Enabling Logging

Logging is a feature available within Identity Finder to record detailed information about your search.  A file is created in the Logs subfolder of your user's Identity Finder local application data folder (i.e., C:\Users\username\AppData\Local\Identity Finder\Identity Finder Edition\logs) with the name IDF_DATE_TIME.log.  The logs provide you with information for the specific categories that your specify.

 

You can choose to enable or disable logging and the folder where the log will be stored.  Additionally, you can choose whether to create a new log file every time Identity Finder is opened (each session), or to append to a single log file.  The file may be tab separated, comma separated, or fixed width.

 

You can also select what types of information you want logged to your file:

 

 

If you want to delete all contents of the log folder you have specified, you may press the Clear Logs button.

 

To view or change these settings, click the Settings button on the Tools and Options ribbon.