Trace Tool
The trace tool allows you to log and play back processes from the respective application area.
In the Reporting, Planning and OLAP Technology application area, the trace tool allows you to save selected executed queries and the subsequent query navigations, as well as certain actions in Planning Modeler.
Saving and analyzing error patterns
If error situations occur when logging traces, you can save them together with the steps that led to these situations arising.
In the Reporting, Planning and OLAP Technology application area, certain errors can occur, for example system error, terminations and ambiguity concerning the correctness of query result values. Some error situations only occur after a series of special query navigations.
For error situations that are hard to reset, you can considerably reduce the support effort required by logging a trace that contains all of the actions up until when the error occurred.
Reusability and ability to schedule a trace
You can control the execution of traces that have been logged, meaning that you can execute them regularly or recurrently as a background job that can be scheduled.
In the Reporting, Planning and OLAP Technology application area, you can use this functionality to fill the OLAP cache automatically. This allows you to increase the read performance of BEx queries with respect to selected executions of queries and query navigations.
You can use the CAT tool to develop CAT traces from standard traces. More information:Cat Tool.
User Activation
In the 
User Activation area, you can activate or deactivate yourself, or - as an administrator - you can activate or deactivate other users, for logging a trace. You can see all of the users currently activated for logging a trace in a table. More information:Logging User Actions.
Trace
Under Trace, you can select a trace so that you can see or edit its properties in trace management, or execute or delete it.
Input help is provided for the Trace (ID) field. Note that the system only displays the traces for the current application area (seeAdministration).
In the History of Last Trace table, the system displays the traces that you last selected, created or edited. You can double-click on a table entry to select a trace.
Choose 
Display or 
Change to access the trace management (seeMaintaining Trace Properties).
Under Trace, you can play (
Execute) or delete (
Delete) traces.
Trace Collection
Under Trace Collection, the system shows a selection of traces. You can use the selection criteria Trace User, Application Layer and Trace Type to refine the display. Note that the system only displays the traces for the current application area (seeAdministration). The selection lists for Application Layer and Trace Type each display the possible selections for the currently selected user.
Double-click on a table entry to access trace management (seeMaintaining Trace Properties).
Under Trace Collection, you can play (
Execute) or delete (
Delete) traces.
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