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How to Enable APEX Session Debugging from the GUI

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A user reported that a search request on an APEX page is taking longer than expected to return the result data. To analyze this specific user session, APEX Session Debugging has to be enabled. This post explains how to enable and disable it in detail.

Issue Faced

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Enabling APEX Session Debugging through GUI

Login in as Workspace Administrator user in APEX.

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Navigate: Administration -> Monitor Activity -> Active Sessions

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Click on the session with the user logged in.

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Set Debug Level to APEX Trace.

Click Apply Changes.

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Request user to re-produce the error.

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Once done, set Debug Level back to Disabled for the specific session.
Click Apply Changes.

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Scroll down to view the session activities for this session below.

Select and Click on the Debug ID for the request on page that was identified.

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Scroll down to view the collected information for that debug id.

Go to Actions > Columns and add other available columns to Display in Report

Click Apply.

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Navigate to Actions -> Download to download the report in available formats.

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Download the report and provide it to developer/oracle support for evaluation.

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