Debugging features in TDI

Once creating your IBM Tivoli Directory Integrator solution, usually using the Config Editor (CE), there are a number of ways you can put it through its paces and test it. Some of the debugging features TDI offers are available from within the CE, and some are based on scripts that are available in the TDI installation directory.

Debugging features in IBM Tivoli Directory Integrator are the Sandbox, AssemblyLine Simulation Mode and the stepper and debugger.

The stepper and debugger are part of the Configuration Editor; see The stepper and debugger.

• Sandbox
  IBM TDI includes a Sandbox feature that enables you to record the operation of one or more Connectors in an AssemblyLine for later replay without the necessary data sources being available.

• AssemblyLine Simulation Mode
  AssemblyLines can be debugged without actually exchanging data with connected systems using the AssemblyLine Simulation Mode. When an AssemblyLine has been started in this mode all AssemblyLine Components which potentially could cause changes in the target systems will be skipped.