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Use

The Performance Trace allows you to record database access, locking activities, remote calls of reports and transactions, and table buffer calls from the SAP system in a trace file and to display the performance log as a list. The Performance Trace additionally offers wide support when analyzing individual trace records in detail.

Integration

The Performance Trace is fully integrated in the ABAP Workbench, and can be called from the ABAP Workbench initial screen.

Prerequisites

To use the Performance Trace, you need authorization to start Transaction ST05 and the system authorizations "Change trace switches" (authorization STOM for authorization object S_ADMI_FCD) and "Analyze traces" (authorization STOR, also for authorization object S_ADMI_FCD). 

Features

The following traces are available:

  1. SQL Trace: This allows you to monitor the database access of reports and transactions. See also SQL Trace Analysis.
  2. Enqueue Trace: This allows you to monitor the locking system.See also Enqueue Trace Analysis.
  3. RFC Trace: This provides information about Remote Function Calls between instances.See also RFC Trace Analysis.
  4. Table buffer trace: You can use this to monitor database calls of reports and transactions made via the table buffer. See also, Table Buffer Trace Analysis.
Activities

You access the initial screen of the Performance Trace via:

  • Transaction code ST05
  • From ABAP Workbench using the menu path Test → Performance Trace.