Viewing Error Descriptions

The DEMS events and errors are logged in the DEMS log file DEMSLog.txt and in Windows events log.

To view the description of the events, open Windows Event Viewer, and click Unisys Data Exchange under Applications and Services Logs.

You can view the possible Error IDs and their descriptions in the following table:

Table 3. Error IDs and Descriptions

Error IdError Description
0Event completed successfully
1Unknown error
10000Environment already exists
10001User role already exists
10002Login user already exists
10003Security profile already exists
10004Internal object already exists
10005Environment not found
10006User role not found
10007Login user not found
10008Security profile not found
10009Not allowed to delete the built-in environment
10010Not allowed to delete the built-in user role
10011Not allowed to delete the built-in login user
10012Not allowed to delete the built-in security profile
10013The environment name is invalid
10014The user role name is invalid
10015The login user name is invalid
10016The security profile name is invalid
10017The description is invalid
10018The domain name is invalid
20001Not allowed to delete the last DEMS admin user
20002The principal server is down
20003Cannot find the principal
20004Local user group on a remote machine name is not allowed
20005Invalid machine name
20006The default security profile cannot be deleted
20007Invalid security profile operation
20008Invalid internal model state
20009Not allowed to revoke the last DEMS admin user.
30001The user is not authorized to open the DEMS site
40001Failed to connect to DEMS
40002The version of the DE component is higher than the DEMS
40003The version of the DE component is no longer supported
40004The request to DEMS failed


The event data always contains 8 parameters. Some of the values may be empty if it is not applicable, but an empty data item still remains there.

An Event data is formatted as:

<EventData>
<Data>The event description.</Data>
<Data>The result of the event.</Data>
<Data>A before image of the DEMS item being changed.</Data>
<Data>An after image of the DEMS item being changed.</Data>
<Data>The 5 digit error ID.</Data>
<Data>A component effected, such as DEMS, DDW or Admin.</Data>
<Data>The user id who performed the operation.</Data>
<Data>Diagnostic information for the error.</Data>
</EventData>

You can view the possible Event Ids their descriptions in the following table:

Table 4. Event ID and Description

Event IDDescription
1000User signed in
2000Client query information in DEMS
3000Environment created
3001User role created
3002Login created
3003Security profile created
3004Duplicate user role created
4000Environment updated
4001User role updated
4002Login updated
4003Security profile updated
5000Environment deleted
5001User role deleted
5002Login deleted
5003Login deleted
5004Security profile deleted
6000Data Exchange Development Workbench user authentication
6001Admin Site user authentication
6002Admin Service user authentication
6003Runtime Service user authentication
6004DE SQL Server Service user authentication
6005Installation user authentication
6100Data Exchange Development Workbench fetched application configuration
6101Admin Site fetched application configuration
6102Admin Service fetched application configuration
6103Runtime Service fetched application configuration
6104DE SQL Server Service fetched application configuration
6105Installation fetched application configuration