Analyzing Work Processes and System Logs

Use

There are two work process types that are of particular interest for background processing:

• Background work processes

  These are process jobs that are run in the background.

• Dialog Work Processes

  These process parts of the background processing runtime environment, for example, the time-dependent job scheduler.

  For a list of all the parts of the runtime environment and the work process types in which they run, see Analyzing Status, Configuration and Administration Data.Tools for Monitoring the System

It is often necessary to investigate these work processes using the following criteria:

• Status (waiting, running,...)

• Which program or user ID is running in the work process?

• Trace and error information written to the developer traces (dev files) by the work processes

• System log entries

Procedure

From the initial screen, choose Tools  Administration  Monitor  System Monitoring  Servers.

1. To analyze the system log, choose Goto  System log.

2. To analyze the work process statuses, choose Goto  Processes.

   The system displays a list of all active work processes on the selected application server. In addition to displaying status information, you can also terminate work processes and programs here and analyze them with the ABAP Debugger.

   Sometimes it is necessary to execute an action on a particular application server, such as start a transaction. To do this, you can log onto any application server by choosing Goto  Remote Logon.

More Information

• Tools for Monitoring the System