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The BIP Log is a intern log mechanism and don't use the log capacity of Oracle Containers for J2EE (OC4J).

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Two ways

For the server and the template builder - Generation of the files

Create a file called xdodebug.cfg
Saved it to the JRE_TOP/lib directory.

JRE_TOP is :

for BI Publisher desktop the 'jre' directory you are referencing in the 'Java Home' field on the Preview tab under the Tools > Options
for the BI Server : the jre directory under the JDK which start OC4J (you can find it in oc4j.cmd)

The contents of the file should be:

LogLevel=STATEMENT 
  LogDir=c:temp

where :

LogLevel specifies the level of logging, this should always be set to STATEMENT to maximize the information provided in the log.
LogDir specifies where the debug files should be written to, this needs to be a writable directory for XMLP.

Then if you start a report, you must see in the log directory :

the file xdo.log,

......................
[121409_013936218][][STATEMENT] Logger.init(): *** DEBUG MODE IS ON. ***
[121409_013936234][][STATEMENT] Logger.init(): LogDir=c:/temp
[121409_013936281][][STATEMENT] [ PDF GENERATOR ]---------------------------------------------
[121409_013936281][][STATEMENT] XDO version   = Oracle BI Publisher 10.1.3.4.1
[121409_013936281][][STATEMENT] java.home     = C:\Program Files\Java\jdk1.5.0_21\jre
[121409_013936281][][STATEMENT] XDO_TOP       = null
[121409_013936281][][STATEMENT] Config Path   = null
[121409_013936296][][STATEMENT] Debug Cfg Path= C:\Program Files\Java\jdk1.5.0_21\jre\lib\xdodebug.cfg
[121409_013936296][][STATEMENT] Font dir      = C:\Program Files\Java\jdk1.5.0_21\jre\lib\fonts\
[121409_013936296][][STATEMENT] Locale        = en-GB
[121409_013936312][][STATEMENT] Fallback font = type1.Helvetica
......................

the RTF template,
the XML,
the converted XSLFO template,
the FO file,
and the final output

For the server - output to the OC4J console

Change the configuration, restart BIP Server and you should see the log in the Oracle Containers for J2EE (OC4J) console and if you have created OC4J as service, you must not forget the -out parameters of Javaservice.

Example of Log where you can see the SQL :

[110609_025145031][][STATEMENT] Sql Query :  SELECT SUBSTR(p.Prod_N
       t.Calendar_Year          Year,
       t.Calendar_Week_Number   Week,
       t.time_id                Datum,
       SUM(Amount_Sold)         Sales,
       :StartDate               StartDate,
       :EndDate                 EndDate,
       :Annee                   Annee,
       :StartWeek               Semaine
FROM
       Sales s,
       Times t,
       Products p
WHERE
       s.Time_id = t.Time_id AND
       s.Prod_id = p.Prod_id AND
       p.Prod_name IN ('Bounce') AND
--     t.Calendar_Year IN 2001 AND
--     t.Calendar_Week_Number BETWEEN :StartWeek and :EndWeek and
       t.Calendar_Year = :Annee
       AND t.Time_id > :EndDate
GROUP BY
       p.Prod_Name,
       t.Calendar_Year,
       t.Calendar_Week_Number,
       t.time_id
ORDER BY
       product_name,
       year,
       week ASC
[110609_025145031][][STATEMENT] 1:null
[110609_025145031][][STATEMENT] 2:2008-02-15 00:00:00.0
[110609_025145031][][STATEMENT] 3:2001
[110609_025145031][][STATEMENT] 4:20
[110609_025145046][][STATEMENT] 5:2001
[110609_025145046][][STATEMENT] 6:2008-02-15 00:00:00.0

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BIP - Log (Diagnostic)