Get Performance History Data Actions

Get Performance History Data actions retrieve performance history (ST03) data from the specified RFC Destination. The extracted performance history data is stored in two Table datasets.

Usage data for BSP Applications (including U15 BSP Applications) is retrieved into the action’s Application Statistics dataset if this has been configured for an RFC Destination.

Action Property Description

Application Statistics

A Table dataset in which to store the application statistics extracted from the performance history data. Non-printable characters in the retrieved data are replaced with # characters.

End Date

A String parameter specifying the end date for the extraction of ST03 data. Date values are specified in the format YYYYMMDD.

RFC Destination

An RFC Destination parameter or dataset referring to the SAP system from which to extract performance history data.

Start Date

A String parameter specifying the start date for the extraction of ST03 data. Date values are specified in the format YYYYMMDD.

Users Statistics

A Table dataset in which to store the users statistics extracted from the performance history data. Non-printable characters in the retrieved data are replaced with # characters.

  • If the Start Date and End Date parameters are not set, the action retrieves all the available performance history data from the specified RFC Destination.
  • If the Start Date parameter is set and the End Date parameter is not set, the action retrieves all the available performance history data from the first day of the month specified in the start date.
  • If the End Date parameter is set and the Start Date parameter is not set, the action retrieves all the available performance history data up until the first day of the month specified in the end date.

The Application Statistics dataset stores the following details:

Column Description

TYPE

The type of each used object.

NAME

The name of each used object.

ACCOUNT

The SAP account that used the object.

COUNT

The usage count for the object.

The Users Statistics dataset stores the following details:

Column Description

TYPE

The type of each used object.

NAME

The name of each used object.

ACCOUNT

The SAP account that used the object.

PERIOD

The month in which the object was used, specified in the format YYYYMM.

COUNT

The usage count for the object.

In the Users Statistics dataset, the COUNT column is always 0 when data is retrieved from SAP kernel releases earlier than 700.

Example:

Get Performance History Data action example.

To examine the details for a Get Performance History Data action, double-click the action node, or select ‘View Details’ from the node’s context menu. The Details screen displays the number of rows written to the Application Statistics and Users Statistics datasets, and the time taken for the action to complete.

Configuring SAP to Collect BSP Application Usage Data