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title: "Troubleshooting excessive velocity logging errors"
canonical: "https://support.appfire.com/space/PSJ/15483696/Troubleshooting%20excessive%20velocity%20logging%20errors"
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## Problem

When Power Database Fields is installed, excessive logging with the following errors are posted in the <JIRA HOME>/log/atlassian-jira.log file.

```
[velocity] Cannot retrieve method getsimpleName from object of class java.lang.Class due to security restrictions.
[velocity] Cannot retrieve method getSimpleName from object of class java.lang.Class due to security restrictions.
[velocity] Cannot retrieve method get from object of class java.lang.Class due to security restrictions.
[velocity] Cannot retrieve method issimpleName from object of class java.lang.Class due to security restrictions.
[velocity] Cannot retrieve method isSimpleName from object of class java.lang.Class due to security restrictions.
```

## Solution

> ⚠️ Please note that this workaround is to be implemented at the user’s discretion as it may present a security risk. For more information, see this Atlassian [ticket](https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/JRASERVER-70944).



1. Open the velocity.properties file found at: <JIRA_INSTALLATION>atlassian-jira\WEB-INF\classes\velocity.properties
2. Change the following line:
  …to this:
3. You may also need to do the same to this line:
  …to this:
4. Save changes to velocity.properties.

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