S.41 - Weekly Short Dump Summary

This workflow provides a summary the SAP short dump data that has been generated for the specified RFC Destination in the last seven days. The results are displayed in a Dashboard 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.41 - Weekly Short Dump Summary 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:

  1. Select the RFC Destination parameter and choose ‘Edit RFC Destination’ from its context menu to display the RFC Destination dialog.

  2. 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.41 - Weekly Short Dump Summary 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.41 - Weekly Short Dump Summary 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.

  • The Top N by Type pie chart displays the top N short dumps grouped by type.

  • The Top N by Program pie chart displays the top N short dumps grouped by their associated Program.

  • The Top N by Include pie chart displays the top N short dumps grouped by their associated Include.

  • The Top N by User pie chart displays the top N short dumps grouped by the user who generated the short dump.

  • The By Month column chart displays the number of short dumps generated in each reported month.

  • 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 report:

ABAP Dump Headers Report

This HTML report displays the short dump header details and archive information retrieved by the Read Short Dump Data action.

Analysis Input Data

This Excel report contains a copy of the input parameters used to produce the App’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.