Get the engine logs
Log files are produced by the engine.
System service logs
System service logs are produced in the case of errors. These logs provide information on errors, start, stop, maintenance and internal operations.
The system service log files are named as follows:
- <MachineName>_Service_Engine.txt in Qlik Sense Enterprise
- <MachineName>_Service_Engine.log in Qlik Sense Desktop
Audit activity logs
Audit activity logs are produced in the case of errors. The error code and the error message are given in the audit activity log.
In a few cases, audit activity logs are produced when the result of a call is successful. In these cases, the logs provide information on the user actions.
Audit activity log files are produced to track the user actions when the following methods are invoked:
- Publish method (Doc class)
- DoReloadEx method (Doc class)
- DoReload method (Doc class)
- CreateApp method (Global class)
- DeleteApp method (Global class)
- CopyApp method (Global class)
- ExportApp method (Global class)
- OpenDoc method (Global class)
The audit activity log files are named as follows:
- <MachineName>_AuditActivity_Engine.txt in Qlik Sense Enterprise
- <MachineName>_AuditActivity_Engine.log in Qlik Sense Desktop
Where to find the log files
The location of the log files depends on whether you have installed Qlik Sense Enterprise or Qlik Sense Desktop.
- %ProgramData%/Qlik/Sense/Log/Engine in Qlik Sense Enterprise
- %UserProfile%/Documents/Qlik/Sense/Log in Qlik Sense Desktop