Log Files paths in OBIEE 11g ..Imp to know !!

Log files store all important information required to troubleshoot issues. Best way in OBIEE 11g, is to get them from Enterprise Manager Console.But we can still see these files in OBIEE install directory.

• Enterprise Manager Console

Log on to EM Console (http://localhost:7001/em) . Once you logged on, in the left pane navigate to Farm_bifoundation_domain –> Business Intelligence–>coreapplications–>Diagnostics–>Log Messages
Here you can see the Most Recent Errors and Most Recent Warnings.

Available files:
• Presentation Services Log
• Server Log
• Scheduler Log
• Cluster Controller Log and many more

• Log files in OBIEE Install directory

We can find all log files for OBIEE Components in OBIEE install directory under OBIEE_HOME/instances/instance1/diagnostics/logs 

These are the different type of log files:

Presentation Server log files
/instances/instance1/diagnostics/logs/OracleBIPresentationServicesComponent/coreapplication_obips1

BI Server log files
/instances/instance1/diagnostics/logs/OracleBIServerComponent/coreapplication_obis1

Scheduler log
/instances/instance1/diagnostics/logsOracleBISchedulerComponent/coreapplication_obisch1

Cluster Controller log
/instances/instance1/diagnostics/logs/OracleBIClusterControllerComponent\coreapplication_obiccs1

ODBC log
/instances/instance1/diagnostics/logs/OracleBIODBCComponent/coreapplication_obips1

OPMN log
/instances/instance1/diagnostics/logs/OPMN/opmn

Web logic Server Log Locations: You can also find out server related logs at below locations:

BI Managed Server:

OBIEE_HOME\user_projects\domains\bifoundation_domain\servers\bi_server1\logs


Admin Server:

OBIEE_HOME\user_projects\domains\bifoundation_domain\servers\AdminServer\logs

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Other Important file paths:

Catalog Path

Drive:\Oracle\Middleware\instances\instance1\bifoundation\OracleBIPresentationServicesComponent\coreapplication_obips1\catalog

Repository Path

D:\Oracle\Middleware\instances\instance1\bifoundation\OracleBIServerComponent\coreapplication_obis1\repository

Instanceconfig.xml ----> file path

D:\Oracle\Middleware\instances\instance1\config\OracleBIPresentationServicesComponent\coreapplication_obips1

NQSConfig.INI file path :

D:\Oracle\Middleware\instances\instance1\config\OracleBIServerComponent\coreapplication_obis1