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Steps To Debug Routines in BI Transformations

This article explains the debugging process for routines in transformations. It helps us to trace the errors crept in routines in the debug mode.

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Steps To Debug Routines in BI Transformations

This article explains the debugging process for routines in transformations. It helps us to trace the errors crept in routines in the debug mode.

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Steps to Debug Routines in BI Transformations

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Summary
This article explains the Debugging process for routines in Transformations. It helps us to trace the errors crept in Routines in the debug mode, so that it can be handled effectively. Author: Rudra Pradeep Reddy Neelapu

Company: Mahindra Satyam Created on: 31 March 2010

Author Bio
Working as a SAP Technical consultant with Mahindra Satyam. Skill set includes SAP Business Intelligence, ABAP and Business Objects.

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Table of Contents
Introduction ......................................................................................................................................................... 3 Business Scenario .............................................................................................................................................. 3 Procedure ........................................................................................................................................................... 3 Generated Program ............................................................................................................................................ 6 Related Content ................................................................................................................................................ 11 Disclaimer and Liability Notice .......................................................................................................................... 12

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Introduction This article is mainly intended to provide an idea of how we can handle the debugging process for the routines we code in the transformations. It explains in steps the process to derive at a generated Program which contains our routine code. From here we can carry out with our normal debugging procedure.

Business Scenario
When we want to know about the errors crept in our routines, we need to debug the code we had written in transformation routines like start and update routines.

Procedure
Go with the Transformations which need to be debugged.

Lets have a look at the Start and Update Routine in the Transformations. Start Routine of the Transformation:

Update Routine:

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To debug these routines we need to go to the generated program of the Transformations in two ways: We can get the Program ID for the Transformation ID (4H8JA4TG3JNQO0VTU3HK01MH7) from table RSTRAN.

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On Appending the ProgID (4H8J7DLN6L952VO2GR8Y4O7IJ) with GP we get the report program for the Transformations. Go to SE38 and give the Program Name (GP4H8J7DLN6L952VO2GR8Y4O7IJ).

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Generated Program

On going with display we will be to the ABAP editor of the Report Program. The other way of getting to this program is from the Transformations itself. Go to Extras Display Generated Program. It directly takes us to the ABAP editor of the Report Program.

Below is the ABAP editor screen of the Report Program:

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Set a break point at the code you want to debug, i.e. at your selections at start routine and at your update routine.

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We can exit the screen and can debug it by running the DTP in Debugging Mode.

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Select the Processing Mode Serially in the Dialog process (for Debugging) and go with simulate with Expert Mode. If you set this indicator, you can debug a DTP request in expert mode. The system does not execute the simulation request directly; you can edit the simulation request interactively before it is processed. You can change the following properties: Selections Setting for temporary storage Breakpoints

We can use expert mode in the following cases: If the amount of data in the source is very large and the runtime of a simulation request for the entire selection would be considerable If you want to generate the temporary storage during request processing but do not want to change the DTP settings. This is useful in productive systems where you cannot change DTPs. If you want to test a particular record

On going with Simulate we are with the ABAP Debugger Session. Now we can go with normal debugging process.

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Here we can find the entries in the SOURCE_PACKAGE and the entries fetched into the internal table IT_ZMDOIA in the start routine.

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Taken most of the inputs from sap help in preparing this Article. http://forums.sdn.sap.com/click.jspa?searchID=41376436&messageID=8664110 http://forums.sdn.sap.com/click.jspa?searchID=41376436&messageID=8646524 For more information, visit the Business Intelligence homepage.

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