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Nlog Logrotation, keep 7 days of logfiles than archive it every sunday

Is there a way to create a log rotation with NLOG that records a log for each day for seven days and then archives them after the seven days?
this is my current target with this i :
<target xsi:type="File"
name="error"
layout="${longdate} ${uppercase:${level}}: - ${message}"
fileName="${basedir}/logs/Error.log"
archiveFileName="${basedir}/logs/archive/Error{#}.zip"
archiveNumbering="Rolling"
enableArchiveFileCompression="true"
archiveEvery="Sunday"
archiveAboveSize="10000000"
maxArchiveDays ="28"
archiveDateFormat="yyyy-MM-dd"
concurrentWrites="false"/>

NLog likes to have single static file, but maybe this is possible:
<target xsi:type="File"
name="error"
layout="${longdate} ${uppercase:${level}}: - ${message}"
fileName="${basedir}/logs/Error.${date:format=ddd}.log"
archiveFileName="${basedir}/logs/archive/Error.{#}.zip"
archiveDateFormat="yyyy-MM-dd"
archiveNumbering="DateAndSequence"
archiveEvery="Day"
enableArchiveFileCompression="true"
archiveAboveSize="10000000"
maxArchiveDays ="28"
concurrentWrites="false"/>
Then ${basedir}/logs/-folder will grow to have 7 files:
Error.Mon.log
Error.Tue.log
Error.Wed.log
Error.Thu.log
Error.Fri.log
Error.Sat.log
Error.Sun.log
And when "rolling" to next file that already exists (ex. Error.Mon.log), then the old file will be moved to ${basedir}/logs/archive/-folder and renamed to Error.yyyy-MM-dd.log (Using timestamp of when the old file was created)
See also: https://github.com/NLog/NLog/wiki/FileTarget-Archive-Examples

Format JSON object in Console or File targets of NLog

For a simple prototype program, I am using NLog with ColoredConsole and File targets, with simple layouts (see configuration file below).
And I am using # operator to destructure objects :
Logger.Debug("values : {#result}", aRandomObject);
where aRandomObject could be anything.
Unfortunately, for both the Console and File targets, by default the destructured object is rendered in json without any formatting. Pretty convienient for computers, but much harder to read for humans.
Instead, I would like to find a way to print my objects as formatted json (with indentations and line breaks) if it's possible with Nlog.
I don't want to render the whole target as a json (as a "JsonLayout" allows), but only the objects logged with #.
Here's the full NLog configuration :
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?>
<nlog xmlns="http://www.nlog-project.org/schemas/NLog.xsd"
xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.nlog-project.org/schemas/NLog.xsd NLog.xsd"
autoReload="true"
throwExceptions="true"
internalLogLevel="Off" internalLogFile="c:/temp/nlog-internal.log">
<variable name="baseLogDirectory" value="C:\Logs\Thing"/>
<targets>
<target xsi:type="File" name="file" fileName="${baseLogDirectory}\${cached:cached=true:inner=${date:format=yyyyMMdd_HHmmss}}_${processid}.log"
layout="${longdate} ${uppercase:${level}} ${callsite} ${message} ${exception:format=toString,Data}" />
<target name="console" xsi:type="ColoredConsole" layout="${longdate}|${pad:padding=5:inner=${level:uppercase=true}}|${message}" />
</targets>
<rules>
<logger name="*" minlevel="Debug" writeTo="file, console" />
</rules>
</nlog>
Thank you

Nlog not loggin to File

my nlog not creating files. I Use the same configuration in another project and everythink is Ok, but in new project nlog not create new files.
Nlog config :
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?>
autoReload= "true"
internalLogLevel =" Trace"
internalLogFile ="c:\temp\internal-nlog.txt">
<targets>
<target name="file" xsi:type="File"
layout="${longdate} ${logger} ${message}${exception:format=ToString}"
fileName="C:\beka\logs\logfile.txt"
/>
<target name="exceptions" xsi:type="File"
layout="${longdate} ${logger} ${message}${exception:format=ToString}"
fileName="C:\beka\logs\logfileExceptions.txt"
/>
</targets>
<rules>
<logger name="*" minlevel="Trace" writeTo="file" />
<logger name="*" minlevel="Error" writeTo="exceptions" />
</rules>
On the console I can see that the log has been called but its not sent to a file.
I think the problem can be in c:\temp\internal-nlog.txt becouse this file has references to another project. And when i start another project internal-nlog.txt is update but when i start this project internal-nlog-txt doesnt update
Nlog action = content,
Copy to outputDirectory = copy if newer

How to configure NLog FileTarget to create sub-folder for each username?

I want to create custom folder and logs with Microsoft.Extensions.NLog with ILogger. I want each users in my system to his personal folder. I create a target like this.
<target xsi:type="File"
name="fileLog"
fileName="${basedir}/${userName}/${userName}.log"
maxArchiveFiles="50"
archiveAboveSize="10000000"
layout="${longdate}|${event-properties:item=EventId_Id:whenEmpty=0}| ${uppercase:${level}} ${logger}|${message} ${exception:format=ToString,StackTrace}" />
And for example when I want to write a log userName to be transmited like argument.
Logger.LogError("Something went wrong. Id: {userName}", userName);
Thanks a lot for help!

I guess you can do this:
<nlog>
<variable name="UserName" layout="${event-properties:item=userName:whenEmpty=App}" />
<targets>
<target xsi:type="File"
name="fileLog"
fileName="${basedir}/${UserName}/${UserName}.log"
maxArchiveFiles="50"
archiveAboveSize="10000000"
layout="${longdate}|${event-properties:item=EventId_Id:whenEmpty=0}| ${uppercase:${level}} ${logger}|${message} ${exception:format=ToString,StackTrace}" />
</targets>
<rules>
<logger name="*" minLevel="Debug" writeTo="fileLog" />
</rules>
</nlog>
Then you can do this:
Logger.LogError("Something went wrong. Id: {userName}", userName);
See also: https://github.com/NLog/NLog.Extensions.Logging/wiki/NLog-properties-with-Microsoft-Extension-Logging
See also: https://github.com/NLog/NLog/wiki/Environment-User-Layout-Renderer
See also: https://github.com/NLog/NLog/wiki/AspNetUserIdentity-layout-renderer
See also: https://github.com/NLog/NLog/wiki/AspNet-User-Claim-layout-renderer

How can I create a NLog Config Timeshift by hours in C#?

How can I, if possible, create a log file with a timestamp that is shifted by x hours?
<variable name="logdt" value="${shortdate}"/>
<targets>
<target
name="file" xsi:type="File"
layout="${shortdate}${semi}${time}${semi}${message}"
fileName="${basedir}\logs\${logdt}**-6h**.csv"
archiveFileName="${basedir}\archives\${logdt}**-6h**.{#}.zip"
archiveEvery="Day"
archiveNumbering="Rolling"
maxArchiveFiles="7"
enableArchiveFileCompression="true"
keepFileOpen="true"
openFileCacheTimeout="30"
/>
</targets>

You can configure the Time Source.
https://github.com/NLog/NLog/wiki/Time-Source