How to trace app engine in peoplesoft

In this post I will show you how to trace an application engine process using the Process Definitions without setting the trace in the Process Scheduler’s psprcs.cfg configuration file.

Navigate to the process definition of the application engine that you would like to trace (PeopleTools > Process Scheduler > Processes). Go to the Overrride Options tab, and from the Parameter List drop down select Append, and in the edit box next to it add the following line:

-TRACE 7 -TOOLSTRACEPC 4044

TRACE application engine using process definition

This will trace SQLs inside of your application engine as well as peoplecode. Save the process definition and go ahead and run your program. To examine the trace files, just navigate to the process monitor, click details on your process, then View Log/Trace.

-TRACE output goes into Application Engine Trace (.AET)
-TOOLSTRACEPC output goes into the PeopleTools trace file (.trc)