# Retrieve the project log

The project log file records all Helmut4 panel interactions, whether importing or exporting assets via Helmut4.

You can find this log file in the parent folder of your project, alongside the project file, with the \*.log extension.

<details>

<summary>Example project.log for an export</summary>

```
Jan-16-2025 13:22:05 panel - Getting all sequences
Jan-16-2025 13:22:34 panel - Processing assets: [{"id":"6788f9fdd460365be71b8cc5","name":"2025-01-16-My litte project","filesize":347407,"projectId":"6788f6a01cb5c1261f04aadd","group":"News","assetBreadCrumb":"/Exports/","assetObjectUUID":"9e196b8f-4204-47dd-988b-cb5086d8c67b","assetNodeId":null,"synced":true,"autosync":true,"unprocessed":false,"customMetadata":[{"key":"Export Path","value":"default location"},{"key":"Export Codec Format","value":"LoRes-H264.epr"},{"key":"Render via","value":"Local machine"}],"technicalMetadata":null,"markerList":[],"sequenceReferenceList":null,"inOutPoint":null,"proxy":null,"forceImportNew":null,"keepOriginalName":false,"keepOriginalBreadcrumb":false,"skipMetadataSync":null,"skipMarkersSync":null,"filepath":"\\\\test-filer.moovit.home\\Helmut\\helmut480-test\\Helmut4\\Media\\Exports\\VIDEO\\2025-01-16-My litte project\\2025-01-16-My litte project.mp4","lastFilepath":null,"mimeType":"VIDEO","online":true,"lastModified":"2025-01-16T12:22:15.819Z","project":null,"customId":{},"unique":null,"importSource":null},{"id":"6788f9fdd460365be71b8cc6","name":"Exports","filesize":0,"projectId":"6788f6a01cb5c1261f04aadd","group":"News","assetBreadCrumb":"/","assetObjectUUID":null,"assetNodeId":null,"synced":true,"autosync":true,"unprocessed":false,"customMetadata":null,"technicalMetadata":null,"markerList":[],"sequenceReferenceList":null,"inOutPoint":null,"proxy":null,"forceImportNew":null,"keepOriginalName":false,"keepOriginalBreadcrumb":false,"skipMetadataSync":null,"skipMarkersSync":null,"filepath":"\\\\test-filer.moovit.home\\Helmut\\helmut480-test\\Helmut4\\Projects\\News\\Evening\\Evening News\\2025-01-16-My litte project\\PR\\2025-01-16-My litte project.prproj:::\\Exports","lastFilepath":null,"mimeType":"BIN","online":false,"lastModified":"2025-01-16T12:22:21.221Z","project":null,"customId":{},"unique":null,"importSource":null}]
Jan-16-2025 13:22:34 panel - Sort assets
Jan-16-2025 13:22:34 panel - Number of Assets for consolidated import: 1
Jan-16-2025 13:22:34 panel - Number of Assets for sequential import: 1
Jan-16-2025 13:22:34 panel - Starting consolidated import
Jan-16-2025 13:22:34 panel - Starting sequential import
Jan-16-2025 13:22:34 panel - onItemAdded: 2025-01-16-My litte project.mp4, type: 1
Jan-16-2025 13:22:34 panel - Get Asset from $importList by filepath
Jan-16-2025 13:22:34 panel - onItemAdded 2025-01-16-My litte project -> processing
Jan-16-2025 13:22:34 panel - onItemAdded 2025-01-16-My litte project -> Exports found as target bin
Jan-16-2025 13:22:34 panel - onItemAdded 2025-01-16-My litte project -> Adding metadata
Jan-16-2025 13:22:34 panel - onItemAdded 2025-01-16-My litte project -> Adding marker
Jan-16-2025 13:22:34 panel - Markerlist is empty
Jan-16-2025 13:22:34 panel - onItemAdded: Exports, type: 2
Jan-16-2025 13:22:34 panel - Get Asset from $importList by filepath
Jan-16-2025 13:22:34 panel - onItemAdded Exports -> Is folder -> recursive add content to autoimport queue
Jan-16-2025 13:22:34 panel - '2025-01-16-My litte project' added to selection list
Jan-16-2025 13:22:34 panel - 2025-01-16-My litte project     000f4245
Jan-16-2025 13:22:34 panel - onItemAdded Exports -> skipped autoimport for 2025-01-16-My litte project since it has already been added to autoimport queue
Jan-16-2025 13:22:34 panel - Processing asset Exports, \\test-filer.moovit.home\Helmut\helmut480-test\Helmut4\Projects\News\Evening\Evening News\2025-01-16-My litte project\PR\2025-01-16-My litte project.prproj:::\Exports
Jan-16-2025 13:22:34 panel - Exports -> Found targetBin name: Exports
Jan-16-2025 13:22:34 panel - Metadatalist is empty
Jan-16-2025 13:22:34 panel - Exports -> Sequential import finished
Jan-16-2025 13:22:34 panel - block autoimport: false
```

</details>


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