How to do debugging with Policy Template Fragment

[Louie Kwan]

When setting breakpoint in Service Debugger, it seems it cannot go inside any Policy Fragment inside a Policy Template ? Any tip how to step inside a policy template.

Thanks in advance.

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[Joe Dascole]

Hi Louie,

The policy fragments can be debugged via the service debugger. Are you perhaps referring to encapsulated assertions?

We have a great doc here on enabling policy tracing that should be of some value to you. It is not quite as elegant as the service debugger but logs some great detail that can get inside of encapsulated assertions and listed out the exact line at which a failure occurs. Hope this helps.

https://ca-broadcom.wolkenservicedesk.com/external/article?articleId=136303

Regards,
Joe

[Louie Kwan]

Try to debug a fragment policy provided by the Layer 7 Portal Developer and it is encapsulated assertions.

Only Debug log for encapsulated assertions then?


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Enterprise Architect
TwoCoins.ca Inc.
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[Joe Dascole]

That is correct. The service debugger will not work with encapsulated assertions.

Regards,
Joe

[Louie Kwan]

Need to use audit log then. Thanks.

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[Stefan Klotz]

What you also can try:

1. open the policy/fragment of your encAssertion
2. copy everything
3. open the original policy
4. replace the encAssertion with the content from step 2
5. keep in mind: if the encAssertion uses input values, you need to specify them manually at the beginning of the copied content

With this in place you have full visibility again in the Service Debugger. Once troubleshooting is finished, you can revert your changes. Or if possible, you can do all these modifications on a copy of the original policy.
Hope that helps.

Ciao Stefan :)

[Louie Kwan]

Thanks Stefan, it is an interesting and good workaround as we have more control with the suggested way.

One minor follow up question how to define Boolean value using "Set Context Variable" for step 5 listed above.

Thanks in advance.

[Stefan Klotz]

Hi Louie,
that's indeed a good question, as this type is not available in the "Set Context Variable"-Assertion.

But maybe it will work, if you are using a String with the value "true/false" or just 1 or 0 (maybe also as Integer).
Create a small test-policy and check how it behaves.

Ciao Stefan :)​

[Leandro Dantas]

Hello there.

In step 4 you do not need to copy everthing from the encass policy, just use the Include Policy Fragment Assertion pointing to the policy of your encass.

Step 5 is very important to check.


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