# Logging

powerJobs Client uses [Apache log4net](https://logging.apache.org/log4net/) as core logging library, and additionally [PostSharp Diagnostics](http://doc.postsharp.net/5.0/logging) for extended Debug logging.

By default, all the logs are stored in a logfile located in *'C:\\Users\\\{USER}\\AppData\\Local\\coolOrange\\powerJobs Client\\Logs\\powerJobs Client.log'* and it contains only Infos, Warnings and Errors.

The log4net settings file is located in *C:\\ProgramData\\Autodesk\\Vault \{Version}\\Extensions\\powerJobs Client\\powerJobs Client.log4net*.\
Further information about log4Net Configurations can be found [here](https://logging.apache.org/log4net/release/manual/configuration.html).

## When to change the logging behavior?

When you have issues or when you want to get a more detailed knowledge about what went wrong, you can increase the [](powerjobs_processor:logging/log_level).

```{note}
When changing the loglevel to *DEBUG* [PostSharp Diagnostics](http://doc.postsharp.net/5.0/logging) will be enabled and will log all the function calls into the log files. \
This could cause performance issues.
```

## LogFile

You can see, that there is just one logging-Appender, thats the *FileAppender*:

```xml
<appender name="FileAppender" type="log4net.Appender.RollingFileAppender">
```

If you want to change the [](powerjobs_processor:logging/log_level) for the logfile, please visit in the configuartion file in the lines:

```xml
<root>
        <level value="INFO" />
        <appender-ref ref="FileAppender"/>
</root>
```

In that root element, you can configure the logginglevel for all appenders. You could set the level to "DEBUG", than all the appenders will log in debug.\
In the line

```xml
<param name="File" value="${LOCALAPPDATA}\coolOrange\powerJobs Client\Logs\powerJobs Client.log" />
```

you can configure the outputpath and name of the logfile.