ULS Log Inspector for Fiddler
When troubleshooting SharePoint, I often use Fiddler to grab the Correlation ID. This can be found in the SPRequestGuid header in the server responses:
This then corresponds to the Correlation ID found in the ULS logs:
This is a handy way to find the ULS entries that correspond to a HTTP request. However, this requires jumping back and forth between a Fiddler window and ULS log.
The ULS Log Inspector for Fiddler is a plug-in that allows offline or live inspection of ULS logs directly from Fiddler. ULS Log Viewer can also be opened directly from Fiddler as needed. Functionality includes:
- View ULS log entries from inside Fiddler
- View ULS entries live or offline
- Open filtered ULS directly in ULS Viewer from Fiddler
The plug-in can be downloaded here: https://github.com/davidwilborn/ULS-Inspector-for-Fiddler. Just copy FiddlerULSInspector.dll into your inspectors folder (e.g. C:\Program Files\Fiddler2\Inspectors). Note that Fiddler 5.0 or higher is required.
Basic operation
- From the Inspectors tab, Click the ULS tab in the response section
- Click the Select ULS Folder… button
- Select either a live ULS folder, or a folder containing copies of ULS logs
- The plug-in may need a few minutes to index existing log files. NOTE: in a live production environment, the quantity and size of ULS logs may be prohibitive. If the plug-in seems to hang here, you may need to save the Fiddler trace and subset of ULS logs to a desktop environment for review.
- Once this is complete, the ULS Inspector window will display the entries for the correctly selected Fiddler frame
- Clicking the ULS Viewer button will allow you to open a filtered ULS log directly in ULS Viewer. Note that ULS Viewer must already be installed on the local machine.
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