Trace View

Trace View helps to trace HTTP messages sent from an application to a proxy and it helps analyze data right from the start of the request till a response is received by the application.

Click the Trace View icon present on the sidebar to switch to the Live Session screen. Click the Server Group name where tracing needs to be performed.

Clicking the Start Trace Session button present on the upper-left part of the screen starts tracing the request.

As the tracing starts, Stop Trace Session button gets enabled, clicking on which tracing will be stopped.

Whenever requests are sent, the details such as URI, Method, Status, and Timestamp appear under the Transactions table. These values get populated following the time interval as configured in the Automatic Refresh Interval or upon clicking the Refresh button.

Provide the Timeout value depending on the time required till the tracing needs to be done. Elapsed Time can be seen next to the Timeout property.

Details of each session

By clicking the policy icon, details of the request before executing (Incoming) the policy as well as after execution (Outgoing) will be displayed below the policies. Details such as Context Variable, Payload, Form Parameters and Headers will be displayed by clicking the respective tab.

Download Trace Session button helps download the data in JSON format to the designated Download directory.

Filtering the Transaction data

Expand the Filters tab to configure the data that needs to be filtered.

Provide the details (URI, Proxy Method, Proxy Status, Target Method, Target Status, From Date and To Date) under the Filters section based on which the transactions need to be traced and then click the Save icon.