Enabling the Developer’s Dashboard for Troubleshooting

A final topic for this chapter involves enabling the Developer’s Dashboard, which can be of assistance when troubleshooting issues with a complex list or library. The Developer’s Dashboard can be enabled via the command prompt using the stsadm tool, or through PowerShell. This tool provides a summary of the web server, database queries, web part events, and other items of interest to developers.

Follow these steps to enable the Developer’s Dashboard using the stsadm tool:

  1. From the SharePoint 2010 front-end server that houses the Central Administrator site, access the command prompt by clicking the Start button and typing cmd into the Search field. The command prompt should open.
  2. From the ...

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