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# Applications

> How to use the Configuration and Logging tabs in the Applications section of Admin Essentials, including profiling, compact job events, and log level settings.

Platform interface for **Admin Essentials → Applications** consists of the **Configuration** and **Logging** tabs, as described below. Available views, features, and interactions in the UI are limited based on user permissions.

## Configuration tab

This is the landing page for the **Application** details view. If your application has properties to edit, they will be displayed here in a form. If not, logging can be edited in the **Advanced** view (if the `Applications - updateApplication` permission method has been granted) or in the **Logging** tab. To enable the **Advanced** editing view, use the toggle switch in the top upper-right corner.

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### Profiling feature

To help troubleshoot performance issues resulting in high CPU usage, Itential Platform includes a built-in profiler based on [V8.dev profiling](https://v8.dev/docs/profile) and [simple-profiling](https://nodejs.org/en/docs/guides/simple-profiling/).

### Filter variable data on job events

Beginning in the 2023.1.12 release version, Itential added a new property, `compactJobEvents`, to Workflow Engine. When a customer enables this property, it removes all user-defined job/task variable values, thereby reducing the size of the job event and improving application performance.

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## Logging tab

You can view the changelog of an application from the **Logging** tab. Use the **Select Log** dropdown to view the changelog for a particular release. From this tab you can also change the log level settings.

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### Changing log levels (apps and adapters)

A user with permissions for the generic `updateAdapter` and `updateApplication` methods can modify the `log_level` of an application or adapter in Itential Platform using the **Advanced View** switch located in the upper-right corner of the interface.

To access this feature, navigate to: **Admin Essentials → Adapters (or Applications) → adapter/application name → Logging (tab) → Advanced View (switch)**.

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For example, to change the `log_level` to `debug`:

* Replace the value of the `log_level` property by changing `info` to `debug`.
* Click the **SAVE** button (lower-left corner).

The specific details logged at each level (i.e., what information is logged and what messages are returned) is determined by the application developer and defined within the adapter code.

Additional log level properties for Syslog are saved in the **Log Settings** view shown below. If the Syslog properties are not configured in the Advanced View of an application or adapter page, you will be unable to change that property in the **Logging** tab.

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### Changing log levels in Profile properties

For software versions prior to the Platform 6 release, you can also modify the `log_level` in Itential Platform by navigating to: **Admin Essentials → Profiles → `profile name` → Edit Profile Properties → `loggerProps`**. Previously, changing a profile's logging was done via code editor; it is now done using a form as shown in the image below.

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