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Viewing the Transaction Log
You can view file transactions on your ActiveTransfer Server. By default, the search list is populated with the file transaction details of the current day. You can further filter the file transaction log based on criteria such as date and time, trigger source, status of the file transfer, search text, transaction ID, and file name.
*To view a file transaction log
1. On the navigation pane, select Logs > Transaction log.
2. On the Transaction log page, you can filter the log based on the following criteria:
Field
Description
Date and time
Select a time period from the list or specify a custom date range with a time range in the HH:MM:SS (12-hour clock) format, and click Ok.
Trigger source
Select a source that triggered the file transaction from the following options:
User
This option filters the transactions initiated by a user or group of users.
You can specify the following additional filters:
*Partner: Select either All partners or Specific partner, type the partner name in the box, and click Ok.
*User: Select either All users or Specific user, type the user name in the box, and click Ok.
*Operation: Select All, Upload, or Download based on transaction type.
*Protocols: Select one or more transmission protocols. You can select All, All secure protocols (FTPS, SFTP, HTTPS, SCP, and WebDAVs), Non-secure protocols (HTTP, FTP, and WebDAV), or individual protocols.
Action
You can specify the following additional filters:
*Source location: Use this option to query the files which match the transactions from a particular source.
You can either specify the partial or complete source location, which can include protocols as well.
The source location will have the following format: <protocol>://<source location>/<filename>.
Example, for FTP protocol, the source location can be, FTP://dcmft01.eur.ad.sag:2121/var/www/ftp/ftpuser/test1/ATG_10.0.xml.
*Destination location: Use this option to query the files which match the transactions from a particular destination.
You can either specify the partial or complete destination location, which can include protocols as well.
The destination location will have the following format: <protocol>://<destination location>/<filename>.
Example, for SFTP protocol, the destination location can be, SFTP://dcmft01.eur.ad.sag:2121/var/www/sftp/sftpuser/test1/ATG_10.0.xml.
Agent
You can select this option to display the Agent related file transactions.
Trading Networks
You can select this option to display the Trading Networks related file transactions.
Status
Select an option to display All, Success, or Failed transactions from the list.
Search text
Type the text to search for the Comment and Activities related information.
Transaction ID
Type the transaction ID of the file transfer.
File name
Type either the partial or complete name of the file based on which you want to search for transactions that match the specified file name. Select the Match complete file name option if you want to search for a file with the exact name that you specify.
Match complete file name performs the query faster when you have large volumes of data that can utilize the underlying database optimization.
3. Click Search.
In the Comment text box, you can modify the message that appears for the result of the file transaction.
In the results list, click the record you want to view the details for.
You can view the following information in the Transaction details section:
*Transaction ID: Transaction ID for the file transfer.
*Transfer date and time: Start time of the transfer.
*File size: Size of the file.
*Transfer status: Whether the transfer was successful or unsuccessful.
*Source file: The file that is transferred from the source.
*Source location: The location of file that is located in the source.
*Trigger source: Source of the file transaction. Could be a User or an Action.
*Destination file: The file that is transferred to the destination.
*Destination location: The location of file that is located in the destination.
You can view the following information in the Activities section:
*Timestamp: Date and time of the associated activity.
*Transaction type: Whether the file transaction is an upload or download operation.
*Status: Whether the transfer is successful or unsuccessful.
*Action name: Name of the action in ActiveTransfer Server.
*Result: The message for the outcome of the file transaction.
*Details: The details for the outcome of the file transaction.