Memory Use 

Memory Use Overview

If you choose Goto ® Status Display ® Memory Use, a tab appears allowing you to display the following:

 

·         Memory Use – Total

·         Memory Use – Ranking List

·         Memory Use – SCC (strongly connected components)

 

The Memory Analysis not only allows you to display the memory use in the Debugger by choosing Memory Use, but you can also save memory snapshots and analyze them using the Memory Inspector.

 

 Memory Use Displays

·        Memory Use – Total

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The memory use of the following memory areas is displayed in bytes (see Virtual Address Space of a Work Process):

·         Heap memory (private memory)

·         Roll Memory

·         Used memory (that is, the memory occupied by data in the roll or heap memory

·         Allocated memory (that is, the memory requested in the roll or heap memory

·         Short memory (memory for storing interim results – for example, from the screen that is automatically cleared after each dialog step)

·         Paging Memory

 

·         Memory Use – Ranking List
Displays a list that contains all used data objects, sorted by bound memory, and is updated automatically.

·        Memory Use – SCC
All dynamic objects (internal tables, strings, objects created using CREATE OBJECT, anonymous data objects created using CREATE DATA) of an internal session make up the nodes of a directed graph whose edges are the corresponding references. To analyze the graph you must be familiar with the strongly connected components (SCC). An SCC is characterized by the following: For two elements A and B of an SCC, one path exists in the object graph from A to B and one from B to A. The path always consists of several connected edges.

The system displays a ranking list of the memory use of all SCCs in the current internal session; the entries are sorted either by referenced or by bound memory. The list only includes SCCs that consist of at least two elements.

 

Significance of Columns for Individual Display, Ranking List, and SCCs

·         Bound Memory
Memory that that is freed up when a complete deletion takes place (for internal tables, with FREE).

·        Referenced Memory
Memory referenced by the data object (possibly skipping other data objects). This memory is not necessarily released when the data object is deleted, since other data objects may still be referencing the memory. The referenced memory is always larger than or equal to the bound memory.

·         Used Memory
Memory occupied by user data.

·        Allocated Memory
Memory reserved by the system. The allocated memory is always larger than or equal to the used memory.

·        Number of Instances
This column appears in ranking lists only after a grouping and for SCCs. It specifies that number of instances of a class, a data type, or the elements of an SCC.

·        Sharing
This column only concerns internal tables and strings. It is selected if sharing is active for the internal tables or strings after assignments.

·         SCC Selection
If an internal table, an object, or an anonymous data object is part of an SCC, a button appears in the right of the column, choosing this button displays the relevant SCC.

 

Additional Functions for Ranking Lists and SCCs

·        Settings
If you choose Change Settings, the system displays a window, in which you can specify the sorting order (by bound or referenced memory), the update procedure (automatic or manual), and the number of entries. For the memory use ranking list, you can also specify the type of data objects whose memory use is to be displayed. In the ranking list, you can also group objects and anonymous data objects (created using CREATE DATA) according to their classes or data types. The system adds the memory requirement of the individual objects and the static memory. This function is useful if a class or data type has many instances that each have small requirements.

·        Instance List
This function is available for ranking lists only after a grouping. If you choose the Instance List icon, the system displays all instances of a class, a data type, or all elements of an SCC.

·        Find References
If you choose the Find References icon, the system lists all references to an object, anonymous data object, string, internal table, or SCC.
In the case of strings and internal tables for which sharing is active after assignments, the system displays all variables that are used to address the common data area. This also includes variables of other ABAP programs in the same internal session that access strings and internal tables declared using DATA ... COMMON PART.

·        Save as Local File
This function is only available for ranking lists. You can use it to save an excerpt of the ranking list in a local file on the presentation server in Excel format

 

Memory Display for Single Objects and Data Objects

You can activate and deactivate the memory display for individual objects and data objects by choosing Settings ® Memory Display On/Off. The current memory values are shown in the display for the individual objects or data objects.

If you choose the Find References icon, the system displays all references to an object, anonymous data object, string, or internal table.

If an internal table, an object, or an anonymous data object is part of an SCC, a button appears in the right of the column: choosing this button displays the relevant SCC.

 

Sharing is possible for internal tables and strings. The sharing is displayed in the system by a reference counter. If this counter has the value 1, sharing is not active for the internal table or string. In this case, the memory use is added to the node that references this internal table string – that is, the size of the internal table or string is contained in the bound memory of the higher-level node.