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Overview documentation Initial Screen  Locate the document in its SAP Library structure

Calling

You can call the initial screen of the test tool using transaction code ST05 or by choosing Test → Performance Trace in the ABAP Workbench.

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Functions

The following functions are available on the initial screen:

Select trace:

·        Select the trace mode SQL Trace, Enqueue Trace, RFC Trace, or Table Buffer Trace. You can select mutliple trace modes simultaneously.

Select trace function:

·        Start the trace recording.

·        Stop the trace recording.

·        Branch to trace list, detailed list, or time-sorted list.

·        Branch to Explain SQL to analyze an SQL statement without an explicit trace file.

 

This graphic is explained in the accompanying text Trace files are managed by the system. Thus they can be saved, like any other object; saved trace files can be displayed and deleted.

Trace Status

A trace can only be activated once on any application server. The Trace Status display informs you whether another user in the system has already activated a particular trace.

 

 

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