Why can't we see the complete parameter details in call details pane of SteelCentral AppInternals Analysis server when viewing traces?

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Solution Number:
S28762
Last Modified:
2016-09-06
Issue
We are running SteelCentral AppInternals 10.x and when reviewing transactions and associated parameters, we see only partial parameter value. The value seems to be truncated. What is the reason for this and is there a workaround for this?

Solution
This is expected behavior. We do limit the number of characters we expose to avoid intensive long string operations. There are certain limits that are imposed on JIDA and Dotnet adapter parameter collection in SteelCentral AppInternals.

Both JIDA and the dotNet sub-agents limit the size of parameter values they will report. The sub-agents use different approaches but the approximate limits are as follows.
  • Strings are truncated at 5000 characters. Structures are limited as follows:
  • Structures include at most one level of nesting. Deeper nesting is not visible.
  • The entire structure is truncated at 500 characters.
  • Nested elements are truncated after a combined 250 characters.
  • Nested arrays are truncated after 10 elements.
  • Nested strings are truncated after 100 characters.
  • Any time truncation occurs, the parameter values show an ellipsis (...).
  • For nested arrays, the data adapter indicate the number of omitted items.

    The following examples show elision indicators:

    item={_items=[0,1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,...1014 items omitted],_size=1000,_version=1000,_syncRoot=null,emptyArray=[],_defaultCapacity=4}
    key="Day 14:Total # of characters=230: Quotes: A lie gets halfway around the world before the truth has ..."
    list={m_Head={Key="Day 1:Total # of characters=230: Quotes: A lie gets halfway around the world before the truth has a...",Item=System.Collections.ArrayList,NextNode=com.riverbed.test.feature.param.collections.LinkedList.Node2}}
Environment
SteelCentral AppInternals 10.x
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