[analog-help] Combine IIS and Apache Logs

[Aengus]

Raj Hungund <RHungund at comcastnets.com> wrote:
> Hi all.  We have a web report that analyzes IIS logs and we would like
> to include Apache logs into it.

Analog will happily report on multiple logfiles in multiple formats.

> Is this possible or do I need to create a separate report?
> Currently we specify the logfile in the command line.

If your logfiles are "self documenting", (the logfiles contain header 
lines that define each of the fields, such as the W3C Extended logs 
produced by IIS6), then you shouldn't have any problems. If your 
logfiles aren't self documenting, but use a standard logformat that 
Analog recognizes automatically, then you probably won't have any 
problems either. If your logfiles require a custom LOGFORMAT, then 
you'll need to specify that before you tell Analog to use the Logfile. 
That can be a bit tricky on the command line. You might get away with 
adding a DEFAULTLOGFORMAT to the analog.cfg file, but you'll just have 
to try it and see whether errors it throws up if it doesn't work.

Aengus