Viewing Detailed Calculations of Performance Results

This topic provides an overview of debug/trace logs, lists a prerequisite, and discusses how to view the debug or trace log.

Page Name

Definition Name

Usage

ePerformance Debug/Trace Log Page

EP_DEBUG

View the detailed calculations for a document so that you can debug or trace the calculation.

ePerformance Debug/Trace Log Page (printable version)

EP_DEBUG_PRNT

Display all calculation information on a single page for convenient printing.

You can view a log of the steps that the system takes to calculate the results of a selected document. This feature can be helpful when you're trying to debug setup problems that are not easily identified by looking at the results of a document calculation.

The system generates a debug/trace log for a document when the user clicks a calculate button on the Maintain Documents page.

When a user first enters the Evaluation page, the system deletes any existing debug/trace information for the subdocument and begins a new trace. The document does not need to be saved to record the debug/trace results; clicking a calculate button automatically saves the results to the log.

Review the results of the debug/trace process after results are calculated and before accessing the Evaluation page for the same subdocument, since accessing the page again deletes the debug/trace data just created.

To have the system log calculation entries, you must select the Debug Rating Calculations check box on the ePerformance page (Set Up HCM, Install, Product Specific, ePerformance Installation, ePerformance).

Warning! Enabling this feature can have a significant impact on system performance. We recommend that you use the feature only when you are testing and debugging the ePerformance setup.

Use the ePerformance Debug/Trace Log page (EP_DEBUG) to view the detailed calculations for a document so that you can debug or trace the calculation.

Navigation:

Workforce Development > Performance Management > Debug Rating Calculation > ePerformance Debug/Trace Log

This example illustrates the fields and controls on the ePerformance Debug/Trace Log page.

 ePerformance Debug/Trace Log page

Note: To access this page you must select the Debug Rating Calculations check box on the ePerformance page (Set Up HCM, Install, Product Specific, ePerformance Installation, ePerformance) and then perform a calculation on a Manager Evaluation page.

Field or Control

Description

Log Entry Type

Select a log entry type to filter the output. Options are:

  • Trace:

    Only those entries that show the steps performed in the calculation appear.

  • Informational:

    Informational entries only appear. For example, an information entry is created when the system attempts to calculate a section for which none of the subordinate items have been rated. Information entries help explain why a particular result is obtained from a calculation.

  • Error:

    Errors appear in red and generally indicate a setup problem.

  • Warning.

Send to PeopleSoft

Click to access the Launch Diagnostics page (PT_DIAG_PLUGIN) and send the diagnostics information to Oracle.

For more information on the delivered HCM application diagnostic plug-in for ePerformance, seeePerformance.

Printable Version

Click to render a page that presents all trace information, without tabs, so that you can print a copy.

Note: When using the browser's File, Print option to print this page, be sure to set the printer layout to landscape mode.

Step Detail Tab

Click this tab to view the rating model, calculation method, review rating, numeric rating, review points, and the trace/debug messages for the employee.

Use the ePerformance Debug/Trace Log (printable version) page (EP_DEBUG_PRNT) to display all calculation information on a single page for convenient printing.

Navigation:

Click the Printable Version link on the ePerformance Debug/Trace Log page.

This example illustrates the fields and controls on the ePerformance Debug/Trace Log page (printable version).

 ePerformance Debug/Trace Log page (printable version)