Logging

Everything that happens in Wexflow is traced and logged. With Wexflow's logging system, you can track your workflows with ease and stay informed with real-time monitoring and email notifications.

Wexflow's logs are written in C:\Program Files\Wexflow\Wexflow.log. There is one log file per day. The old log files are saved in following format: Wexflow.logyyyyMMdd

It is possible to configure Wexflow to send incident reports when an error occurs by using log4net.Appender.SmtpAppender in the configuration file of Wexflow C:\Program Files\Wexflow\Wexflow.Clients.WindowsService.exe.config. Below a sample configuration:

<appender name="SmtpAppender" type="log4net.Appender.SmtpAppender">
    <to value="foo@bar.com" />
    <from value="baz@bar.com" />
    <subject value="Some subject" />
    <smtpHost value="smtp.gmail.com" />
    <authentication value="Basic" />
    <port value="587" />
    <username value="gmail user name" />
    <password value="gmail password" />
    <bufferSize value="1" />
    <EnableSsl value="true"/>
    <lossy value="true" />
    <evaluator type="log4net.Core.LevelEvaluator">
        <threshold value="ERROR"/>
    </evaluator>
    <layout type="log4net.Layout.PatternLayout">
        <conversionPattern value="%newline%date [%thread] %-5level %logger [%property{NDC}] - %message%newline%newline%newline" />
    </layout>
</appender>

Wexflow gives you a beautiful Dashboard to view real-time statistics on your workflows. The Dashboard will let you track your workflow server with ease.

The History page in the backend will also let you track all your workflows and everything that happens on the workflow server. Indeed, from this page you will have an overview of all the workflow instances executed on the workflow server.