Tracing and Logging

In case something unexpected happens with BPM, it can be handy to have a log file, so you have better options to find out what went wrong.
With BizTalk Processing Monitor there are 2 methods to set the different levels of tracing/logging:

·        In the Options screen

·        In the BPM.exe.config file

In both ways you can set the following levels of tracing/logging:

0 - Disabled
1 - Gives error messages
2 - Gives errors and warnings
3 - Gives more detailed information
4 - Gives verbose trace information

The Options screen

Navigate to the Options screen by selecting the Tools menu and then Options... The following screen appears:

Simply choose a value from the dropdown box and BPM will start writing to a log file.

BPM.exe.config

The folder which contains BPM.exe also contains a configuration file. This file contains the following section:
  <system.diagnostics>
    <switches>
      <!-- 0 - Disabled 1 - Gives error messages 2 - Gives errors and warnings 3 - Gives more detailed information 4 - Gives verbose trace information -->
      <add name="TraceSwitch" value="0" />
    </switches>
  </system.diagnostics>

You can set the level of tracing/logging by entering a value in the field ‘value’ of the TraceSwitch key. This can especially be helpful when BPM does not start up and you need more information about what’s going on.