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How to enable Dynamics 365 Plugin Tracing

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This article will walk you through how to enable Dynamics 365 Plugin Tracing.

Step 1: Open “Dynamics 365”, navigate to “Settings”  > “Administration” and select “System Settings” as you can see in Figure 

Figure 1: System Settings

Step 2: After clicking System Settings, navigate to the ❶ “Customization”-tab and enable the ❷ “Plugin and custom workflow activity tracing” option by setting it to trace ❸“All”.

Confirm with [OK]. 

Figure 2: Plugin and custom workflow activity tracing

Step 3: ​Next, go to “Dynamics 365” > “Settings” > “Products” and check if a record named “Plugin” already exists. If not create a new one by hitting the [NEW]-button. 

  • Name: Plugin
  • Product Type: server 

In the subgrid’s body, ensure that a SettingsKey with the following information exists: 

  • Name: debug
  • KeyValue: true 

The result will look like in the figure below: 

Figure 3: Plugin record

Step 4: Reproduce the problem, navigate to “Dynamics 365“ > “Settings” > “Plugin Trace Log” and search for the logfiles that are created by your action.

Figure 4: All Plugin Trace Logs

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