# Pipeline Log
## Pipeline Log
### Description
Allows to log the activity of a pipeline with another pipeline.
A pipeline log streams logging information from a running pipeline to another pipeline.
The only requirement for the receiving pipeline is that it starts with a [Pipeline Logging](https://github.com/mbertazz/hop-docs-md/blob/main/modules/ROOT/pages/metadata-types/pipeline/transforms/pipeline-logging.53l6nFZrCd) transform. Other than that, the logging pipeline is "just another pipeline". In this logging pipeline, you can process the logging information and e.g. write to a relational or NoSQL database, a Kafka topic etc
### Samples
The samples project comes with an example pipeline log.
Check the metadata perspective for the pipeline log `pipeline-log-example`. This pipeline log is configured to send logging information for the pipeline `${PROJECT_HOME}/reflection/generate-fake-books.hpl` to the logging pipeline `${PROJECT_HOME}/reflection/pipeline-log-example.hpl`.
### Related Plugins
* [Pipeline Logging](/data-shaper-1.21/knowing-the-data-shaper-designer/pipelines/transforms/pipeline-logging.md)
### Options
| Option | Default | Description |
| -------------------------------------- | ----------------------------------------- | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| Name | The name to be used for this pipeline log | |
| Enabled? | true | |
| Logging parent pipelines only | false | If you enable this, only the parent pipelines, executed by Hop Run, GUI, Server or API will be logged. When disabled, every pipeline execution will be logged. |
| Pipeline executed to capture logging | | the pipeline to process the logging information for this pipeline log |
| Execute at the start of the pipeline? | true | Should this pipeline log be executed at the start of a pipeline run |
| Execute at the end of the pipeline? | false | Should this pipeline log be executed at the end of a pipeline run |
| Execute periodically during execution? | true | Should this pipeline log be executed periodically during a pipeline run |
| Interval in seconds | 30 | if executed periodically, indicates the interval at which the pipeline log is executed |
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