I have a very strange behavior while tracking data with BAM on BizTalk Server 2013 R2.

The same activity and Tracking profile work fine, but on some ports, no data is tracked, with no error (event log, BizTalk, failed tracked data (table TDDS_FailedTrackingData), no active tracking, no continuations).

The only difference between working ports and non working ports is the promoted properties. On the working ports, I have, the property BamTrackingOnly (http://schemas.microsoft.com/BizTalk/2003/xmlnorm-properties) is in the context (not promoted), while it is not present on the non working ports.

Do you know this property ?

Moreover, the issue only appears on BizTalk Server 2013 R2. I also notice that the type of messages are "Unparsed Interchange", or "Serialized Interchange".

How can I fix this issue ?

Thanks in advance for your reply.

• Edited by Rom Ehret Monday, November 10, 2014 8:56 AM Update

You have ofcourse verified that the tracking properties on port processing checkboxes as part of the port configurations are set?

Regards.

PS: Are these ports mapped through TPE? Is there only one instance of Tracking Host on your environment?

• Edited by ShankycheilMicrosoft community contributor Saturday, November 08, 2014 6:51 AM PS

Yes the tracking properties on port are all checked.

I have a dedicated host for the tracking events

Ok. Have you verified that the ports exist in the Tracking Profile? TPE.

Regards.

Yes, the port exists in the TPE. To be sure, I "remapped" my port in the TPE, and reapplied the TPE.

I added some more details in the issue description :

This behavior appears on BizTalk Server 2013 R2, and for messages of type these two types : "Unparsed Interchange", or "Serialized Interchange".

So then it may be an actual issue. Raise a support event with Microsoft on this.

Regards.

• Marked as answer by Angie xuMicrosoft contingent staff, Moderator Monday, November 17, 2014 2:32 AM

Hi Rom,

If you cannot determine your answer here or on your own, consider opening a support case with us. Visit this link to see the various support options that are available to better meet your needs:  http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?id=fh;en-us;offerprophone. 

Please let me know if there is anything that I can do to help.

Best regards,

Angie

Hi Angie,

Thank you for your reply. I need to make more investigation on my solution before opening a ticket to the support.

I will let you know the result.

Regards

Hi,

After more investigation, I had to set the tracking options on all the pipelines and orchestrations in my bindings files, in order to make the BAM working. Is it a regular behavior ?

Thanks in advance for your reply

• Edited by Rom Ehret Thursday, December 11, 2014 8:44 AM

Hi

I saw that you solved this issue by submitting it as a bug and that I have to order the hotfix from Microsoft. They cannot send me the hotfix without the KB-article number. Do you have it?

If so: Please send it to me and I will be forever greatful.