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Prerequisites

You have activated the system profile parameter Rec/Client, to be able to log the table changes in a client.

To use the logging in transports, you must enter r3transoptions = recclient="XXX" in the transport control profile. The entry XXX can have the same value as the profile parameter rec/client.

Procedure

Activate/Deactivate Table Change Logging

  1. Choose Start of the navigation path Tools Next navigation step ABAP Workbench Next navigation step Development Next navigation step Dictionary (SE11) End of the navigation path in the initial screen.

  2. Enter the name of the table whose log settings you want to check.

  3. Choose Change.

    The table is displayed. The system may ask you for a change key, because a change to a Dictionary object is a modification in a customer system. Enter the appropriate data.

  4. Choose Start of the navigation path Goto Next navigation step Technical Settings End of the navigation path.

  5. Select/Deselect the Log Data Changes checkbox.

    Note

    All customizing tables are automatically recorded by default.

  6. Select Activate.

    Note

    If you only save the change, it is not effective.

Deactivate table change logging in the technical settings.

To avoid generating too many log entries, you can deactivate the logging for specified tables when making bulk changes.

Deactivating the logging in the technical settings of the table in the Dictionary is not a modification. You do not need to specify a change key.

  1. Choose the transaction Dictionary: Technical Settings (SE13).

  2. Enter the table name.

  3. Choose Change.

  4. Deselect Log Data Changes.

  5. Select Activate.

    Recommendation

    You should not deactivate logging for customizing objects.

More Information

For more information, see SAP Note 1916.