ADMINISTRATION: INTRODUCTION TO COMMON TRACE OPTIONS IN SAP

Some of the common trace options in SAP system that available for administrator.

No Type TCODE Descriptions

1 System Log SM21 SAP applications servers record events and problem in system logs

Short dump generated from unpredictable runtime errors occur by ABAP

2 Dump Analysis ST22
program

Internal SAP system activities ex: authorization checks, database accesses,

3 System Trace ST01
kernel function, RFC calls

Performance Analyse database select statements such as database calls, lock

4 ST05
Trace management calls, remote calls of reports and transaction

Contains process trace technical information that useful to investigate host

5 Developer Trace ST11
and internal SAP problems / errors

1) System Log: SM21

2) Dump Analysis: ST22
3) System Trace: ST01
4) Performance Trace: ST05
5) Developer Trace: ST11