How to configure ManagementConsole deployed into Tomcat to log events using date/time (not milliseconds)

Question / Problem: 

By default the Management Console (MC) application deployed into a standalone Tomcat will log events using milliseconds (i.e. milliseconds since the last Tomcat restart). This could make log analysis complicated but the MC can be configured to log events using date/tme following the steps below:

Answer / Solution: 

1. In Tomcat, navigate to \webapps\ManagementConsole\WEB-INF\classes
2. Open log4j configuration file. Depending on the RPA version this file will be named:
    

   RPA Version	FileName
   11.0 and Earlier	log4j.properties
   11.1 and Later	log4j2.properties

    

3. Change the conversion pattern. The parameter to change depends on the RPA version as below:
    

   RPA Version	Change
   11.0 and Earlier	log4j.appender.A.layout.ConversionPattern=%-4r [%t] %-5p %c %x - %m%n to log4j.appender.A.layout.ConversionPattern=%d %-4r [%t] %-5p %c %x - %m%n
   11.1 and Later	appender.A.layout.pattern = %-4r [%t] %-5p %c %equals{%x}{[]}{} - %m%n to appender.A.layout.pattern = %d %-4r [%t] %-5p %c %equals{%x}{[]}{} - %m%n

   
    
4. Save file
5. Restart Tomcat

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