The View Trans Log button allows you to review the information placed in the log file. The amount of information in the log is dependent upon the Log Type option (Text Log, No Log, or Expanded Text Log) that you selected on the Required tab of the Build Acknowledgement window. The transaction log also tells you whether the map has run successfully or failed, but it also performs several other functions. The results of any Write Log rule commands that were used in the map display. When you select View Trans Log, the translog.out – Notepad window displays for non-ODBC logs and the View Transaction Log with Run ID: <run ID #> window displays for ODBC logs.
The following displays:
A list of the errors and warnings that occurred during map execution.
The results of any user-generated entries created with Write Log rule commands.
System-generated messages for each ST and SE segment.