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Building and Configuring Workflows
Debug Workflows
Debugging
The debugging function allows you to locate and isolate an error in your workflow in order to fix it before the workflow is used in a production environment.
Workflow Debug View
You can view a workflow and the value of its variables during a debugging session.
Testing and Debugging Commands
When you attach a debugger to a running workflow, you can perform debugging operations, as well as start and stop a test workflow.

Workflow Products Documentation

Building and Configuring Workflows
- Workflow Design Basics
- Workflow Foundations
- Task Management for Administrators
- Task Configuration
- Task Step Configuration
- Global Subprocesses
- Basic Activities
- Schedules
- Faults
- Test Workflows
- Debug Workflows
  - Debugging
    The debugging function allows you to locate and isolate an error in your workflow in order to fix it before the workflow is used in a production environment.
    - Breakpoints
      Breakpoints allow you to intentionally pause a workflow when it reaches a specific location, such as a process step or activity. The workflow automatically pauses whenever a breakpoint is reached if the workflow debugger is attached.
    - Workflow Debug View
      You can view a workflow and the value of its variables during a debugging session.
      - Testing and Debugging Commands
        When you attach a debugger to a running workflow, you can perform debugging operations, as well as start and stop a test workflow.
      - Pause and resume a workflow in a debugging session
      - Add and remove breakpoints
      - Step through a workflow
      - View the current values for an activity's properties
      - View a workflow instance
    - Start and end a test debugging session
      You can troubleshoot problems that may be occurring in a workflow by tracking the flow of logic in a workflow.
    - Start a debugging session for a workflow instance
    - Kill a debugging session
- Track Data
- Web Services Service Provider
- Legacy Workflow Web Service
- Categories
- Completion Codes
- Actuals
- REST APIs

Testing and Debugging Commands

When you attach a debugger to a running workflow, you can perform debugging operations, as well as start and stop a test workflow.

These commands represent the functionality of the buttons on the Debugger Control Bar, as well as the meaning of the images displayed during a debug session.

Icon	Command	This icon...
	Start/Continue	Click this button to: start a new test, or proceed when a running workflow is paused.
	Break	Click to pause a running workflow at the beginning of the next process step or activity.
	Stop	Click to stop testing the current workflow.
	Step	Click to move through a workflow step by step.
	Add a Breakpoint	Click to add a breakpoint prior to running a workflow to ensure the workflow pauses immediately before the specified activity runs.
	Remove a Breakpoint	Click to remove a specific breakpoint that was set before running the workflow.
	Remove all Breakpoints	Click to remove all breakpoints that were set before running the workflow.
	Activity running	Indicates that there is an activity running inside the highlighted subprocess.
	Activity in progress	Indicates that pause has been clicked on the Debugger Control Bar and that the current activity will continue running until it completes. The break will occur at the next activity, which is indicated by a yellow arrow.
	Activity paused	Indicates the activity that is running.