# TRACE

Displays a message in the Talend Change Data Capture log.

This displays a string in the log.

The AS/400 IBMi log is the message queue : DD\_USRDATA/DDMSGQ

The Windows log is the text file : data\ddmsgq.ddm

```
TRACE b.Field1/Constant 
```

It sends the contents of a constant or a field (limited to 100 characters) as a message in the Talend Change Data Capture log.

```
IF I.CODE <> ‘A’ Then
    TRACE ‘ERROR IN TRANSFORMATION’ 
    GOTO *SKIP
  EndIf
TRACE b.Field1/Constante 
```