This topic describes how to set the trace level to generate trace
records in the administrative console.
About this task
Trace level specifies how much trace data to accumulate for a given
transaction. You should choose the one of the following values when setting
the trace level in the administrative console.
- None
- No instrumentation.
- Hops
- Generates instrumentation information on process
boundaries only. When this setting is selected, you see the data at the application
server level, not the level of individual components such as enterprise beans
or servlets.
- Performance_debug
- Generates one additional level of instrumentation
data, whereas debug generates detailed instrumentation data.
- Debug
- Provides detailed instrumentation data, including
response times for all intra-process servlet and Enterprise JavaBeans (EJB)
calls.
Procedure
- Open the administrative console.
- Click Monitoring and Tuning > Request metrics in
the administrative console navigation tree.
- Find Trace level in the Configuration tab.
- Select a trace level from the drop down list box. To
set the request metrics trace level to generate records, make sure that the
trace level is set to a value greater than None.
- Click Apply or OK.
- Click Save.
Results
Information are generated to reflect the trace level you selected.