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5.3.5.3 WLGCFG Usage Considerations

The WLGCFG file is only available at the DETAIL timespan,
thereby limiting the number of observations and assisting in
managing the size of your database(s).  This file provides
information on the location of log inputs, as specified to
the CA MICS Web Log Extractor.  The primary benefit of WLGCFG
is to analyze a web server's path name changes that may have
occur over time.

This files contains only one record for every web server
whose data was passed to Web Log Extractor (WLE) utility.
The only time you will see another record for a web server is
when any one of its log file path name is changed. The file
can contain, by default, maximum of seven most recent
observation for a web server. During the DAY052 processing of
subtype 09 observations, a comparison of the log file path
name is made.  If the path names are identical to already
known path name for a web server, the observation is dropped
from further processing.  The benefit of dropping the most
recent as oppose to the oldest observation is that you can
determine when a specific configuration was set.

To keep an observation only when configuration changes are
detected allows to keep the file volume very low even when
you increase the default for CFGLIMIT parameter from seven to
some higher number.