Developer Dashboard In Sharepoint 2010: Boon For Sp Developers

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Collaboration, team work, web apps and many more benefits are enjoyed due to SharePoint 2010 development. This invention existed with fresh add-ons and rich features and the article is going to describe one of all and that is Developer Dashboard. This feature enables a better SharePoint 2010 development or SharePoint consulting process. It is capable to analyse execution and performance of current page. SharePoint developers are benefited with details that show the execution time of queries and events. For a simpler clarification they are enabled with information that describes about the user logged on or the state of the page.
This feature is not available by default but those requiring it may opt for certain ways that will help in activating it. The ways are STSADM command, a .NET code, a PowerShell script and the Developer Dashboard configuration feature. You are availed with three levels of activation like On, Off and OnDemand. Performing this operation or process requires you to be an administrator on the SP farm.
In detail: STSADM: It is one of the command line and an option that enables modification of activation ...
... mode/status. This command is a substitute of PowerShell but still it is active and functional. If while using the dashboard in SharePoint 2010 you desire to assign your desired level then perform the below methods:
Enabling:
stsadm -o setproperty -pn developer-dashboard -pv On
Disabling:
stsadm -o setproperty -pn developer-dashboard -pv Off
On demand:
stsadm -o setproperty -pn developer-dashboard -pvOnDemand
The above is a substitute to PowerShell which is the responsible and a very powerful tool supporting .Net APIs’ handling. The tool is bought in with the release of SharePoint 2010 and totally meant for performing as a reference for server side administration of Microsoft products. You are facilitated with a shortcut to it with SharePoint 2010 Management Shell.
Update the display level of Developer Dashboard with below coding:
$srv = [Microsoft.SharePoint.Administration.SPWebService]::ContentService
$setting =$srv.DeveloperDashboardSettings
$setting.DisplayLevel = [Microsoft.SharePoint.Administration.SPDeveloperDashboardLevel]::OnDemand
$setting.Update()
As per your requirements you can change its value with On or Off or Ondemand. The only last hope or say method to update is with creation of code using .Net technology. You can develop a console app for executing below code:
usingMicrosoft.SharePoint.Administration;
SPDeveloperDashboardSettingsdashboardSettings = SPWebService.ContentService.DeveloperDashboardSettings;
dashboardSettings.DisplayLevel = SPDeveloperDashboardLevel.OnDemand;
dashboardSettings.Update();
Finally you are supposed to add a reference to the library. The next step in SharePoint 2010 development or SharePoint consulting you require is the configuration feature from Dashboard. This feature allows you with efficient management of settings of dashboard once you are finished with its’ download, installation and activation. Also the activation is manageable along with setting and you can do this from the menu of General Applications Settings.
Let us learn about some more properties in Developer Dashboard. These properties are capable to refine and better the configuration. They are:
Maximum Critical Events to Track
Maximum SQL Queries to Track
Required Permissions
And Trace Enables
When the Developer Dashboard is disables you will naturally see no change in its visibility. At the time of activation mode you will see a block appearing at the end of the page. If you execute the page in normal way then the outline is appeared in green colour and in yellow at the time of warning and red when there is something critical or in case there is some error.

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