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title: AE 22.x and newer - How to enable verbose logging for the AppEnhancer website.
description: How do I enable verbose logging for the AppEnhancer website (versions 22.x and newer)?
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# AE 22.x and newer - How to enable verbose logging for the AppEnhancer website.

## How do I enable verbose logging for the AppEnhancer website (versions 22.x and newer)?

1. Back up the C:\\inetpub\\wwwroot\\AppEnhancer\\web.config file.
2. Open web.config, find \<system.diagnostics\> and highlight until you see \</system.diagnostics\>.
3. Delete and replace it with this:  
   \<system.diagnostics\>  
       \<trace autoflush="true"\>  
         \<listeners\>  
           \<!--\<add name="axEventLogListener" /\>--\>  
           \<!--\<add name="axFileListener1"/\>--\>  
         \</listeners\>  
       \</trace\>  
       \<sources\>  
         \<!--This trace source logs Web Access events--\>  
         \<source name="AXWXTrace" switchName="WXSwitch" switchType="System.Diagnostics.SourceSwitch"\>  
           \<listeners\>  
             \<!--\<add name="axEventLogListener" /\>--\>  
         \<add name="AXWXTrace" type="System.Diagnostics.TextWriterTraceListener" initializeData="C:\\windows\\temp\\WXSwitch.log" traceOutputOptions="DateTime, ProcessId, ThreadId" /\>  
           \</listeners\>  
         \</source\>  
         \<!-- This trace source logs AXEngine events --\>  
         \<source name="AXEngineTrace" switchName="EngineSwitch" switchType="System.Diagnostics.SourceSwitch"\>  
           \<listeners\>  
             \<!--\<add name="axEventLogListener" /\>--\>  
         \<add name="AXEngineTrace" type="System.Diagnostics.TextWriterTraceListener" initializeData="C:\\windows\\temp\\EngineSwitch.log" traceOutputOptions="DateTime, ProcessId, ThreadId" /\>  
           \</listeners\>  
         \</source\>  
         \<!-- This trace source logs Database Library events --\>  
         \<source name="XSDatabaseLib" switchName="DBSwitch" switchType="System.Diagnostics.SourceSwitch"\>  
           \<listeners\>  
             \<!--\<add name="axEventLogListener" /\>--\>  
         \<add name="XSDatabaseLib" type="System.Diagnostics.TextWriterTraceListener" initializeData="C:\\windows\\temp\\DBSwitch.log" traceOutputOptions="DateTime, ProcessId, ThreadId" /\>  
           \</listeners\>  
         \</source\>  
         \<!-- This trace source logs DB SQL commands --\>  
         \<source name="XSSQLTrace" switchName="SQLSwitch" switchType="System.Diagnostics.SourceSwitch"\>  
           \<listeners\>  
             \<!--\<add name="axEventLogListener" /\>--\>  
         \<add name="XSSQLTrace" type="System.Diagnostics.TextWriterTraceListener" initializeData="C:\\windows\\temp\\SQLSwitch.log" traceOutputOptions="DateTime, ProcessId, ThreadId" /\>  
           \</listeners\>  
         \</source\>
   
         \<!--Enable WCF verbose log to diagnose Rendering Service connection issues--\>  
         \<!--\<source name="System.ServiceModel"  
                         switchValue="Information, ActivityTracing"  
                         propagateActivity="true"\>  
           \<listeners\>  
             \<add name="sdt"  
                 type="System.Diagnostics.XmlWriterTraceListener"  
                 initializeData= "C:\\windows\\Temp\\WXWCF.svclog" /\>  
           \</listeners\>  
         \</source\>--\>  
       \</sources\>  
       \<switches\>  
         \<!--Trace Level.  Possible levels: Off, Error, Warning, Information, Verbose--\>  
         \<add name="DBSwitch" value="Verbose" /\>  
         \<add name="SQLSwitch" value="Verbose" /\>  
         \<add name="EngineSwitch" value="Verbose" /\>  
         \<add name="WXSwitch" value="Verbose" /\>  
       \</switches\>  
       \<sharedListeners\>  
         \<!-- Write trace events to Windows Event Log at level of log switch  
                 - only use this when switch set to Error or Warning  
                   else too much data in Windows Event log   
           --\>  
         \<!--\<add name="axEventLogListener" type="System.Diagnostics.EventLogTraceListener" initializeData="AxWebEventLog" /\>--\>  
         \<!--Write trace events to log file.--\>  
         \<!--\<add name="axFileListener1" type="System.Diagnostics.TextWriterTraceListener" initializeData="C:\\windows\\temp\\AxWebMessage.log" traceOutputOptions="DateTime, ProcessId, ThreadId" /\>--\>  
       \</sharedListeners\>  
     \</system.diagnostics\>
4. Reproduce the issue - any verbose logs will be generated in C:\\Windows\\Temp\\.  It may not generate all logs listed below.  
         
       -  C:\\windows\\temp\\WXSwitch.log  
       -  C:\\windows\\temp\\EngineSwitch.log  
       -  C:\\windows\\temp\\DBSwitch.log  
       -  C:\\windows\\temp\\SQLSwitch.log  
       -  C:\\windows\\temp\\AxWebMessage.log  
       -  C:\\windows\\Temp\\WXWCF.svclog

After the verbose logs have been generated, rename or delete the web.config file, and restore the backup config file from Step 1 to "web.config" so that verbose logs are no longer generated.

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