Learning Informatica PowerCenter 9.x

Tracing levels

Tracing levels in Informatica define the amount of data you wish to write in the session log when you execute the workflow. The tracing level is a very important aspect of Informatica, as it helps in analyzing errors. It is also very helpful in finding the bugs in the process and you can define it in every transformation. The tracing level option is present in every transformation properties window. There are four types of tracing levels available:

• Normal: When you set the tracing level as Normal, Informatica stores the status information, information about errors, and information about skipped rows. You get detailed information but not at an individual row level.
• Terse: When you set the tracing level as Terse, Informatica stores ...