Developer Dashboard in SharePoint 2010

In SharePoint 2010 (this is also about SharePoint Foundation 2010) there is a built-in tool for monitoring the performance of work and the speed of loading of individual pages.

In this article we will look at how to enable the developer panel, as well as its appearance.

• Enable Developer Dashboard
  
  • Using PowerShell
  • Using STSADM
  • Using the SharePoint API
  
  
• Appearance of the developer panel
  

Enable Developer Dashboard

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There are 3 ways to enable the developer panel

Using PowerShell

$DevDashboardSettings = [Microsoft.SharePoint.Administration.SPWebService]:: ContentService.DeveloperDashboardSettings;
$DevDashboardSettings.DisplayLevel = 'OnDemand';
$DevDashboardSettings.RequiredPermissions ='EmptyMask';
$DevDashboardSettings.TraceEnabled = $true;
$DevDashboardSettings.Upd ate()

Using STSADM

The developer panel can be in one of three states that can only be switched using STSADM

• Enabled

STSADM –o setproperty –pn developer-dashboard –pv on

• Off

STSADM –o setproperty –pn developer-dashboard –pv off

• On demand

STSADM –o setproperty –pn developer-dashboard –pv ondemand

Using the SharePoint API

using Microsoft.SharePoint.Administration;
SPWebService svc = SPContext.Current.Site.WebApplication.WebService;
svc.DeveloperDashboardSettings.DisplayLevel=SPDeveloperDashboardLevel.Off;
svc.DeveloperDashboardSettngs.Update();

Appearance of the developer panel

The power button can be found near the field with the user profile settings (Fig. 1.)



Fig.1. Developer Dashboard Location

After clicking on the appropriate button, the developer panel appears on the page (Fig. 2)



Fig.2. Appearance of the developer panel

As can be seen in Figure 2, the panel displays the load time for all components of the page, including the time it takes for the web server to work and database requests.

The tool demonstrates components that slow down the loading of pages.

It is also convenient that there is a frame around the panel, which can be of three colors:

• Green if the page loading speed is excellent and there are no performance issues.
• Yellow if there is a slight delay in loading
• Red if page load speed is critically slow.

Thus, the developer panel allows you to find components on the page that prevent its quick loading.