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Error Log
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**Scenarios**
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DDS log management allows you to view database-level logs, including warning- and error-level logs generated during database running, which help you analyze system problems.
Procedure
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#. :ref:`Log in to the DDS console. `
#. On the **Instance Management** page, click the target DB instance.
#. In the navigation pane on the left, click **Error Logs**.
#. On the displayed page, click **Error Logs**. Then, view the log details.
- For a cluster instance, you can view error logs of the mongos, shard, and config nodes.
- For a replica set instance, you can view the error logs of the primary, secondary, and hidden nodes.
- For a single node instance, you can view error logs of the current node.
- You can view up to 2,000 error logs of a specified node type, at a specified level, and within a specified period.