The SAP BW Service captures log events that track interactions between PowerCenter and SAP BI. It also captures log events when it receives the following information from the SAP BI system and the PowerCenter Integration Service:

When you load data into SAP BI, you can view SAP BW Service log events in the following locations:

To view log events about how the PowerCenter Integration Service processes an SAP BI workflow, view the session or workflow log.

Set the environment variable PMTOOL_DATEFORMAT to customize the date format returned by the SAP BW Service for log events. When you set the environment variable, the SAP BW Service validates the string before it writes a date to the log. If the date is not valid, the SAP BW Service uses the default date display “DY MON DD HH24:MI:SS YYYY.”