Adding breakpoints

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In the Flow Debug perspective, you can add breakpoints to the connections of a message flow that is open in the Message Flow editor. Any breakpoint that is added to a flow is also automatically added to all other instances of the flow and you do not need to restart any of the instances.

When you add a breakpoint to a connection, the connection is flagged with the enabled global breakpoint symbol Enabled global breakpoint.

To add breakpoints to the connections of a message flow:

  1. Switch to the Flow Debug perspective.
  2. Add breakpoints to the appropriate connections. Use any of the following methods:
    Option Description
    Add breakpoints individually to selected connections:
    1. In the Message Flow editor, right-click the connection where you want to set the breakpoint.
    2. Click Add Breakpoint on the pop-up menu.
    Add breakpoints simultaneously to all connections entering a selected node:
    1. In the Message Flow editor, right-click the node before which you want to set breakpoints.
    2. Click Add Breakpoints Before Node on the pop-up menu.
    Add breakpoints simultaneously to all connections leaving a selected node:
    1. In the Message Flow editor, right-click the node after which you want to set breakpoints.
    2. Click Add Breakpoints After Node on the pop-up menu.
Now that you have added some breakpoints, you can step through the flow instance and work with data, as described in:
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Flow debugger overview
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Debugging a message flow
Working with breakpoints
Stepping through flow instances
Debugging data
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Flow debugger shortcuts
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