Trace Log Viewer

[smason (Scott Mason)]

Since IE 11 is no longer available and support for it has ended, how do you view trace log xml files in a coherent easy to understand manner?

I can view a raw XML file in VSCode or another text editor but the format makes it difficult to follow. I tried using VSCode live server and that is a little better but still manages to screw up the table structure. It just lists everything vertically:

What program or app do you recommend to view Epicor’s xml trace logs?

[Mark_Wonsil]

Trace Helper Utility for Epicor ERP 10

So we’ve been working on a little utility to help parse the Epicor Trace Files and make development a little easer. Here is a walk through [Epicor Trace Parser / Differ] Below is some more info on how to use it. The most important but is how you setup your Trace. Your trace should be setup as shown [image] I know we (most of us) normally say “Track Changes Only” but this is big bold lie, it shows us what has changed in the data-set (even stuff we haven’t manually changed). This t…

[smason (Scott Mason)]

okay this looks like it will work quite nicely for my purposes

[utaylor (Utah Taylor)]

Jose makes things that work quite nicely! EDIT: I thought josh also did this, but didn’t confirm my suspicion so I just said Jose, but @jgiese.wci also had a part in this awesome tool!

[Mark_Wonsil]

Josh worked on this too. Just sayin’

[utaylor (Utah Taylor)]

I do recall that as well!

[josecgomez]

Pffft don’t give that guy any credit! He’s a bum!

Been thinking about making one as an extension for the browser but…. It sounds like a lot of work

[Mark_Wonsil]

@josecgomez

Been thinking about making one as an extension for the browser but

Sounds pretty HARry to me…

[jgiese.wci (Joshua Giese)]

I’ve been using XML Notepad for general trace exploration too

[Mark_Wonsil]

VSCode isn’t bad for XML. Color codes attributes, elements, and data. Also, it can collapse nodes…

[DeanMiller]

NotePad ++ works too…

[smason (Scott Mason)]

I was looking for something that has visual tables, like actually applying the styles defined in the XSL file. Reading the XML in native format is tiresome on the eyes even with code folding.

But the reason I actually need it is so that I can figure out REST payloads so in that instance using the Epicor Trace Viewer tool is actually much better.

I might offer some feedback to Jose and Josh if they still develop it:

• The sort button inside the tool is one way isn’t it? Maybe a sort alpha and sort chronological by call would be helpful. The only way to get back to chronological is if you close and open it.
• Also if Epicor is still open it locks the trace file and the tool errors out and won’t let you open it until you close Epicor.
• Another tab next ot Method Trace Info to view the entire file at once?
• How about an option to format as JSON or C#

If they don’t then no worries, it’s a million times better than reading raw XML in VSCode or elsewhere.

[josecgomez]

Epicor moved to the web so we are considering a similar browser extension but no updates to this tool at least not from me any time soon

[klincecum (Kevin Lincecum)]

Gonna be honest. I usually just have 6 or 7 notepads up on my screen.

Ain’t got no time for tools, although if I was going to use one, it would be this one.

[utaylor (Utah Taylor)]