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 (for example, at the entry and exit points for the Web container).
- 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.