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Automate Debugging Using Scriptgs

The document discusses automating debugging in ABAP using debugger scripts. Debugger scripts allow checking the results of many statements in complex code automatically rather than manually in the debugger. An example script is provided that sets a breakpoint on SELECT statements, executes each statement, checks the SY-SUBRC variable, and breaks if it is not 0 to pinpoint the failing statement. Debugger scripts save time over manual debugging for large programs and standard scripts can be modified for specific debugging needs.

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Automate Debugging Using Scriptgs

The document discusses automating debugging in ABAP using debugger scripts. Debugger scripts allow checking the results of many statements in complex code automatically rather than manually in the debugger. An example script is provided that sets a breakpoint on SELECT statements, executes each statement, checks the SY-SUBRC variable, and breaks if it is not 0 to pinpoint the failing statement. Debugger scripts save time over manual debugging for large programs and standard scripts can be modified for specific debugging needs.

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Automate debugging using ABAP debugger scripts

Introduction:-

There must be many situations in which you have to debug very complex SAP standard or custom code. It
might be possible that you have to check all the RFC calls, database updates, authority checks etc.

But as you might very well know, that complex applications can have very large number of these
statements. Checking the result of each statement in debugger can be very cumbersome. Using debugger
scripts, you can automate the above process and pin point the particular statement in the code.

Example: Here, I have created a demo program which contains some ‘Select’ statements. We wish to
check the statement, which is not returning SY-SUBRC = 0. Note that this is a test program and you
might not appreciate the use of scripts here. But applying the same technique in large programs can
increase your productivity significantly.

There are some select statements in the above program. We wish to know which statement is giving SY-
SUBRC = 4.

Steps:-
1. Enter in debug mode in the code in which you want to check. Open the script tab.

2. Now, change the trigger of the script. Tick the checkbox ‘Breakpoint reached’.

3. Note that, the breakpoint for the script trigger is not the same one as we create in ABAP. For
triggering in script, you would have to create your breakpoint through script.

Click on the ‘Change’ button in front of ‘Breakpoint Reached’ checkbox.

Create a breakpoint for ABAP statement ‘Select’.


4. Now that the trigger is created. We have to write the code to analyze the statement at which the script
is triggered. All the code can be easily generated using ‘Script wizard’ and has to be written in
method ‘Script’. Following are the steps which we need to perform using script.

- The script will trigger at the ‘Select’ statement. Execute this statement

- Get the value of the program variable ‘SY-SUBRC’.

- Analyze the sy-subrc value. If sy-subrc NE 0, we will trigger the breakpoint.

a. So, we will use script wizard to step over (execute) the current statement (‘Select’). Remember to pass
the parameter for ‘F5’ from the flower box that we get after selecting the Debug step. (Refer to attached
code)
b. Get the value of the system variable ‘SY-SUBRC’ using script wizard.

c. Check the value of the variable obtained and if it is not 0, then trigger the breakpoint. The attached
code is the final code, which would be generated using script wizard and slight modifications.
METHOD script.
*** insert your script code here
*1. Step over the current statement (Select)
*************************************************
* debugger commands (p_command):
* Step into(F5) -> CL_TPDA_SCRIPT_DEBUGGER_CTRL=>DEBUG_STEP_INTO
* Execute(F6) -> CL_TPDA_SCRIPT_DEBUGGER_CTRL=>DEBUG_STEP_OVER
* Return(F7) -> CL_TPDA_SCRIPT_DEBUGGER_CTRL=>DEBUG_STEP_OUT
* Continue(F8) -> CL_TPDA_SCRIPT_DEBUGGER_CTRL=>DEBUG_CONTINUE
*************************************************
****************************************************************
*Interface (CLASS = CL_TPDA_SCRIPT_DEBUGGER_CTRL / METHOD = DEBUG_STEP )
*Importing
* REFERENCE( P_COMMAND ) TYPE I
****************************************************************
TRY.
CALL METHOD debugger_controller->debug_step
EXPORTING
p_command = cl_tpda_script_debugger_ctrl=>debug_step_into.
CATCH cx_tpda_scr_rtctrl_status .
CATCH cx_tpda_scr_rtctrl .
ENDTRY.
*2. Get the value of the system variable 'sy-subrc'
****************************************************************
*Interface (CLASS = CL_TPDA_SCRIPT_DATA_DESCR / METHOD = GET_SIMPLE_VALUE )
*Importing
* REFERENCE( P_VAR_NAME ) TYPE TPDA_VAR_NAME
*Returning
* VALUE( P_VAR_VALUE ) TYPE TPDA_VAR_VALUE
****************************************************************
DATA lv_subrc TYPE sy-subrc.
TRY.
CALL METHOD cl_tpda_script_data_descr=>get_simple_value
EXPORTING
p_var_name = 'SY-SUBRC'
RECEIVING
p_var_value = lv_subrc.
CATCH cx_tpda_varname .
CATCH cx_tpda_script_no_simple_type .
ENDTRY.
*3.Check the value of sy-subrc. Trigger point, if condition reached
IF lv_subrc NE 0.
me->break( ).
ENDIF.
ENDMETHOD. "script
METHOD end.
*** insert your code which shall be executed at the end of the scripting
(before trace is saved)
*** here
ENDMETHOD. "end

5. Check the syntax of the code and start the script (using the button on the left of Pattern’.
6. It will stop at the point where the select statement doesn’t return sy-subrc as 0.

So, the debugger has stopped at the position where SY-SUBRC is not 0.

7. Now, we have the option to either continue the script (to find more such select statements), or exit the
script and manually debug from that point onwards. We will exit the script and go to debugger to
check the SY-SUBRC value.
So, the SY-SUBRC is 4.

Note: If after starting the script, it goes to the output screen directly, you can press back and exit the
script.

Summary:-

The above technique can be used for other statements as well like RFC calls, Authority checks, call
method etc.

Also, you can explore the script wizard and there are a lot of things which you can do. There are a lot of
standard scripts available. You can either use them directly or modify them according to your
requirement.

We have written the script on the fly. We can also save our script for reusability

We can also see the trace of our debugger script, which can be very useful if we are going for layer aware
debugging.

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