---
title: "EXM logging"
slug: "exm-logging"
abstract: "How to view the log entries for EXM in the dedicated log file."
---
# EXM logging

The Email Experience Manager (EXM) has its own dedicated log file that is stored in the `data/logs` folder. The name of the log file is generated automatically in this format: `Exm.log.<date>.<time>.txt.`

> [!note]
> Any exceptions that EXM does not catch appear in the Sitecore log file, which is also located in the `data/logs` folder.

You can configure EXM logging, for example the format of the log file name, in the `Sitecore.EmailExperience.Core.config` file, in the `log4net` section:

```xml
<log4net>
      <logger name="Sitecore.EXM" additivity="false">
        <level value="INFO" />
        <appender-ref ref="ExmLogFileAppender" />
      </logger>
      <appender name="ExmLogFileAppender" type="log4net.Appender.SitecoreLogFileAppender, Sitecore.Logging">
        <file value="$(dataFolder)/logs/Exm.log.{date}.txt" />
        <appendToFile value="true" />
        <layout type="log4net.Layout.PatternLayout">
          <conversionPattern value="%4t %d{ABSOLUTE} %-5p %m%n" />
        </layout>
        <encoding value="utf-8" />
      </appender>
    </log4net>

```