Hello,

Is it possible to create tags for new entries in elog? I understand it would have to be some kind of mix between Extendable options and moptions. Currently, whatever is entered in extendable options forms one option, while usually for tags, words separated by # form different tags. As usual with tags, I would like to add multiple tags to my new entry and then be able to filter all entries by specific tag or group of tags.

While tags are not explicitly foreseen, you can use moptions and filter with them. Look at this logbook for example: Click on "Find", then select one or more boxes of the "OS" attribute, and you will see the filtering. Another option is to use freetext in the subject for example. I added "#testtag" in this subject, so you can search for the text "#testtag" and will find this entry.

Stefan

Hi, I am trying to calculate two or more Elog fields and then return the value to Elog. I am currently learning Perl to do this. I realize JS can do this.. but so can IBM Basic ;)  I am savy with other db techniques like sql. My question is before I get too far along with this project, is it safe to say the current storage of Elog data is 'Flat File' database? I also want to find out if it would be better to try and grab the data prior OR  after it gets into the Elog database. I see there are other forum messages related to sql interfacing and such, but nothing conclusive.  I will submit my personal progress here. Thanks again, John

Yes elog stores data in a flat file database. Go to your logbook directory and look for files YYMMDDa.log where you find all data. Some people do a post submit call to scripts, other integrate JS directly on each page (e.g. via "bottom text" option where you can load a whole JavaScript file), then pick the fields and do calculations directly in the edit window.

Stefan

Thanks Stefan soo much. As I've said, I will update this post(s) as I make any progress :)

John

How to execute  the batch file  in elogd

Modify the server start command in the Windows Registry. Or start the elogd server directly in a command window with "elogd -x", after "cd" to the elog installation directory.

I tried it but still it gives error like Shell execution not enabled via -x flag 

Stop the old server first, but we told you this already on elog:67770. If you don't follow our suggestions we cannot help you.

From the command mode i am not able to stop and start  (elogd stop). But i can start/stop from services  .Kindly help  me stopping/starting it from command 

May I kindly ask you to Google how to start/stop a service from the command line.

First of all thanx for your kind help. Kindly help me on the following problem.

I have a logbook which keeps the record of all fault booked by different subscriber.this logbook has three attribute downtime,uptime & total duration (date &time format) . I want to calculate the total duration automatically whenevr uptime value is given and if the uptime is not given it should calculate depending upon the system present time.pleas explain it with example.

thanking you 

This is not possible with ELOG. May I suggest that you use a spreadsheet for that.

Sir, how to use that spreadsheet 

can the calculation is possible by running a batch file . 

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets

Is it as good as Microsoft excel  sheet.

but how can achieve my aim of calculation  how how to integrate it with elog 

Sorry for disturbing yau again and again 

I meant to use it instead of ELOG. Spreadsheets allow calculaiton of dates, etc. So you can achieve what you need. Again: WHAT YOU WANT IS NOT POSSIBLE WITH ELOG.

I have not tried these, but since CKeditor works so well, you may want to consider taking a look at integrating jQuery Calx or jExcel...just for fun.

Dear All,

is it possible to write to the elog instead of the Command line throug a .dll

Best

MK

I presume you want to write from another program. You can call a command line shell (done via the "system()" command under C) which then calls the elog executable. If you absolutely want a DLL, you can einter try to compile one yourself using the fuctions in elog.c, or use the curl DLL with which you can also submit elog entries. See elog:68597 for usage of curl. While curl is usually executed from the command line, there is also a curl library containing the same functionality. See https://curl.haxx.se/windows/

Hi everybody,

sorry if this question has already been posed (I did a quick search but I didn't found anything): elog sorts entry by ID, I wonder if it is possible to pin an entry in order to be always on top of the page independently on its ID.

Thanks

Giuseppe

This is not directly possible, but you can configure it with a trick. Create an attribute "pinned", make it of type "boolean", and set the start page such that it sorts using the "pinned" attribute:

Atributes = ..., Pinned
Options Pinned = boolean
Start page = ?rsort=Pinned

This move all entries where "Pinned" is true to the top of the list.

Stefan

Thank you very much! It worked great!

Beppe

Hello Stefan

Works great and very usefull - but not when you use reverse sort = 1?.

Is there a way to get both. Pinned first and then the rest i reversed order (highest ID on page 1)

Kind Regards Finn

Dear all, 

I have a question about my logbook. I have recently added a new attribute to my logbook and I would like to prefill all previous entries with a fixed value for this field. Is it possible? 

Thanks for your help and best regards,

toto

Find all entries which have this attribute empty. Then click on Select, then select all, then click on Edit, then change all values. There might be a limit how many entries you can select in one go, so you might have to do it in bunches.

Thanks, it worked great! 

Hello,

we are extensively using ELOG for documenting changes in our infrastructure. It is very helpful for us.

To avoid multiple documentation efforts it would be even more helpful if the subject of an ELOG entry also could be the subject of the mail which is sent out. With that we could send mails to our ticket system and include the special ticket number to make the right assignment in our ticket system.

Does anyone know if this could be accomplished with the latest version of ELOG?

Best regards,

daniel

Use Email subject = $Subject

or a bit more detailed

Use Email subject = ELOG Ticket: "$Subject" posted by $Author

thank you!

We are installing a new data center which will be based on Windows 2012 servers.  Our current center is on Windows 2008 and will be decommissioned this year - 2008 servers (because of the security issue) will not be allowed in the new data center.  So game plan is to install latest ELOG (3.1.2) on the 2012 server at the new data center and move the logs over from the 2008 server.  I've looked through entries and do not see anything about moving the logs over from one system to another.  In this case there are 2 concerns:

1.  Has anyone moved the log entries from one system over to another?

2.  Since we are also looking at updating version of ELOG - are there conversion steps necessary for the log entries or will v3.1.2 be able to use the log files from v2.9.2 as is?

Thank you, Lesley

Just stop the server. Move your elog directory to the new server (including elogd.cfg, logbook directories, ...). Then check that the elogd.cfg needs modifications, like the URL which might have changed, then start the new server. V2.9.2 did have an old data format, which *should* be converted automatically. But first try it out before deleting the old server.

Hi Lesley,

Perhaps I can restate Stefan's comment.  The data structure of an elog entry, or indeed the structure of daily file(s) for any particular logbook has not changed between v2 and v3.  What has changed is the directory structure.  A set of sub-directories (named by calendar years) are added to each logbook, and all entries/files for any said calendar year moved into the directory for that year.  It gave me a shock the first time I tried using v3 elog, I wondered what it was doing  - it was the auto-conversion to v3 file structure.  I had to convert it all back to v2 file structure, so as to continue to use v2.9.2, so I'm pretty sure there is no change to the data structure within any file, else I think the older elog would kick up a fuss.  As an elog (ab)user, I've plenty of practice with the struture of the data files.

(There was a data structure change between v1 and v2 elog).

Thank you Stefan - it will take a couple of months to set up (many servers being built at the new farm).  I will update you on the success of the files converting automatically.