Configuring Usage Data Logging using Powershell in SharePoint

In this blog you will learn how to solve Error while configuring Usage Data Logging using Powershell in SharePoint

Hello again,

I was configuring Usage a Data Logging settings using powershell. These settings we can configure from either Central Admin (Central Admin >> Monitoring >>Configure usage and health data collection) or from PowerShell.

So I choose my all time favorite Powershell. I have executed the following command.

Set-SPUsageService -LoggingEnabled 1 -UsageLogLocation F:\SharePoint Logs -UsageLogMaxSpaceGB 2

Following are the options:

• LoggingEnabled: Enables usage data logging.
  
  
• UsageLogLocation: Path for Usage logs.
  
  
• UsageLogMaxSpaceGB: Maximum amount of drive space used for storing the logs.

But, I am getting following exception:

Set-SPUsageService : Cannot bind parameter 'Identity'. Cannot convert value "Lo
gs1\" to type "Microsoft.SharePoint.PowerShell.SPUsageServicePipeBind". Error:
"Guid should contain 32 digits with 4 dashes (xxxxxxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxxxxxxx
xxx)."
At line:1 char:19
+ Set-SPUsageService <<<< -LoggingEnabled 0 -UsageLogLocation F:\SharePoint Lo
gs1\ -UsageLogMaxSpaceGB 2
+ CategoryInfo : InvalidArgument: (:) [Set-SPUsageService], Param
eterBindingException
+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : CannotConvertArgumentNoMessage,Microsoft.SharePo
int.PowerShell.SPCmdletSetUsageService

When, I tried the same options from Central Admin, I could successfully set those settings. After doing some research I found that when we configure these settings through PowerShell it doesn’t take the space in logs location path. So I tried again without space in path, it executed successfully.

Set-SPUsageService -LoggingEnabled 1 -UsageLogLocation F:\SharePointLogs -UsageLogMaxSpaceGB 2

Or if I specify the path in either quotation mark (‘’) or in double quotes (“”) then it works successfully as follows:

Set-SPUsageService -LoggingEnabled 1 -UsageLogLocation ‘F:\SharePoint Logs’ -UsageLogMaxSpaceGB 2

Or

Set-SPUsageService -LoggingEnabled 1 -UsageLogLocation “F:\SharePoint Logs” -UsageLogMaxSpaceGB 2

Here, I just want to share the error which occurs since this error message is different than what should be it.
Thanks!

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