.. _manage-system-settings:

Manage System Settings
-----------------------

.. _21.1|VOSS-794|EKB-9092:

Administrators at provider level as well as ``hcsadmin`` administrators
have access to a **System Settings** menu under **Administration Tools**.

.. rubric:: Transaction Log Level

Provider level and ``hcsadmin`` administrators can modify the Transaction Log Level -
the level of verbosity of transaction logs.

The setting is available as a global setting to high level administrators who have
access to the ``data/Settings`` model. When an administrator first opens
**System Settings**, the displayed value (default: Info) for the **Transaction Log Level** is
the default in the global setting.

For a description of the available log levels, see: :ref:`transaction-log-levels`

The settings are:

* Disabled
* Error   
* Warning 
* Info    
* Verbose 
* Debug


The purpose of the setting is so that the log level can be changed according to need,
for example to ``Verbose`` so that more details
are available for immediate troubleshooting and customization work.

.. note::
  
   A **Notes** section and warning is shown if the level is set to ``Verbose`` or ``Debug``,
   reminding administrators that the retention period of such logs is shorter
   due to their increased size, which consequently reduces the date range of
   available logs for troubleshooting.


A typical use of this setting would be for troubleshooting: 
when a problem is encountered on a system and detailed logs
need to be obtained. The steps could then be:

1. Toggle the log level to ``Verbose``.
#. Reproduce the issue causing the problem.
#. Export the logs and forward them to VOSS support.
#. Toggle the log level back to ``Info``.