Logging Output Data
You want to log output for test purposes or to correct an error.
Procedure
You can activate logging of output data for a specific printer in the Device definition.
To do this, follow the procedure below:
In Spool Administration (transaction SPAD), switch to the
Devices and Server
tab page.Either choose the
Output Devices
pushbutton and then the desired output device, or enter the name of the desired output device.The
Spool Administration: Output Device
screen appears.Switch to change mode, if you are not already in it.
Choose
Edit
Test Tool
.The
Debugger
tab page appears.Select a logging method from the list. You have the following options:
Log the first 10 KB
Log the first 100 KB
With
access method L
, you can also select on theDebugger
tab page whether the print command is to be logged. This is the command that the SAP System uses to pass an output request to the host system spooler.Do not alter the settings of any other debugging options.
Save the device definition to make your changes effective.
Output data is logged for each output request sent to the printer until you turn data logging off on the
Debugger
tab page of the device definition.
NoteRemember to deactivate logging again. It can otherwise lead to performance and storage space problems.
End of the note.
Result
Logging the data captures it in the output log.
You can then display the output log and the data in the output controller (transaction SP01 Output Requests
).
The data can also be displayed in hexadecimal form (
Hex).
