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Monitoring Applications and Spaces with Events and Logs

Beginner
6 min.
SAP BTP cockpit, Beginner, Tutorial, SAP Business Technology Platform, SAP BTP, Cloud Foundry runtime and environment
Understand how to monitor your applications and spaces using events and logs in the SAP BTP cockpit. You will track activity and troubleshoot issues.
You will learn
  • What space events, application events, and application logs are and how they compare
  • Where to find them in the cockpit
  • The terminology used on the Space Events, Application Events, and Logs pages
  • How to use them to troubleshoot application issues
danachkovDragomir AnachkovDecember 16, 2025
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danachkov
December 15, 2025
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Prerequisites

Note: This tutorial is part of a learning journey.
- Make sure you’ve fulfilled all prerequisites in Getting Started with Cloud Foundry Environment and SAP BTP Cockpit.
- You have one of the following roles in the space where the application is deployed: Space Developer, Space Auditor, Space Supporter.

  • Step 1

    To monitor and troubleshoot your applications, it’s important to understand how space events, application events, and application logs differ and what information each provides.

    Space Events Application Events Application Logs
    Location Space level Application level Application level
    Scope Space-wide. Can affect multiple applications, services, and routes. Application-specific Application-specific
    Purpose Monitor actions taken by the user or the system against a space (e.g. adding a space member) Monitor actions taken by the user or the system against an application Display app-specific logs generated by the application and Cloud Foundry
    Use cases Monitor space-level activities and resource changes Debug your application and analyze its state Identify and troubleshoot app-specific problems
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