How to Configure Tracking for a Schema

This topic describes how to use the BizTalk Server Administration console to configure tracking for a schema. To configure tracking, you specify the properties of the messages that you want to view in the query views of the BizTalk Server Administration console Group Hub page.

For more information about creating and using queries, see Using the BizTalk Server Administration Console. For more information about the message event and service instance tracking features of BizTalk Server, see Viewing Tracked Message and Instance Data.

Prerequisites

To perform the procedure in this topic, you must be logged on with an account that is a member of the BizTalk Server Administrators group. To you want to view tracking options only, you can be logged on as a member of the BizTalk Server Operators group. For more detailed information on permissions, see Permissions Required for Deploying and Managing a BizTalk Application.

To configure tracking for a schema

1. Click Start, click Programs, click Microsoft BizTalk Server 20xx, and then click BizTalk Server Administration.

2. In the console tree, expand BizTalk Server Administration, expand the BizTalk group containing the schema for which you want to configure tracking, and then expand the application containing the schema.

3. Click Schemas, right-click the schema, and then click Properties.

4. In the left pane, click Tracking.

5. Do one of the following to specify which properties to use for tracking messages, and then click OK:

   • Select the Select all message properties check box to use all the listed properties.

     Note

     This check box is available only for schemas that contain promoted properties.

   • Select the check box of each property that you want to use.

     Note

     This is available only for schemas that contain promoted properties.

Note

You should select only the options you need, as tracking messages creates performance and storage overhead for your system.

See Also

Managing Schemas