General trace and log analysis patterns allow the application of uniform diagnostics and anomaly detection across diverse software environments. It includes troubleshooting, debugging, describing, and explaining problems and incidents on various operating systems and platforms. It is also helpful in recording network traces, malware, general data, narratives, and text and image analysis (space-like narratology). This course, organized as a pattern language dictionary and cross-referenced with classification, explains and teaches more than 200 traces and log analysis patterns.

A Guide to Learning Software Trace and Log Analysis Patterns

**(Select all that apply.)** You found an error message in the log. What other related analysis patterns should you think of while continuing your investigation?

(Select all that apply.) You found an error message in the log. What other related analysis patterns should you think of while continuing your investigation?

**(Select all that apply.)** You spent considerable time analyzing a large distributed trace. You want to make sure your root cause analysis is correct. Choose the analysis patterns that you should be aware of for better proof assurance.

(Select all that apply.) You spent considerable time analyzing a large distributed trace. You want to make sure your root cause analysis is correct. Choose the analysis patterns that you should be aware of for better proof assurance.

**(Select all that apply.)** What analysis patterns should you consider when you have a huge trace spanning many days of tracing? 

(Select all that apply.) What analysis patterns should you consider when you have a huge trace spanning many days of tracing?

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Getting Started

Activity

Block and Data

Error and Large Scale

Message 1

Message 2

Trace as a Whole

Trace Set

Vocabulary, Memory, Code and Text

Conclusion

Index

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