SAS: ABAP Debugger Tracing and Scripting 

Use

You use this standalone transaction to analyze in detail trace files produced with the Debugger Scripting tool of the New ABAP Debugger.

Integration

The SAS: ABAP Debugger Tracing and Scripting is an auxiliary tool to the Debugger Scripting tool of the New ABAP Debugger.

Features

The tool contains the following tabs pages:

Trace Files

The tab contains two screen areas: Own Trace Files and Trace Files of Other Users.

Each screen area contains a list of trace files and information about them.

The files are sorted according to time stamp, starting with the newest.

If you double-click a file from the lists, you view it in Trace Display tab.

Trace Display

On this tab, you can view information about the trace file.

The Trace Selection screen area contains the following pushbuttons:

·        Statement

·        Hierarchy

·        Custom.

Depending on which type of trace file you are analyzing, the respective pushbutton is activated.

If the trace file is a combined trace, more than one pushbutton is active.

·        When you choose Statements, the system opens the Trace: Statements tool.

The traced statements appear in a list. By double-clicking in the Line column, you can navigate to the source code.

·        When you choose Hierarchy, the system opens the Trace: Hierarchy tool.

The traced call hierarchy appears in a tree. You can expand and collapse the entire or parts of the tree.

If you are analyzing a combined trace, the system indicates the points where a statement or custom trace was written by  with the quick info text Source in column Source Trace, or by  with the quick info text Custom in column Custom Trace.

·        When you choose Statements, the system opens the Trace: Custom tool.

When you choose  Overview and Action, the following tabs appear:

●      Overview

The tab gives information about the file, the file statistics, and the trigger types.

●      Script Action

The tab contains an indexed list of the trigger points during the trace.

Script Editor

The tab contains all the functionality of the Script tab of the Debugger Scripting tool, except for the Save and Start Script functions.