Online Pipeline Debugger
- PIPEFORCE
Since Version 9.0
What is the Online Pipeline Debugger?
Sometimes it is necessary to see the flow of data thru an automation pipeline for bugfixing and optimization tasks.
For this, you can use the Online Pipeline Debugger.
It can be used without addition setup efforts using a web interface and records all input and output data of the commands of a given pipeline.
This way you can see where an error happened and / or which data has been passed into and produced by which command.
Enabling the Debugger
In order to start debugging of an automation pipeline, you have to enable it for this pipeline.
You can do so by opening the automation pipeline you would like to monitor in the pipeline editor in the online portal and then select "Pipeline Debugger" in the menu at the top right corner:
The debugger view opens in a new tab.
From this time on, each execution of the automation pipeline creates a new record entry in the debugger view. You can then step into all variables, commands and bodies and see, how these values change during the flow through the pipeline:
The Pipeline Debugger tab must stay open in order to keep the debugging session alive. As soon as the tab is closed, the debugging session gets closed, too.