# Workflow Log
## Workflow Log
### Description
Allows to log the activity of a workflow with a pipeline.
A workflow log streams logging information from a running workflow to a pipeline.
The only requirement for the receiving pipeline is that it starts with a [Workflow Logging](/data-shaper-1.21/knowing-the-data-shaper-designer/pipelines/transforms/workflow-logging.md) 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 workflow log.
Check the metadata perspective for the workflow log `workflow-log-example`. This workflow log is configured to send logging information for the workflow `${PROJECT_HOME}/reflection/generate-fake-books.hwf` to the logging pipeline `${PROJECT_HOME}/reflection/workflow-log-example.hpl`.
### Related Plugins
* [Workflow Logging](/data-shaper-1.21/knowing-the-data-shaper-designer/pipelines/transforms/workflow-logging.md)
### Options
| Option | Default | Description |
| -------------------------------------- | ----------------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| Name | The name to be used for this workflow log | |
| Enabled? | true | |
| Logging parent workflow only | false | If you enable this, only the parent workflow, executed by Hop Run, GUI, Server or API will be logged. When disabled, every workflow execution will be logged. |
| Pipeline executed to capture logging | | the pipeline to process the logging information for this workflow log |
| Execute at the start of the workflow? | true | Should this workflow log be executed at the start of a workflow run |
| Execute at the end of the workflow? | false | Should this workflow log be executed at the end of a workflow run |
| Execute periodically during execution? | true | Should this workflow log be executed periodically during a workflow run |
| Interval in seconds | 30 | if executed periodically, indicates the interval at which the workflow log is executed |
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