Tuesday, 21 June 2011

How to activate a Trace for a user in SAP system ?

This article answers the following queries :

  • What are the different types of traces in SAP ?

  • How to activate a Trace for a user in SAP system ?

  • How to do performance analysis in SAP system ?



What are the different types of traces in SAP ?

  • SQL Trace (Trace for SQL statements)

  • Enqueue Trace (Trace for enqueue/lock requests, waiting etc)

  • RFC Trace

  • Table Buffer Trace


How to activate a Trace for a user in SAP system ?

Goto transaction ST05  and you will get the below screen :




Select the type of trace you would like to activate and press activate trace to start tracing.

Please find below functionality of various functions in the above screenshot :

Activate Trace : This is used to activate the trace for the same user who is starting the trace






Activate Trace with Filter :  This functionality is used to trace the activity of a different user(other than the user who is starting the trace) and filter can be done to trace a  specific transaction or program.




Deactivate Trace :  This functionality is used to deactivate the trace








Display Trace :   This functionality is used to display trace





Click on tick mark to display the trace





Click on Yes to display the trace as below:


Enter SQL Statement : This functionality is used to analyse an SQL statement

Click on this pushbutton to view the below screen :







Trace Status : This area is used to inform about the status of the trace at that point of time like traces activated, deactivated etc









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