window.
  2. In the Navigation pane, click Environments.
  3. Right-click a connected environment and choose Properties.
  4. In the Navigation pane, click Environment Settings.
  5. In the left pane, click Log Configuration.

  6. To the right of the Performance Log tab, click More . and choose Manage File Log Destinations.

  7. You can change the Max File Size for any file log destination.

  8. To add a new file log destination:

    1. Click Log Destination.

    2. Specify the File Name and Max File Size.

    3. Select the File Type from the drop-down list.

    4. Click OK.

  9. To remove a file log destination, hover your cursor over the entry and click Delete .

  10. Click Log Destination to add a new file log to the list of entries.

  11. Click OK to save the file log destination changes.

  12. Click OK.