How to Get the SharePoint Log Levels using Powershell

In this blog you will see how to get the SharePoint diagnostic log levels using PowerShell.

Get-SPLogLevel will return a list of objects or diagnostic levels with the following values

• Name
• Area
• EventSev
• TraceSev
  

Open SharePoint Management Shell as an administrator and execute the following script.

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Get-SPLogLevel | format-table area, name

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Get-SPLogLevel -identity "Powershell" | format-table area, eventsev, tracesev

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Get-SPLogLevel -identity "Document *" | format-table area, eventsev, tracesev

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"Document *", "Workflow *"|Get-SPLogLevel| format-table area, eventsev, tracesev

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