S.40 - Summary of All Short Dumps
This workflow provides a summary of the short dump data that has been retrieved for the specified RFC Destination. The results are used to generate a Dashboard report and an associated Excel report.
Retrieving Short Dump Data
Before you begin, you will need to retrieve short dump data for the RFC Destination you wish to report upon. Select the RFC Destination in the LiveCompare hierarchy and click the SDD tab. Enter the number of months of short dump data to retrieve, and click ‘Update Data’. The short dump data may also be retrieved using a schedule. See the Retrieving Short Dump Data help topic for details.
Preparing the Workflow
To prepare the S.40 - Summary of All Short Dumps workflow, drag its workflow template from the Templates folder into your own workspace, and modify the workflow as follows:
To specify the system on which to report:
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Select the RFC Destination parameter and choose ‘Edit RFC Destination’ from its context menu to display the RFC Destination dialog.
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Select the RFC Destination for the system on which to report, then click ‘Save’.
Save the workflow using the ‘Save’ toolbar button.
Running the Workflow
To run the S.40 - Summary of All Short Dumps workflow, click the 'Run' toolbar button, choose ‘Run Now’ from the diagram’s context menu, or press F5. The currently running workflow action is marked with an animated display. When the workflow execution has completed, select the Report URL dataset and choose ‘View Details’ from the context menu to access the generated report.
Dashboard Report
The S.40 - Summary of All Short Dumps workflow generates a Dashboard report which includes the following charts. In these charts, ‘N’ has a default value of 5, however this may be changed in the workflow’s Number of categories String parameter.
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The Top N by Type pie chart displays the top N short dumps grouped by type.
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The Top N by Program pie chart displays the top N short dumps grouped by their associated Program.
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The Top N by Include pie chart displays the top N short dumps grouped by their associated Include.
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The Top N by User pie chart displays the top N short dumps grouped by the user who generated the short dump.
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The By Month column chart displays the number of short dumps generated in each reported month.
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The ‘By Time of Day’ column chart displays the number of short dumps generated in each hour of the day.
Additional Resources
The Additional Resources section of the Dashboard report includes links to the following reports:
Short Dump Watch Details
This Excel report includes the following spreadsheets:
Dashboard
This spreadsheet includes the Dashboard reports described above.
Help
This spreadsheet includes help for each of the spreadsheet reports.
SDD Headers
This report displays the header details for the retrieved short dumps. The spreadsheet includes the following columns:
| Column | Description |
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| REC_ID | An identifier for the short dump in the form <YYMMDD_NNNNNN>. The first part of the identifier indicated the date when the short dump occurred. The second part of the identifier is a counter for the short dumps raised on the specified date. |
| DATUM | The date when the short dump was generated, in the format YYYYMMDD. |
| UZEIT | The time when the short dump was generated, in the format HHMMSS. |
| AHOST | The SAP application host name where the short dump was generated. |
| UNAME | The SAP user account that generated the short dump. |
| MANDT | The SAP client number. |
| MODNO | Index of external session. |
| DUMPID | Short dump identifier. |
| PROGRAMNAME | The name of the program in which the short dump occurred. |
| INCLUDENAME | The name of the include in which the short dump occurred. |
| LINENUMBER | The line number in which the short dump occurred. |
SDD Archive Info
This spreadsheet provides a summary which includes counts of the retrieved short dump data header records, detail records and tokens. It also includes the last run time for the retrieval of short dump data from the specified RFC Destination, the start date from which short dump data was obtained, the number of months of short dump data retrieved, and the status of the retrieve operation.
Analysis Input Data
This Excel report contains a copy of the input parameters used to produce the workflow’s Dashboard report. The value of each input parameter is stored in a separate worksheet, which is named after the parameter whose value it contains.