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Uğur Aldanmaz edited this page Jan 15, 2016 · 5 revisions

A specialized layout that renders CSV-formatted events.

Supported in .NET, Silverlight, Compact Framework and Mono Configuration Syntax

<targets>
  <target>
    <layout xsi:type="CsvLayout">
      <!-- Layout Options -->
      <layout xsi:type="layoutType">Layout</layout>
      <footer xsi:type="layoutType">Layout</footer>
      <header xsi:type="layoutType">Layout</header>

      <!-- CSV Options -->
      <quoting>Enum</quoting>
      <quoteChar>String</quoteChar>
      <withHeader>Boolean</withHeader>
      <customColumnDelimiter>String</customColumnDelimiter>
      <delimiter>Enum</delimiter>
      <column layout="Layout" name="String"/> <!-- repeated -->

    </layout>
  </target>
</targets>

##Parameters ##Layout Options layout - Body layout (can be repeated multiple times). Layout

footer - Footer layout. Layout

header - Header layout. Layout ###CSV Options quoting - Quoting mode. Default: Auto
Possible values:

  • All - Quote all column.
  • Auto - Quote only whose values contain the quote symbol or the separator.
  • Nothing - Quote nothing.

Hint: To write logs which has multiline data, such as Exception message, you will need to use quotation mark (").

quoteChar - Quote Character. Default: "

withHeader - Indicates whether CSV should include header.Boolean

customColumnDelimiter - Custom column delimiter value (valid when ColumnDelimiter is set to 'Custom').

delimiter - Column delimiter. Default: Auto
Possible values:

  • Auto - Automatically detect from regional settings.
  • Comma - Comma (ASCII 44).
  • Custom - Custom string, specified by the CustomDelimiter.
  • Pipe - Pipe character (ASCII 124).
  • Semicolon - Semicolon (ASCII 59).
  • Space - Space character (ASCII 32).
  • Tab - Tab character (ASCII 9).

columns - The array of parameters to be passed.Collection
Each collection item is represented by <column /> element with the following attributes:

  • layout - Layout of the column.Layout Required.
  • name - Name of the column.
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