abap program terminations

7/27/2019 ABAP Program Terminations

1/21

1

Analyse Problem - SAP Tools

ABAP Program Terminations

Active Global Support

March 2009


2/21

2

Analyzing ABAP Program Terminations

Analyzing

Database Access

Analyzing

ABAP Program Terminations

Introduction AnalyzingABAP Messages

Basic ToolsAnalyzing

Authorization Errors

Screens & Interfaces

Data Objects

Program Modularization New ABAP Debugger


3/21

3

Contents

ABAP Short dumps

System Log

Update Manager

Developer Traces

Objectives

At the end of this unit, you will be able to:

Analyze ABAP Short dumps Analyze the System Log

Analyze Update Errors

Find Developer Traces

ABAP Program Terminations:

Contents/Objectives


4/21

4

Analysis of Program Terminations

ABAP Short dumpsABAP Short dumps

System LogSystem Log

Update ManagerUpdate Manager

Developer TracesDeveloper Traces


5/21

5

Dump Analysis (ST22)

Selection

Select the relevant Dump

Save it for later analysis

Double-Click for

immediate analysis

F8


6/21

6

Systematical Dump Analysis

11

22

Get the Dump header:(e.g. SAPSQL_ARRAY_INSERT_DUPREC)

Get the system environment (Release, OS..)

User, transaction ...

Read the error analysis / How to correct the error

Check the frequency of the dump and search for common

things. (server, transaction...)

Determine the effected program and the line of the source code

Compare the code with a reference system.

Search for notes and calls.

Further analysis

(code analysis, field checks, call stack, reproduce problem ...)

33

44

55

66

00

Some remarks to point 3. The other points are described in detail afterwards.

If you start transaction st22 and select all e.g. CALL_FUNCTION_CONFLICT_LEN Dumpsof the last days then you get a list like this

Date Time Machine User Clt X Error ID

12.07.1999 11:47:01 pawdf025 FRANKM 000 C CALL_FUNCTI ...

12.07.1999 11:48:11 pawdf025 FRANKM 000 C CALL_FUNCTI ...

12.07.1999 11:51:17 pawdf025 FRANKM 000 C CALL_FUNCTI ....

Please check if all Dumps occur on one machine or only one user is involved ...


7/21

7

Contents & Navigation

F6

1. steps

2. steps


8/21

8

Dump Analysis (I)

1. Check the detailed description of

the error !


9/21

9

Dump Analysis (II)

3. Check affected User, Transaction,

Server, ...

2. Check System Environment


10/21

10

Dump Analysis (III)

...

4. If the termination occurs in

Application programs:

- Get name of current Event

(Function Module, Form, ...)

- Get name of current

program

5. Try to understand the

Source Code Extract

6. Search for known problems

7. Reproduce the problem


11/21

11

Dump Analysis (IV)

8. Sometimes the Call Stack ...

... or the stored contents of selected fields

may be valuable help for deciding on the next analysis steps

9. Other sections in the Dump are usually only helpful to Experts


12/21

12

Analysis of Program Terminations

ABAP Short dumpsABAP Short dumps

System LogSystem Log

Update ManagerUpdate Manager

Developer TracesDeveloper Traces


13/21

13

System log (SM21)

F8

On most platforms only

a local System log is available

Use SM51 to logon

to the right server


14/21

14

Analysis of ABAP Program Terminations

ABAP Short dumps (ST22)ABAP Short dumps (ST22)

System Log (SM21)System Log (SM21)

Update Manager (SM13)Update Manager (SM13)

Developer Traces (ST11)Developer Traces (ST11)


15/21

15

Update Manager (SM13)

1. Select the relevant Update Record

2. Get Details on single Update Records

3. Check Information on Reprocessing

Synchronous / Asynchronous Update

Restart of possible / impossible

Enqueues (Locks) released


16/21

16

Details on Update Modules

4. Identify the Update Module where the termination occurred

5. Forward Navigation allows to display the contents of the Interface Parameters


17/21

17

Test Update

6. Use the test function

- to reproduce the problem, e.g. for doing traces

- to verify that the problem is solved


18/21

18

Analysis of ABAP Program Terminations

ABAP Short dumps (ST22)ABAP Short dumps (ST22)

System Log (SM21)System Log (SM21)

Update Manager (SM13)Update Manager (SM13)

Developer Traces (ST11)Developer Traces (ST11)


19/21

19

Developer Traces (ST11)


20/21

20

ABAP Program Terminations: Summary

Now you are able to:

Collect relevant information on program terminations, e.g.

terminated Updates.

Analyze

ABAP Short dumps

Terminated Updates

The system Log

Find known solutions in SAP Notes


21/21

Copyright 2009 SAP AG

All Rights Reserved

No part of this publication may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or for any purpose without the express permission of SAP AG. The information contained hereinmay be changed without prior notice.

Some software products marketed by SAP AG and its distributors contain proprietary software components of other software vendors.

Microsoft, Windows, Excel, Outlook, and PowerPoint are registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation.

IBM, DB2, DB2 Universal Database, System i, System i5, System p, System p5, System x, System z, System z10, System z9, z10, z9, iSeries, pSeries, xSeries, zSeries,

eServer, z/VM, z/OS, i5/OS, S/390, OS/390, OS/400, AS/400, S/390 Parallel Enterprise Server, PowerVM, Power Architecture, POWER6+, POWER6, POWER5+,

POWER5, POWER, OpenPower, PowerPC, BatchPipes, BladeCenter, System Storage, GPFS, HACMP, RETAIN, DB2 Connect, RACF, Redbooks, OS/2, Parallel Sysplex,MVS/ESA, AIX, Intelligent Miner, WebSphere, Netfinity, Tivoli and Informix are trademarks or registered trademarks of IBM Corporation.

Linux is the registered trademark of Linus Torvalds in the U.S. and other countries.

Adobe, the Adobe logo, Acrobat, PostScript, and Reader are either trademarks or registered trademarks of Adobe Systems Incorporated in the United States and/or othercountries.

Oracle is a registered trademark of Oracle Corporation.

UNIX, X/Open, OSF/1, and Motif are registered trademarks of the Open Group.

Citrix, ICA, Program Neighborhood, MetaFrame, WinFrame, VideoFrame, and MultiWin are trademarks or registered trademarks of Citrix Systems, Inc.

HTML, XML, XHTML and W3C are trademarks or registered trademarks of W3C, World Wide Web Consortium, Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

Java is a registered trademark of Sun Microsystems, Inc.

JavaScript is a registered trademark of Sun Microsystems, Inc., used under license for technology invented and implemented by Netscape.

SAP, R/3, SAP NetWeaver, Duet, PartnerEdge, ByDesign, SAP Business ByDesign, and other SAP products and services mentioned herein as well as their respective logos

are trademarks or registered trademarks of SAP AG in Germany and other countries.

Business Objects and the Business Objects logo, BusinessObjects, Crystal Reports, Crystal Decisions, Web Intelligence, Xcelsius, and other Business Objects products and

services mentioned herein as well as their respective logos are trademarks or registered trademarks of Business Objects S.A. in the United States and in other countries.Business Objects is an SAP company.

All other product and service names mentioned are the trademarks of their respective companies. Data contained in this document serves informational purposes only.National product specifications may vary.

These materials are subject to change without notice. These materials are provided by SAP AG and its affiliated companies ("SAP Group") for informational purposes only,

without representation or warranty of any kind, and SAP Group shall not be liable for errors or omissions with respect to the materials. The only warranties for SAP Group

products and services are those that are set forth in the express warranty statements accompanying such products and services, if any. Nothing herein should be construedas constituting an additional warrant.

abap program terminations

Documents