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Set Access Desktop Preferences
Set the user Access Desktop preferences.
View Logs
Log files can be used for monitoring and troubleshooting the application.

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What's New
Latest features available with Altair Access™ Desktop.
About Access Desktop
Altair Access Desktop provides a simple, powerful and consistent interface for submitting and monitoring jobs.
Tutorials
Video tutorials to help you get started with Access Desktop.
System Requirements
Supported platforms and hardware requirements for using Access Desktop.
Supported Product Configurations
Supported product configurations for using Access Desktop.
Log into Access Desktop and Register an HPC Cluster
Log into Access Desktop and register an HPC cluster so that you can begin submitting jobs to the Workload Manager.
Upgrade Altair Access Desktop
Upgrade to the latest version of Access Desktop after receiving a notification that an upgrade is available.
Submit Jobs
Schedule jobs to run on an HPC cluster by submitting them to the Workload Manager.
Monitor Jobs
Monitor the status of your jobs, monitor memory and core utilization, view a list of job files, or view a list of job details.
Manage Jobs
Terminate and remove unwanted jobs.
Manage Clusters
Add, update, or delete HPC clusters.
Manage Job Profiles
Create and remove job profiles.
Set Access Desktop Preferences
Set the user Access Desktop preferences.
- Disable the Copy Back Output Preference
  Disable the copy back output files option.
- Map a Network Drive
  Map a network drive to create a shortcut to the shared file system path.
- Configure a Shared File System Path
  Configure a shared file system path to submit jobs from the mapped server.
- Export the Installation Configuration
  Export cluster, profile and application definition information to a zip file.
- View Logs
  Log files can be used for monitoring and troubleshooting the application.
- Cleanup Registry to Remove Registered Clusters
  Removes the invalid clusters from the system completely.
- Configure Remote Drive
  Map or add a name to the Webdav drive in your local machine so that the files in the job's running directory on the HPC complex can be accessed and viewed.
Manage Application Definitions
Application definitions are a predefined set of instructions to describe application parameters, store responses and prepare responses for job execution.

View Logs

Log files can be used for monitoring and troubleshooting the application.

To optimize storage space on the machine hosting Access Desktop, log files are stored for seven days.

Open the Windows system tray.
Double-click the Access Desktop icon .
Click .
Select Show Logs.

The folder containing the log files is opened in Windows Explorer.

Note: The default location of the log files is: %USERPROFILE%\Altair_Access\home\logs

The log files in the folder are:

catalina, host-manager, localhost, and manager - related to Tomcat
adf - related to framework
pas-server and desktop - related to server