Posted June 29, 2013 · Report post Introduction I like AIDA64, especially the logging functionality, but it's difficult to analyze this data. The diagrams within AIDA64 are very limited and there is no possibility to compare the influence of different settings (e.g. graphic) to the overall performance of a system. So I decided to implement a tool, which allows to illustrate AIDA64 log data in several diagrams and to compare multiple log-files side-by-side in one diagram ! User Guide Before you can use the tool, you have to generate an AIDA64 log file with at least the following marked settings: Log sensor readings to CSV log file UpTime The tool is very simple to use: no installation necessary, just start "GenericLogViewer.exe". At the top you can select how many diagrams with how many log-files should be presented by the tool. Open an AIDA64 log file by clicking the "Open File" button, select application type "AIDA64", select an AIDA64 log file and press "Open" (AIDA64 csv-log-files have typically the filename pattern: *_log.csv). After parsing the file, the logging duration of the file is shown and by default the "Timeline" diagram of the first log category. You can change the shown diagram with: Timeline/Statisic RadioButton Log Category ComboBox Change all buttons (changes category in every diagram) The Y-axis shows the values of the seleted Log Category in ComboBox (unit is within [..]) If an opened file is still updated with logging-data by AIDA64, you can simple update/refresh it by clicking on the "Reload"-Button: At the top left corner of every diagram you can find the arithmetic average of the corresponding curve: If there are too many different values on Y-axis in "Statistic" mode, the values are grouped into ranges. If this is the case, the following control is shown, which allows to increase of decrease the number of ranges (or to disable quantisation). Splitter between the diagrams allow you to adjust the height of all diagrams: After opening all log files you can hide the file area by unmarking "Show file area" to get more space for diagrams. New feature since version 2.1: Simple Mode I added a "two columns" feature, which doubles the number of diagrams. But if you use "two columns" with a high "number of diagrams" the diagrams are very small. That's why I introduced the "Simple mode" which: simplifies header and footer decreases line thickness Tip: use the "Tab"-key to toggle between 'Standard' and 'Simple' mode ! New feature since version 3.0: Time Window Definition If you click the "Edit"-button in the file area, a new window will be opened to define Start- and End-time of a time window for the logfile (see user guide at the top of this window). It allows you to show only a part of a single logfile or to synchronize multiple logfiles Attention: time window start-time is "normalized" to "00:00:00", otherwise synchronization of multiple log-files will not work ! Button description: "Set": defines Start/End time of time window "Reset": resets Start/End time to "file borders" "Zoom": zooms into diagram with the actual defined Start/End times for fine-tuning (from Start-10% to End+10%). Remark: works only in case of Start/End is more then 10% from "file Start/End times") "Cancel": closes window without any change "Execute": yes, take the actual defined Start/End times as the used time window for all diagrams ! Tips for analyzing log files: Number of diagrams: 2 First diagram: Timeline Second diagram: Statistic Select on both diagrams same log category Use "Change all" buttons for synchronous changes in both diagrams Requirements Microsoft Windows Microsoft Framework .NET 4.0 (at least) no installation necessary, just start "GenericLogViewer.exe" Download The zip file (SHA-1 hash, Version 3.1: C85D5354CA59A08F1BDA09B7DA28260046B9A942) contains the binary files of the tool. GenericLogViewer - Version 3.1.zip Version history: 1.0: Initial version 1.1: "Change log category" buttons added 1.2: User Interface improvements 1.2: Switch to GenericLogViewer 1.3: Bugfix: depending on Windows Region Settings there could be a problem during DateTime conversion (older versions) 2.0: Many internal changes, new features see post below 2.1: New features see post below 2.2: Bugfix: log-files, created on a PC which was running > 24 hours couldn't be loaded -> fixed 3.0: New feature: Time Window Definition 3.1: Bugfix: sometimes log-files can't be opened after AIDA64 was stopped -> fixed 2 people like this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted June 29, 2013 · Report post Thank you for posting this, it looks like a very useful tool Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted August 30, 2013 · Report post New version 1.3 available ! Information see above, please update to latest version. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted September 25, 2013 · Report post New version 2.0 available ! New features: Reload-Button: to refresh active logging-files arithmetic averages of all curves are shown quantisation can be disabled if wanted Why new major version 2? I did a lot of internal changes and code is now completly verified by Unit-Tests. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted December 4, 2013 · Report post New version 2.1 available ! New features: up to 6 diagrams in up to 2 columns (-> max = 12 diagrams) Simple mode (for small diagrams) Tooltip with horizontal line I added a "two columns" feature, which doubles the number of diagrams. But if you use "two columns" with a high "number of diagrams" the diagrams are very small. That's why I introduced the "Simple mode" which: simplifies header and footer decreases line thickness Tip: use the "Tab"-key to toggle between 'Standard' and 'Simple' mode ! Another new feature is that you can create a horizontal line in a "Timeline" diagram: go with mouse "on curve where the horizontal line should be", wait until tooltip pops up (with value) and click -> line stays there until you click on another tooltip or you change category. Hope you enjoy my new features ... Tom Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted December 22, 2013 · Report post New version 2.2 available ! Bugfix: Log-files, created on a PC which was running > 24 hours couldn't be loaded -> fixed Tip: for "long time control" (e.g. PCs running 24/7), you can use the "Numbers of hours between opening new log files" feature, which allows to generate e.g. "one file per day". Such log-files can be perfectly compared, because all files have same duration arithmetic averages are calculated on same base 1 person likes this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted January 18, 2014 · Report post New version 3.0 available ! New feature: time window definition per logfile possible: to show only a part of a single logfile or to synchronize multiple logfiles See detailed description in first post of this thread ... 1 person likes this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted August 24, 2015 · Report post New version 3.1 available ! Bugfix: Sometimes log-files can't be opened after AIDA64 was stopped -> fixed Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted February 12, 2016 · Report post Help! I have the logging set up the way it needs to me but I can not get the log viewer to open my file. Could I email you my log file and you can tell me what I am doing wrong. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted February 12, 2016 · Report post After doing A LOT of testing and retrying I was finally able to open 1 log file out of 50 tries doing different things. Mostly 1 am getting an "Array Index out of bounds" error. But also some other errors about my log file being manipulated or corrupted. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted February 14, 2016 · Report post Hello mkos1, I'm sorry that you had some trouble with my LogViewer. Let's check some stuff: under menu "File -> Preferences" you should configure the "Logging" section like the following example (interface has a little bit changed): The configuration filename "Aida64log" generates log-filenames like "Aida64log_2016-02-14_15-51-14_log.csv" ! Today I generated an example logfile (attached below) with the settings above: 00:00 - 00:26: Project Cars 00:27 - 00:47: F1 2015 00:47 - 00:51: nothing -> cool down Everything is working fine on my PC: no problem during opening the file or during checking the diagrams ... Btw: I can't believe that the LogViewer is responsible for "manipulated or corrupted" logfiles as you described. The LogViewer opens logfiles in "read-only* mode, so it will never change a file! Example logfile (zipped): Aida64log_2016-02-14_15-51-14_log.zip Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted February 16, 2016 · Report post I believe I found the problem. When you have the option "Log started and stopped processes" turned ON it causes errors when reading the log files. It would be nice to be able to leave that option turned on in some future update/release. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted February 17, 2016 · Report post Hi mkos1, I assume this should be not the problem. I checked the code and log lines like "* Processes started: dllhost.exe, Photoshop.exe" are handle correctly, but I found a potential problem in case of such a "Start/Stop" log-line contains the "value delimiter" semikolon (";"), but I never saw such a line so far ! Here is an example of a logfile, which has "Log started and stopped processes" turned ON and the LogViewer doesn't have any problem with this file: Aida64log_2016-02-17_17-27-48_log.zip Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted February 17, 2016 · Report post Your tool has worked fine for me since turning that option off. I was just opening and closing apps like MS Word and Adobe PDF reader for testing purposes and seemed to have problems with the option on. The tool has proven very usefull for monitoring what I have needed it for. (Tracking the performance impact of an automated data backup solution) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
