Trace Tool
Purpose
The trace tool allows you to log and playback processes from the respective application area.
In the Reporting, Planning and OLAP Technology application area, the trace tool allows you to save selected executed queries and the subsequent query navigations, as well as certain actions in the planning modeler, long-term in the system.
Saving and analyzing error patterns
When logging traces, if error situations occur you can save them together with the steps that led to these situations arising.
In the Reporting, Planning and OLAP Technology application area, the following error situations , for example, may occur: System error, terminations, ambiguity concerning the correctness of query result values. Some error situations only occur after a series of special query navigations.
For error situations that are hard to reset, you can considerably reduce the support effort required by logging a trace that contains all of the actions up until the error occurred.
Reusability and ability to schedule a trace
You can control the execution of traces that have been logged, that means you can execute them regularly or recurrently as a background job that can be scheduled.
In the Reporting, Planning and OLAP Technology application area you can use this functionality to fill the OLAP cache systematically and automatically. This allows you to increase the read performance of BI queries with respect to selected executions of queries and query navigations.
Integration
You can use the CAT tool to develop CAT traces from standard traces. For more information, see Cat Tool.
Features
User Activation
In the 
User Activation area, you can activate or deactivate yourself, or
as an administrator you can activate or deactivate other users, for the
logging of a trace. You can see all of the users currently activated for the
logging of a trace in a table. For more information, see Logging User
Actions.
Trace
In the Trace area, you can select a trace so that you can see or edit its properties in trace management, or execute or delete it.
You fill the Trace (ID) field using input help. Note that the system only displays the traces for the current application area (see Administration).
In the History of Last Trace table, the system displays the traces that you last selected, created or edited. You can double-click on a table entry to select a trace.
Choose 
Display or 
Change to access the trace management (see Maintaining Trace
Properties).
In the Trace area you can play (
Execute) or delete (
Delete) traces.
Trace Collection
In the Trace Collection area, the system shows a selection of traces. You can use the selection criteria Trace User, Application Layer and Trace Type to restrict the display. Note that the system only displays the traces for the current application area (see Administration). The selection lists for Application Layer and Trace Type each display the possible selections for the currently selected user.
Double-click on a table entry to access the trace management (see Maintaining Trace Properties).
In the Trace
Collection area you can
play ( Execute) or delete ( Delete) traces.
See also:
Execute Logged User Actions Again