1. A method for tracing an execution of a plurality of software products, the method which comprises: collecting and internally listing in a list at least one trace file; for each trace file of the list, determining a format of the list and selecting in dependence on the format an associated parser designed for reading the trace file; reading the listed trace file by way of the associated parser; extracting trace data; translating the extracted trace data into a new dataset configured for merging and filtering; showing at least a subset of the new dataset on a Graphical User Interface.