# Logger Creation Trouble

**URL:** <https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/logger-creation-trouble/106500>\
**Category:** Ignition\
**Created:** [May 21, 2025, 12:24pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/logger-creation-trouble/106500 "2025-05-21T12:24:54Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![dWiseman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/c67d28/32.png) [@dWiseman](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/dWiseman)\
**Post date:** [May 21, 2025, 12:24pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/logger-creation-trouble/106500/1 "2025-05-21T12:24:54Z")

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I am trying to create some logs, but am having issues seeing them in the gateway. I am running the following script in the script console.

 ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/original/3X/8/1/81ea125f168f60bd174c3d350c169ed0cc7e9ead.png)  
 ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/original/3X/d/8/d8d9c72a4395858364584ccfe252898b8a5a9ac0.png)

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**Author:** ![Kevin.Herron](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/kevin.herron/32/7259_2.png) [@Kevin.Herron](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Kevin.Herron)\
**Post date:** [May 21, 2025, 12:28pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/logger-creation-trouble/106500/2 "2025-05-21T12:28:34Z")

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Logging happens in the scope you are executing the script. You will never see this in the Gateway when running code in the script console.

Try logging from a tag event script or something else that runs on the Gateway.

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**Author:** ![dWiseman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/c67d28/32.png) [@dWiseman](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/dWiseman)\
**Post date:** [May 21, 2025, 12:31pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/logger-creation-trouble/106500/3 "2025-05-21T12:31:17Z")

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Kevin, Thank you for the prompt response.

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**Author:** ![nminchin](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/nminchin/32/6911_2.png) [@nminchin](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/nminchin)\
**Post date:** [May 21, 2025, 1:01pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/logger-creation-trouble/106500/4 "2025-05-21T13:01:26Z")

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(the script console will log to your designer's scope and you can see its logs in the diagnostics dialogue from help menu)

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**Author:** ![paul-griffith](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/paul-griffith/32/37249_2.png) [@paul-griffith](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/paul-griffith)\
**Post date:** [May 21, 2025, 3:36pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/logger-creation-trouble/106500/5 "2025-05-21T15:36:18Z")

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Reference:

> **[Script Logging and Print Statement Output Reference | Ignition User Manual](https://docs.inductiveautomation.com/docs/8.1/platform/scripting/scripting-in-ignition/script-logging-print-statement-output#designer-execution)**
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> Just as each script has its own events based on location that trigger the script to run, output logging is also dependent on where the script is executed. This page details where to find your print statements and logs to assist with script testing...