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Debugging Rules Configuration for Drupal 7

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We're keeping this page up as a courtesy to folks who may need to refer to old instructions. We don't plan to update this page.

Alternate resources

Rules guide (Drupal.org)

Sprout Video

This screencast shows how to go about debugging Rules configuration. It covers:

  • Enabling the debug information in Rules, showing rules evaluation.
  • How to drill down into Rules’ debug messages.
  • That most (or all) times, it is your configuration and not the Rules engine that has the bug.
  • That the most common bug is condition that evaluates in an unexpected way.
  • How to see how long time rules execution takes – and why/when this may be important.
  • How to use the debugging action in Rules, to inspect the data in Rules.

Additional resources

Rules guide (Drupal.org)