Enabling and disabling tracing in XI 3.1 for specific services without requiring a restart - WINDOWS

You cannot activate traces by only modifying the default BO_trace.ini

Windows

In order to activate traces on Windows, you have to create a file with a name following the array below and copy it in [BusinessObjects install folder]\BusinessObjects Enterprise 12.0\win32_x86

Process to monitor	File Name
AAAnalytics	AAAnalytics_trace.ini
AADMining AADMining : XI 3.1 Name PredictiveAnalysisServer	AADMining_trace.ini
AADashboard	AADashboard_trace.ini
AAMetrics	AAMetrics_trace.ini
AAProfiler	AAProfiler_trace.ini
AAQueryMgr	AAQueryMgr_trace.ini
AARepoMgt	AARepoMgt_trace.ini
AARules	AARules_trace.ini
AASPC	AASPC_trace.ini
CMS	CMS_trace.ini
ConnectionServer	ConnectionServer_trace.ini
EventServer	EventServer_trace.ini
JobServerChild	JobServerChild_trace.ini
JobServer	JobServer_trace.ini
WIReportServer	WIReportServer_trace.ini
busobj	busobj_trace.ini
crcache	crcache_trace.ini
crproc	crproc_trace.ini
crystalras	crystalras_trace.ini
designer	designer_trace.ini
fccache	fccache_trace.ini
fcproc	fcproc_trace.ini
fileserver	fileserver_trace.ini

The file should contain the following text lines.

active = true;
importance = xs;
alert = true;
severity = 'E';
keep = true;
size = 100 * 1000;
// Any other folder you might want, default [bobj]/BusinessObjects Enterprise 12.0/logging
//log_dir="C:/Temp";

WebIntelligence Rich Client

For the WebIntelligence Rich Client traces, you need to copy the WebIRichClient_trace.ini in "[BusinessObjects install folder]\"
The WebIntelligence Rich Client traces will be generated by default in the folder: "C:\Documents and Settings\\My Documents\My Business Objects Documents\LocData"

All tracing on Windows were started correctly using the above file names and were activated without requiring a restart This included changing the log directory.