Debugging bgRFC Units 

Use

For troubleshooting in a bgRFC, you can use external debugging.

Prerequisites

●      The user who schedules the unit in bgRFC must have debugging authorization at the time of scheduling.

●      The user who wants to debug the unit must have debugging administration at the time of debugging.

The required authorizations are combined in the SAP_BC_WEBSERVICE_DEBUGGER role. This role is available in SAP_BASIS 7.10 SP2 and higher.

Restrictions

The following general rules apply: If the person scheduling the unit is the same person as the one who wants to debug it, a bgRFC can always be debugged from the monitor. In other words, the user can always debug his/her own units.
If the person scheduling the unit and the person debugging it are two different people, it depends which setting the system is operated with in accordance with SAP Note 999004:

●      If the setting stipulates that the unit is started under the user scheduling the unit, the unit can be debugged (though this setting is not recommended).

●      If the setting stipulates that the unit starts under the user who is currently logged on, and this user is not the scheduler, debugging will fail, as switching from one dialog user (debugger) to another (scheduler) is prevented.
The only option available here is to debug the bgRFC unit using an external breakpoint.

Procedure

You therefore have two options for debugging bgRFC units:

●      Directly from the bgRFC monitor

●      By setting external breakpoints

You always need to use external breakpoints in the following situations:

●      The unit is scheduled and started under two different users

●      The status of a unit in the monitor is set to “green” (not locked/does not contain errors)

More Information

●      You can find a detailed description of the two debugging methods under:

●      Debugging with the bgRFC Monitor

●      Debugging with External Breakpoints