# Where is the Designer log viewer diagnostics info stored?

**URL:** <https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/where-is-the-designer-log-viewer-diagnostics-info-stored/47632>\
**Category:** Ignition\
**Created:** [June 10, 2021, 2:07am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/where-is-the-designer-log-viewer-diagnostics-info-stored/47632 "2021-06-10T02:07:42Z")\
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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:** [June 10, 2021, 2:07am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/where-is-the-designer-log-viewer-diagnostics-info-stored/47632/1 "2021-06-10T02:07:42Z")

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Is there a file that stores the things visible from the log viewer section in the designer diagnostics?

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**Author:** ![mazeyrat](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/mazeyrat/32/10955_2.png) [@mazeyrat](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/mazeyrat)\
**Post date:** [June 10, 2021, 12:14pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/where-is-the-designer-log-viewer-diagnostics-info-stored/47632/2 "2021-06-10T12:14:51Z")

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On vision and designer client side, you have to add a file apprender to collect logs

> [@Add a RollingFileAppender for vision client logs to ease debug in client scope with external log viewer tools](http://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/add-a-rollingfileappender-for-vision-client-logs-to-ease-debug-in-client-scope-with-external-log-viewer-tools/26659):
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> Vision console is not very user friendly for logs analyse in CLIENT scope. So you can add a RollingFileAppender for all client’s logs produced with code like : logger = system.util.getLogger("myLogger") if logger.isDebugEnabled(): logger.debug("Hello, world!") (print message are not concerned and stay only in the console) In order to route the logs to others files in parallel with the vision console, you can add a call to startLogClient() in your client startup script. to stopLogClient() …

As a side note, this New appender will not receive print, but only log.debug, info...

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**Author:** ![bkarabinchak.psi](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/bkarabinchak.psi/32/83567_2.png) [@bkarabinchak.psi](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/bkarabinchak.psi)\
**Post date:** [June 10, 2021, 12:27pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/where-is-the-designer-log-viewer-diagnostics-info-stored/47632/3 "2021-06-10T12:27:44Z")

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Oh thats a very nice module. Thanks for sharing.

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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:** [June 11, 2021, 12:21am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/where-is-the-designer-log-viewer-diagnostics-info-stored/47632/4 "2021-06-11T00:21:53Z")

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Awesome! I’ll give it a go, thanks for posting 🙂