Methods, apparatuses, and systems allowing for configuration of message logging policy on a granular basis for web services networks. In certain embodiments, the present invention allows for an efficient data logging scheme where only messages, or message elements, of interest are stored. According to one embodiment of the present invention, the fabric services associated with the web services network architecture supports different instances of a logging service to which message data are logged. For example, the logging service instances can be configured to log only header information (header logging instance), only payload information (payload logging instance), or entire messages (message logging instance). The web services network control points can be configured to flag messages transmitted to a logging node with a logging service type, which determines which logging service instance operates on the message.