To Enable Tracing for a Designated Workflow

Use one of the following methods to enable tracing for a designated workflow:

• Editing the WFProcess definition. To enable trace unconditionally for a particular process, edit the XML of the TaskDefinition object by adding the trace=’console ’ attribute to the <WFProcess> element.

• Editing the workflow variable. Gives you more control over the timing of tracing by using a workflow variable. The workflow engine will look for a top-level workflow variable named trace.

The following example shows how to trace a workflow variable.

Example 5–6 Tracing a Workflow Variable

<Variable name=’trace’>
   <cond><eq><ref>accountId</ref><s>jfaux</s></eq>
     <s>workflowTrace.txt</s>
   </cond>
 </Variable>

The trace variable turns tracing on only if the workflow is operating on a user named jfaux. You could also specify trace in a form field to control tracing interactively.

In this example, the trace output is written to the workflowTrace.txt file.