There are several tools which can be used to monitor the performance of the Dynamics AX application. The following sections identify some useful tools, along with their brief descriptions and how they can be used. It is important for the technical architect on your project to be familiar with these tools to ensure that your performance monitoring plan is effective.
The trace parser is a useful tool for developers and system administrators to collect trace events produced by the Dynamics AX application. You can import the trace events into the trace parser and analyze the results to identify performance issues in the code. The trace parser tool comes with the Dynamics AX 2012 package, and can be installed using the installation options. The trace parser can be installed as a standalone tool for Dynamics AX 4.0 and AX 2009.
The trace parser is useful for the following reasons: