need to see parsing log on errors

[graybeal]

When parsing fails in OntoPortal (as with BioPortal), it is totally frustrating to not be able to look up the parsing log. That is a basic piece of information to troubleshoot. Having instructions on how to duplicate the error (what applications did you run? with what settings?) would also be extremely helpful.

Even if you don't want to post it for visual inspection (which shouldn't be hard, because we have access to it for admin page), would it be possible to include the log automatically when sending the email out to users? I love the email that comes out to users, and having all the necessary information to troubleshoot Right There would be great.

At some point you could add headers to each section of the parsing log, so the log itself is easy to quickly parse. (That would require code modifications, but simple ones, and only in code where we are already logging. I bet someone could do that in a day.)

[alexskr]

Providing parsing logs to the ontology admin is a very handy feature, and it’s included in our future development plans.