Creating Custom Trace Configurations

Message Analyzer enables you to create your own Trace Scenario templates by customizing the properties of an existing scenario and then saving your customized version as a Trace Scenario template with a specified name and category, without actually starting a trace and collecting data in a Live Trace Session. When you save Trace Scenario templates, they become part of the Trace Scenarios Library where they represent a master trace configuration that can include one or more providers, Fast Filters, a Session Filter, ETW Keyword bitmask or error Level filters, or advanced filters that you specify in the Trace Scenario configuration prior to saving the template. You can also choose the data viewer that your Trace Scenario will use by default whenever you decide to run the template configuration in a Live Trace Session.

Some of the advantages of creating your own preconfigured Trace Scenarios are that you can do the following:

• Create any number of Trace Scenarios that serve as trace templates for common usage contexts, where you focus on retrieving unique message data in each context.

• Have the convenience of quick access to a Trace Scenario template that specifies a trace configuration you typically run on a consistent basis.

• Share Trace Scenario templates that might be useful to your team members or the larger Message Analyzer community.

• Obtain useful Trace Scenarios from other team members or community sources.