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Shop Debug Reports

When something in the shop looks wrong, a shopper can send a report from the shop's settings panel with Report a problem. The report is a snapshot of what the shop saw for that person at that moment — usually enough to tell why without asking them to reproduce it.

What stands out Why is an application not there? Kept 90 days

1 The list

Shop Debug Reports: five reports with the time they were raised, the user, the device, what they were doing and the size, each with Open and Delete
Shopping › Shop Debug Reports.

The newest reports come first, with who sent them, from which device, and what they wrote they were doing. Refresh fetches reports sent since you opened the page. Open shows a report; Delete removes it once you are done.

2 Reading a report

A debug report: the user, device and time at the top, What stands out opened with two findings, and the other sections closed below
A report. Start with What stands out; open the other sections as you need them.
SectionWhat it tells you
What stands outThe findings worth your attention first, in plain words — for example that the user has no manager, so applications with a manager approval were hidden.
The reportWhat the shopper wrote, and when.
Settings that shaped thisThe shop settings that affected what this person saw.
Where the catalogue wentEach step that narrowed the catalogue, and how many applications it removed.
Why is an application not there?Every application that was left out, and the step that removed it. See below.
What it waited forHow long each part of loading the shop took.
The connectionHow the shop identified the person and the device.
GroupsThe groups the person is in, as the shop saw them.
Browser errors, What the log saysErrors in the browser, and the log lines written while the shop loaded.
What the shopper could seeThe applications the shop showed them.

Download this report saves it as a file, for example to attach to a support case.

3 Why is an application not there?

This is the question most reports are about. Open the section and find the application: it names the step that removed it — not assigned to the user or device, the application's life-cycle status, a missing approver, a setting — so you know whether to change the application, the person's groups or a setting.

Ask for a report first When a shopper says an application is missing or something looks wrong, ask them to send a report before you change anything. It shows the situation as it was for them.

4 How long reports are kept

Reports are deleted after 90 days, and only the five newest per person are kept. A report contains the person's name, device and groups, so delete it once the problem is solved.