Applies To
	Product(s):	eB Web
	Version(s):	16.xx
	Environment:	N/A
	Area:	eB WEB
	Subarea:	Error Codes
	Original Author:	Gintautas Bajoriunas, Bentley Technical Support Group

 

  

Overview

In v15 eB Web error tracking displayed a message to the user that is determined by the page and includes a copy button that can be used to copy the message plus an encoded version of the error stack to the clipboard.  This has had several problems including –

• Users do not click the copy button and send us the message so we do not get any associated error information.  Typically errors include a screenshot of the message.

• Having the stack in the page output is bad because although it is encoded it is easy for the user to obtain the stack information, this is a security violation.

• There is no other logged information so it can be difficult to obtain detailed information about the cause of a problem in the web application.

From eB version 16 instead of error stack trace, correlation code is provided for user when error is received.  The changes are intended to make the web application more secure - by hiding the unsafe stack information, and easier to debug – by improving logging and allowing related logs to be associated. 

 

 Enable Tracing errors

Tracing can be enabled in eB Web Manager tool when setting up or editing existing eB web. By default tracing is disabled as the log file can still grow from everyday errors. When raising these issues with Bentley Support do attach this log next to Correlation Error code. 

For more detailed information and configuration see document eB Web Event Tracking