Important Debugging tools

 


(Tracer, Live UI & Chipboard)

TRACER

[To trace all the rules behind execution & active requestor]

Ø  Tracer is the main debugging tool used to trace complete step-by-step execution from bottom to top and also trace active requestor session connected to your server node

Ø  Better use Tracer to trace entire execution & use Trace Open Rule tracer to trace specific rule execution

·         Path to Tracer: Developer tool bar > Tracer tool

·         Path to Tracer Open Rule: Dev portal > specific rule opened > Actions menu > Trace

It is available for only specific rules like Activity, Data Page, DT, RD, Service rules

Ø  Tracer has below features:

·         Play / Pause mode: Make sure Tracer in play mode before run the program

Pause mode: You can stop trace in mid of program whenever you want

·         Clear: To erased display events & to continue further tracing

·         Save: To save tracing results in local system as (an Excel, CSV or XML file) for analysis & to send it to superiors

·         Remote Tracer: To trace active remote requestor only on current Node

F Go SMA to trace active remote requestor on other Node

·         Watch (Property Inspector - across program): To watch Property at specific Page

F To watch the specific properties (one by one) by changing its values at specific page in program

F It stops tracing at that particular Property you set in Page

·         Breakpoints (only specific Activity step): To watch Property at specific Activity Step

F To set break points for specific Activity Step, so that we can watch required Property values we set (one by one)

F It stops tracing at that particular ‘Step begin’ you are going to set

·         Settings: Select the desired options to limit the tracing results, it improves your Tracer performance

1.      Events To Trace: Activities & its Steps / DT & its Actions / When and Access Deny, Exception

2.      Break Conditions: Exception, Fail Status & Warn Status

3.      General Options: Abbreviate Events, Expand Java Pages, & Local Variables 

4.      Event Types To Trace: Auto populate properties, Case Type, Data Page, Declare rules (9), Flow, Interaction, Locking, Log Messages, Parse Rules, SOAP Messages, Services ,  Stream Rules etc.

5.      Rule sets To Trace: We can filter Rule sets from tracing

F As a beginner or needy, better trace entire execution including OOTB also by selecting all Rule Sets

6.      Pages To Trace: To trace additional pages like referenced pages

F Primary & Step Pages are always traced by default

7.      Max Trace Events to Display (default: 500 most recent trace lines)

Ø  Tracer has columns as:

Line / THREAD / INT / Rule# /  Step Method / Step Page / Step / Status / Event type / Elapsed / Name / RuleSet

·         Step Method: we can find parameters here

·         Step Page: we can find page details here

·         Again Event type has (in order while execution): Represents internal steps of that rule

Activity End / Step End / Step Begin / Activity Begin / When Begin / When End / Stream Rules / Expression / Constraint / Model Begin / Model End / Access Denied etc…

LIVE UI

[Used to quickly inspect the UI rules]

Ø  Live UI tool is used to identify & quickly inspect the rules that are underlying the Harness (such as Harness, Section, Property, Declare, Skin rules & even FA etc.) to fix some UI issues there itself and to also understand the structure of a work object form

Ø  There itself at run-time, we can also customize the Section using Live UI tool

Ø  Developer tool bar > Turn on the UI Inspector [Turn off it when done by toggle it]

Ø  Toggle it by Ctrl + Shift without coming out from it

Ø  Also called ‘UI Inspector’ tool

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