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Prerequisites

  • The coding must contain a known position that runs through a unit during processing.

  • The user under which the unit is being processed must also be known. You can find the user by positioning the cursor on the unit in question and pressing the Details ("magnifying glass") button.

  • The user who the external breakpoint is set for must have debugging authorization. If this user and the one carrying out the debugging are two different users, the latter must also have this authorization.

Procedure

General

  • Firstly, set the external breakpoint for the user who created the bgRFC unit.

    Note

    Follow the recommendations in SAP Note 1004248 Information published on SAP site.

  • Now run the application. This schedules the unit in the bgRFC. The bgRFC processes the unit automatically (processing may be staggered, depending on the volume to be processed), and the debugger appears.

  • If the unit is locked, unlock it so that it can be entered and processed by the scheduler.

    Note

    Alternatively, you can start processing by choosing Unit Analysis Start of the navigation path Run Unit with Runtime Analysis End of the navigation path from the unit's context menu.

Setting Up the Application Server

An external breakpoint is set on a specific application server. If the scheduler is running on a different application server, the external breakpoint has no effect.

In this instance, proceed as follows:

  • Set the bgRFC Scheduler so that it runs on precisely one application server. This will ensure that setting the breakpoint on the application server in question will bring success.

    Note

    This procedure prevents load distribution, however, and is therefore not recommended in a production system.

  • Alternatively, you can replicate an external breakpoint from one application server to another. This procedure is described in detail in SAP Note 1004248 Information published on SAP site.

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