Jess,
I'll give you an example, and then perhaps you can let me know of a better way of handling it.
I have created a custom jsp page in $WT_HOME/codebase/netmarkets/jsp/Custom/. I have also added a link to that JSP page in the "Quick Links" drop down menu of Windchill. But I would like to know when and how often users are actually hitting that JSP page (clicking that link in the "Quick Links" drop down menu). Therefore, in the coding for the JSP page, I write the event (date/username for example) to a separate log file (/home/ptc/QuickLinks.log, for example).
The advantage of this is that I will always be able to see that file in that location. Also, if I print it to the MS instead, it will be lost after 15 days as Windchill archives the log files. In addition, the printed line will be in many different actual log files. They are not all contained in one file.
The disadvantage of this, of course, is my difficulty with the timestamp that I am discussing here.
So do you have a suggestion on how improve my capture this click event in 1 easy-to-read file that is not automatically deleted or archived?