Breaking Up is Hard to Do!
This is my fond Adieu to all of you.
After over 4 months of frustration, lack of information from Apple, too many Apple posts on my part, I deactivated my iPhone effective this past Tuesday and moved on to another smartphone that already had many of the features that I have yearned for and is more related to my business/personal needs.
I found it interesting watching MSNBC the other morning -the Joe Scarborough show “Morning Joe”. He was doing the morning business report in conjunction with CNBC and he was commenting on the iPhone.
Scarborough said – “iPhone keyboard is too small for him, and after the original luster wore off he no longer takes his iPhone from his home in Pensacola to NYC where he does his daily cable show”. He went on to say “he finds the iPhone is great for his teenage children but not for his business needs and does not plan to use it”. You need to understand that he received his iPhone gratis from Apple from what I understand.
My new smartphone has but is not limited to:
• GSM/GPRS/EDGE/UMTS/HSDPA
• Frequency: 850/900/1800/1900 MHz (GSM/GPRS/EDGE); 850/1900/2100 MHz (UMTS/HSDPA)
• GSP with Built in GPS Antenna
• Memory: 256 MB Flash ROM and 128 MB SRAM (Nowhere near the iPhone)
• 2.8 inches QVGA; 240 x 320 pixels, 65K color touch screen (Not like Apple)
• Sliding QWERTY keyboard
• Speakerphone
• Push To Talk capable -- connect easily with 1 or up to 30 people with just the push of a button
• Voice Recorder
• 3G service. 3G service is not available in all areas.
• Still Camera
• Video Camera
• Mobile Email -- Xpress Mail, Microsoft Direct Push, POP3/IMAP4, Active Sync, BlackBerry Connect email solutions supported
• Text Messaging -- send/receive short messages
• Multimedia Messaging -- send/receive messages comprised of text and images
• Mobile Instant Messaging -- send/receive messages in real time using AOL® Instant Messenger, Windows Live Messenger, Yahoo!® Messenger
.3 megapixel camera with auto—focus
• Up to 10x Digital Zoom
• Cellular Video (CV) -- watch streaming video on your device*
• Video Share -- share a live or recorded video during a call*
• Music -- download music to use your device as a music player (XM Radio Mobile comes preloaded)
• Windows Media Player 10 Mobile -- to play music or videos
• Preloaded Games
• Doesn’t have stock UI
• Doesn’t have the nice Weather Interface
These are some of features that are available on my new smartphone. May not have the great Apple UI or the graphics but its the age-old problem of *functionality vs. glamor*.
Allan S., RonA2, bnbzone aka Earless Puppy, Jim Urban, 4n6doc, Gunny, and all the rest of you great posters. I also do not want forget our Apple moderators/facilitators Nathan C. and Jason L.
After 1410 posts which at times have been a very informative over the 4 months and lots of fun from time to time.
Who knows, maybe I will be back when the iPhone is better suited to my functional needs.
The thing I think most people forget is that the Apple iPhone is a first generation phone from a company that has NEVER produced cell phones before. If one thinks about how popular and amazingly useful their first try has been, you have to admit that with that in mind, they have sold the 4th most popular phone in the US. Not bad for a "computer" company.
The funny thing to me is people forget that. I realize that some don't have the luxury of waiting and growing with the iPhone. But I truly believe that those of you who keep those things in mind you'll find a much more user-centric and perfect phone for business and casual users alike.
One thing Apple is superior at is listening to its customers requests. The more we tell them we would like to see in the iPhone, the more they will add. I have no doubt that this phone is and will change the landscape of cell phones even more as time goes on.
For me, I'll keep my iPhone. I love it. And it has changed my perception of what cell phones are capable of. I can only imagine how amazing this phone will be when Version 2 or 3 is released. Just look at the development and progression of the iPod in just a few short years. I have no doubt the iPhone will also grow into the amazing product Apple and the rest of the world expects it to be. It already is for me. It has eliminated the need for me to carry an iPod, cell phone, even my MacBook Pro stays home much more than it used to. After-all what is the iPhone but a tiny laptop with even better graphics than my MBP. You can see I am smitten with my iPhone and I was one of the people who slept out over night to get mine. (Even though most stores didn't run out until a few days later. I just couldn't wait. From what Apple was telling us the iPhone could do right out of the box, I knew I just had to have one. And i have not been disappointed even once with it.
Version 2? Imagine. You just may be back to get your iPhone back. No other phone comes even close to it's usability!
What phone did you end up getting anyway? I can't imagine with what;s out there, a trade off that isn't a short change from the iPhone.
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Can a powerbutton shutdown shoot electricity through the FireWIre bus?
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Making a break in a 'stroke' line?
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I have turned FileVault OFF
No ScreenSaver
No EnergySaver
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dual 2.8GHz quad core processors
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http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/articles/servers-storage-admin/configure-vm-templates-1656261.html
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Hi everyone,
this is the first time ive been to an ipod support forum, ive tried everything and this is the last resort please help!
ive got a 4thgeneration ipod (non-color) and this is my 4th one, after a random period of time (between 4 weeks to 2 months) they all break. The hard drive starts making crazy sounds, randomly the unhappy face appears and eventually you lose everything, im not having a great experience with this product and apple refuse to refund saying theyll just replace it with another one (3 ipods later its still not working)
It hasn't been abused, i've treat this one like it's worth its weight in gold and its barely been moved since i've gotten it (mostly been using it for temporarily storing files). I unmount it (safely eject/remove hardware) before unplugging it and do everything by the book.
This time it's gone beyond what normally goes wrong..
As a last resort i tried restoring the ipod to factory settings, something must have gone wrong during this process because now the ipod is convinced that it is just a 400meg drive, is there anything i can do to restore it to its full 40gb?
formatting just gives the option to format it to 400meg, fdisk wont work because its a USB disk, same thing with partition magic.
any ideas?
im desperate lol! also, if not, what are the chances of convincing apple to refund me so I can get an iRiver?
having said that, my friend has the exact same model and has had it about 7 months without any problems, maybe im just unlucky!
id prefer to repair it rather than send it off again for another refurbished model, any ideas?
thanks in advance guys.."Did you do this within the iPod interface?"
not sure what you mean sorry!, I used the ipod updater tool to restore it to factory settings.
Apologize for that one, I somehow assumed you tried to reset it with holding "menu" and the center button or via "settings->reset to factory setting" in the iPods menu.
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How to: make a custom second page?
Ladies, Gents,
I almost have my custom template for my business correspondence ready, but there is one thing I cannot figure out how to do it...
As with my normal (printed) stationary, my second page and onward have less information then my first one. In my case, just a logo. Much as is the case with the "Woodland letter" template in Pages '08. As soon as you hit enter at the end, the second page comes up with a smaller, simpler logo.
I cannot figure out how to get this done? The manual states entering a section break, customizing it, and using File>Advanced>Capture pages, but as soon as I enter a section break, I just get a blank page. Copying or pasting a graphic adds ANOTHER page at the end... I am stumped, and having read the manual from page 1 to 240, I don't have a clue!
Any help would be GREATLY appreciated!Oh! Now I see.
Try this. Format your template WITH the second page included. Use either a page break or a number of returns to get to the second page. Reformat the second page with the appropriate header, footer, logo, etc. (This is where 'First page is different' comes in, I'm sure you know.) Once the second page looks the way you want, remove it by removing the page break or the hard returns, THEN save it as a template. Do NOT use a section break to create the second page. I don't think inserting a new page will work to modify the template in this case.
BTW, you are using a word processing rather than a page layout document, I assume.
Good luck,
Terry -
Preformance tuning,its urgent,i would appreciate ur help
hi
I have some problem with performance tuning
SELECT stlty
stlnr
stlkn
stpoz
idnrk
FROM stpo
INTO TABLE t_detail
FOR ALL ENTRIES IN t_header
*MOD04{
WHERE stlnr eq t_header-stlnr
AND postp EQ p_postp
AND lkenz NE c_pos
AND stlty NE c_null.
WHERE
stlty IN s_stlty
AND stlnr EQ t_header-stlnr
AND postp EQ p_postp
AND lkenz EQ space.
*}MOD04
*}MOD03
IF sy-subrc <> 0. "t_detail[] IS INITIAL.
MESSAGE s045. "No Data found for the given selection criteria
LEAVE LIST-PROCESSING.
ELSE.
SORT t_detail BY stlnr.
ENDIF. "t_detail[] IS INITIAL.
iam getting some problem in performance tuning,its displaying as fetch request as 65% from stpo
i have to use some other table other than stpo,there is no other table than stpo,how to do it.even i cheked the indexes used as well
i would be extremely thankfull for ur valuable answersHi,
chk this you might get some idea...
Performance Analysis
Interpreting and correcting performance violations
PURPOSE
Each and every rule is outlined that results in a performance violation and explained in detail as to what to avoid while coding a program and correcting such performance violations if they exist in the code.
It is a general practice to use Select * from <database> This statement populates all the values of the structure in the database.
The effect is many fold:-
It increases the time to retrieve data from database
There is large amount of unused data in memory
It increases the processing time from work area or internal tables
It is always a good practice to retrieve only the required fields. Always use the syntax Select f1 f2 fn from <database>
e.g. Do not use the following statement:-
Data: i_mara like mara occurs 0 with header line.
Data: i_marc like marc occurs 0 with header line.
Select * from mara
Into table i_mara
Where matnr in s_matnr.
Select * from marc
Into table i_marc
For all entries in i_mara
Where matnr eq i_mara-matnr.
Instead use the following statement:-
Data: begin of i_mara occurs 0,
Matnr like mara-matnr,
End of i_mara.
Data: begin of i_marc occurs 0,
Matnr like marc-matnr,
Werks like marc-werks,
End of i_marc.
Select matnr from mara
Into table i_mara
Where matnr in s_matnr.
The objective here is to identify all select statements in the program where there is a possibility to restrict the data retrieval from database. It identifies all select statements, which do not use the where condition effectively. It is a good practice to restrict the amount of data as this reduces the data retrieval time, improves the processing time and occupies less memory. Always use as many conditions in the where clause as possible.
e.g. Do not use the following statement:-
Select matnr from mara
Into table i_mara.
Loop at i_mara.
If i_mara-matnr+0(1) A.
Delete i_mara index sy-tabix.
Endif.
Endloop.
Instead use the following statement:-
Select matnr from mara
Into table i_mara
Where matnr like A%.
Limit the access to database as far as possible. Accessing the same table multiple times increases the load on the database and may affect other programs accessing the same table. It is a good practice to retrieve all the relevant data from database in a single select statement into an internal table. All the processing should be done with this internal table.
e.g. Do not use the following statement:-
Select vbeln vkorg from vbak
Into table i_vbak
Where vbeln in s_vbeln.
Loop at i_vbak.
Case i_vbak-vkorg.
When IJI1.
Select hkunnr from kunh
Into table i_kunh
Where vkorg = IJI1.
When IJI2.
Select hkunnr from kunh
Into table i_kunh
Where vkorg = IJI2.
When IJI3.
Select hkunnr from kunh
Into table i_kunh
Where vkorg = IJI3.
When IJI4.
Select hkunnr from kunh
Into table i_kunh
Where vkorg = IJI4.
Endcase.
Endloop.
Instead use the following statement:-
Select vbeln vkorg from vbak
Into table i_vbak
Where vbeln in s_vbeln.
Select hkunnr from kunh
Into table i_kunh
Where vkorg in (IJI1,IJI2,IJI3,IJI4).
Loop at i_vbak.
Case i_vvbak-vkorg.
When IJI1.
Read table i_kunh where vkorg = i_vbak-vkorg.
When IJI2.
Read table i_kunh where vkorg = i_vbak-vkorg.
When IJI3.
Read table i_kunh where vkorg = i_vbak-vkorg.
When IJI4.
Read table i_kunh where vkorg = i_vbak-vkorg.
Endcase.
Endloop.
When the size of the record or the number of records in the internal table is large, doing a linear search is time consuming. It is always a good practice to search a record by binary search (Always Sort the table before doing a binary search). The difference is felt especially in the production environment where the live data is usually huge. As of release 4.0 there are new types of internal tables like SORTED and HASHED which can be effectively used to further reduce the search time and processing time.
e.g. Do not use the following statement:-
Select matnr from mara
Into table i_mara
Where matnr in s_matnr.
Select matnr werks from marc
Into table i_marc
For all entries in i_mara
Where matnr eq i_mara-matnr.
Loop at I_mara.
Read table i_marc with key matnr = I_mara-matnr.
Endloop.
Instead use the following statement:-
Select matnr from mara
Into table i_mara
Where matnr in s_matnr.
Select matnr werks from marc
Into table i_marc
For all entries in i_mara
Where matnr eq i_mara-matnr.
Sort I_marc by matnr.
Loop at I_mara.
Read table i_marc with key
matnr = I_mara-matnr
binary search.
Endloop.
It is a good practice to search records from internal tables using a binary search. But extreme caution needs to be applied as it may either increase the time or may cause run time termination if it is not sorted.
Always the sort the internal table by the required keys before performing a binary search.
e.g. Do not use the following statement:-
Select matnr from mara
Into table i_mara
Where matnr in s_matnr.
Select matnr werks from marc
Into table i_marc
For all entries in i_mara
Where matnr eq i_mara-matnr.
Loop at I_mara.
Read table i_marc with key matnr = I_mara-matnr binary search.
Endloop.
Instead use the following statement:-
Select matnr from mara
Into table i_mara
Where matnr in s_matnr.
Select matnr werks from marc
Into table i_marc
For all entries in i_mara
Where matnr eq i_mara-matnr.
Sort I_marc by matnr.
Loop at I_mara.
Read table i_marc with key
matnr = I_mara-matnr
binary search.
Endloop.
It is a general practice to use Read table <itab> This statement populates all the values of the structure in the workarea.
The effect is many fold:-
It increases the time to retrieve data from internal table
There is large amount of unused data in work area
It increases the processing time from work area later
It is always a good practice to retrieve only the required fields. Always use the syntax Read table <itab> transporting f1 f2 FN If just a check is being performed for existence of a record use Read table <itab> transporting no fields
e.g. Do not use the following statement:-
data: i_vbak like vbak occurs 0 with header line.
data: i_vbap like vbap occurs 0 with header line.
Loop at i_vbak.
read table i_vbap with key
vbeln = i_vbak-vbeln binary search.
If sy-subrc = 0 and i_vbap-posnr = 00010.
endif.
Endloop.
Instead use the following statement:-
data: i_vbak like vbak occurs 0 with header line.
data: i_vbap like vbap occurs 0 with header line.
Loop at i_vbak.
read table i_vbap transporting posnr with key
vbeln = i_vbak-vbeln binary search.
If sy-subrc = 0 and i_vbap-posnr = 00010.
endif.
Endloop.
There are many ways in which a select statement can be optimized. Effective use of primary and secondary indexes is one of them. Very little attention is paid especially to the secondary indexes. The following points should be noted before writing a select statement:-
Always use the fields in the where clause in the same order as the keys in the database table
Define the secondary indexes in the database for the fields which are most frequently used in the programs
Always try to use the best possible secondary index in the where clause if it exists
Do not have many secondary indexes defined for a table
Use as many keys both primary and secondary as possible to optimize data retrieval
As of release 4.5 it is now possible to define the secondary index in the where clause using %_HINT.
e.g. Do not use the following statement:-
Assuming a secondary index is defined on the field vkorg in table vbak
Select vbeln vkorg from vbak
Into table i_vbak
Where vbeln in s_vbeln.
Loop at i_vbak.
Case i_vbak-vkorg.
When IJI1.
When IJI2.
Endcase.
Endloop.
Instead use the following statement:-
Select vbeln vkorg from vbak
Into table i_vbak
Where vbeln in s_vbeln and
Vkorg in (IJI1,IJI2).
Loop at i_vbak.
Case i_vbak-vkorg.
When IJI1.
When IJI2.
Endcase.
Endloop.
This rule identifies all select statements in the program which use Select UP TO 1 ROWS It is a general practice to use this syntax to retrieve a single record from database table. If all the primary keys of a table are used in the where clause it is a good practice to use Select SINGLE
e.g. Do not use the following statement:-
select matnr up to 1 rows from mara
into mara-matnr
where matnr = itab-matnr.
Instead use the following statement:-
select single matnr from mara
into mara-matnr
where matnr = itab-matnr.
Table buffering is used to optimize data access from database. However if buffering is used on tables which are updated frequently, it has an adverse effect. The buffer area is updated at regular intervals by the system. If selection is done from this table before the buffer is updated the values are fetched first from the buffer and then from the database as the buffer is outdated. This increases the load on the system and also the processing time.
It is always a good practice to bypass buffer in the select statement for tables, which are buffered but are updated at regular frequently.
e.g. Do not use the following statement:-
select matnr from mara
into table i_mara
where matnr in s_matnr.
Instead use the following statement:-
select matnr bypassing buffer
from mara
into table i_mara
where matnr in s_matnr.
Most of the performance issues are related to database. It should be an inherent practice to reduce the access to database as far as possible and use it in the most optimal manner.
Just as in select statements, database updates also affect the performance. When records are to be inserted in database table do it in once. Populate the internal table completely, with which the records are to be inserted. Then update the table from the internal table instead of updating it for each record within the loop.
e.g. Do not use the following statement:-
Loop at i_mara.
Insert into mara values i_mara.
Endloop.
Instead use the following statement:-
Loop at i_mara.
Modify i_mara.
Endloop.
Insert mara from table i_mara.
Read statement fetches the record from the internal table using implicit key or explicit key. When no key or index is specified for the search criteria the key in the WA of the internal table is used implicitly for searching. SAP recommends explicit search criteria. Here the key or index is explicitly specified which is used for searching the records from internal table. This is faster than an implicit search.
e.g. Do not use the following statement:-
Loop at i_mara.
i_marc-matnr = i_mara-matnr.
read table i_marc.
Endloop.
Instead use the following statement:-
Loop at i_mara.
read table i_marc with key
matnr = i_mara-matnr.
Endloop.
When an internal table is sorted without specifying the keys the default is used. This may affect he performance. Always specify the keys when sorting.
e.g. Do not use the following statement:-
Data : begin of i_mara occurs 0,
ersda like mara-ersda,
ernam like mara-ernam,
laeda like mara-laeda,
aenam like mara-aenam,
vpsta like mara-vpsta,
End of i_mara.
Sort i_mara.
Loop at i_mara.
Endloop.
Instead use the following statement:-
Data : begin of i_mara occurs 0,
ersda like mara-ersda,
ernam like mara-ernam,
laeda like mara-laeda,
aenam like mara-aenam,
vpsta like mara-vpsta,
End of i_mara.
Sort i_mara by matnr aenam.
Loop at i_mara.
Endloop.
Whenever values need to be passed in a subroutine have type declarations assigned to the formal parameters. If no specific type declaration is possible then use TYPE ANY. This improves the performance. It is also recommended by SAP and can be noticed during extended program check (EPC) for the program.
e.g. Do not use the following statement:-
perform type_test using p_var1 p_var2 p_var3.
form type_test using p_var1 p_var2 p_var3.
endform.
Instead use the following statement:-
perform type_test using p_var1 p_var2 p_var3.
form type_test using p_var1 type c
p_var2 type any
p_var3 like mara-matnr.
endform.
This is similar to type declarations for subroutines explained in Rule 13. Except that type declarations need to be maintained for field-symbols. More help is provided by SAP under TYPE ASSIGNMENTS.
e.g. Do not use the following statement:-
field-symbols: <fs1>, <fs2>, <fs3>.
Instead use the following statement:-
field-symbols: <fs1> type c,
<fs2> like mara-matnr,
<fs3> like marc-werks.
The Do Enddo loop does not have a terminating condition. This has to be handled explicitly within the loop construct. This has some affect on the performance. On the other hand While Endwhile loop has a condition to satisfy before entering the loop. Hence will improve the performance and is also safe to use.
e.g. Do not use the following statement:-
Do.
If count > 20.
Exit.
Endif.
Count = count + 1.
Enddo.
Instead use the following statement:-
While ( count < 20 ).
Endwhile.
Do not use the CHECK construct within Loop Endloop. The end condition for check statement varies with the type of loop structure. For example within loop endloop it moves to the next loop pass whereas in form endform it terminates the subroutine. Thus the outcome may not be as expected. It is always safe to use If Endif.
e.g. Do not use the following statement:-
Loop at i_mara.
Check i_mara-matnr = 121212
Endloop.
Instead use the following statement:-
Loop at i_mara.
If i_mara-matnr = 121212
Endif.
Endloop.
This rule is similar to rule 16 except that it is for Select Endselect statements. The affect is similar to that in loop endloop.
e.g. Do not use the following statement:-
Select matnr from mara
Into table i_mara.
Check i_mara-matnr = 121212
Endselect.
Instead use the following statement:-
Select matnr from mara
Into table i_mara.
If i_mara-matnr = 121212
Endif.
Endselect.
This feature is also available in SAP Tips & Tricks. As can be seen the time measured for the same logical units of code using if elseif endif is almost twice that of case endcase.
It is always advisable to use case endcase as far as possible.
e.g. Do not use the following statement:-
IF C1A = 'A'. WRITE '1'.
ELSEIF C1A = 'B'. WRITE '2'.
ELSEIF C1A = 'C'. WRITE '3'.
ELSEIF C1A = 'D'. WRITE '4'.
ELSEIF C1A = 'E'. WRITE '5'.
ELSEIF C1A = 'F'. WRITE '6'.
ELSEIF C1A = 'G'. WRITE '7'.
ELSEIF C1A = 'H'. WRITE '8'.
ENDIF.
Instead use the following statement:-
CASE C1A.
WHEN 'A'. WRITE '1'.
WHEN 'B'. WRITE '2'.
WHEN 'C'. WRITE '3'.
WHEN 'D'. WRITE '4'.
WHEN 'E'. WRITE '5'.
WHEN 'F'. WRITE '6'.
WHEN 'G'. WRITE '7'.
WHEN 'H'. WRITE '8'.
ENDCASE.
Sort by Clause should be used instead of Order by at database level especially in the cases where the number of records is less. When using Order by clause we need to ensure that it uses an index. This is not the case in sort by. Also the performance is significantly high for Sort by Clause especially for small number of records.
e.g. Do not use the following statement:-
SELECT * FROM SBOOK
WHERE
CARRID = 'LH ' AND
CONNID = '0400' AND
FLDATE = '19950228'
ORDER BY PRIMARY KEY.
ENDSELECT.
Instead use the following statement:-
SELECT * FROM SBOOK
WHERE
CARRID = 'LH ' AND
CONNID = '0400' AND
FLDATE = '19950228'
SORT BY PRIMARY KEY.
ENDSELECT.
It is observed that break points are hard coded in the program during testing. Some are soft break points some are hard coded and also user specific. These are left in the program during transports and cause production problems later. This rule helps you to identify all the hard coded break points that are left in the program.
This rule is self-explanatory. Hence no examples are provided. -
Question on use of discretionary hyphens
Hello,
I hope someone can solve the following conundrum!
I want to make sure that compound words (ex: official-looking) do not break at any syllable at the end of the line. It then looks unsightly when the word has two hyphens.
If I put a discretionary hyphen at the beginning of the second word, then neither word will break and it will break at the hard hyphen. This works but I do not understand why. Further, if I put the d. hyphen in front of the first word, then neither word breaks nor will it break at the hard hyphen, which is not a good result.
But then the problem deepens.
I also do not want the words prior and after an em dash to break. Breaking the words in this instance also looks bad. Again, if I put the d. hyphen before the second word, the phrase will break at the em dash but neither word will break except under the following condition:
If the second word has only one syllable the first word will break.
I could fix that by puttinga d. hyphen before the first word, but then it will never break at the em dash.
Any ideas?
Thanks,
TomSorry, I probably can't actually answer your question, I'm just trying to save you from the dustbin of page two. I tried to write up a GREP style suggestion for you, but maybe you've already considered this? I decided it'd probably take two GREP searches to apply No Break to either side of a compound word separated by a hyphen, and it felt like an awkward suggestion. Then, I tossed the question at Google, and found that Kenneth had posted about this issue in 2007. Interestingly, that thread covers this question (and a partial answer, why a GREP style won't work), and the odd behavior of the discretionary hyphen when used in a compound word with No Break applied.
Maybe there's some sort of obvious non-GREP answer. I often manage to gin up hacky solutions in these kinds of cases with a zero-width space, e.g. [word][nonbreaking hyphen][ZWS][word], in a paragraph style with hyphenation turned off. However, I doubt that's the answer, and if there is a good non-GREP answer, I simply can't consume enough coffee to make my brian generate the answer. Best of luck. -
Can anyone explain me " How to debug updaterules?"
Can anyone explain me " How to debug updaterules?"
Hi ALI,
Transfer rules and Update rules are the main areas within a BW system where the BW professional can transform your transaction system data into the required format for what ever InfoObject / InfoProvider is being updated.
Quite often when ABAP is used as part of your transfer and update rules there is a need to debug the code to ensure you dont introduce any problems into your production environment.
When data is loaded into a BW system the a background process is used. This means you can not run the data load in debug mode as you would most other programs. What you need to do is run the load program in Simulation mode.
The first step to take is set a breakpoint in you coded Update/Transfer rule. This can be achieved by:
Setting a breakpoint within the generated program once the rule has been activated.
Locate the code manually during your debug session and setting a break-point.
Hard code a breakpoint in the rule as shown below:
o if sy-uname = 'MYUSERID'.
 break.
o endif.
My preferred method is the first option. I try not to hard code breakpoints (second option) as I sometimes forget to remove the code once I have finished debugging and the third option takes I find take too long.
To set a break-point in the activated code you have to find the activated program and then search for your code that you want to debug. Follow these 4 steps (Update Rule):
1, View the code for the Update Rule.
2, Locate the code that you want to debug and remember some content that will identify the code that you need to debug.
3, Come back out of the code and activate your Update rule. Once activated, select Display Activated program from the Extras menu.
4, Search for the code that you located in step 2 and set the break-point.
Once your beak-point has been set you then need to run the update/transfer rule in simulation mode. To achieve this you must have already loaded data into the PSA. Follow these steps:
1, Navigate to the PSA under the Monitoring section with transaction RSA1. Find the PSA Request that you want to debug and select the Simulate/Cancel update option from the right mouse click menu.
2, The screen will then show the details tab of the InfoPackage Monitor for the specific request. Right-click on a selected Data-Packet and select Simulate.
3, Select the appropriate Activate Debugging option for your rule (Update/transfer). Select the radio button to determine the number of records that you want to process in you debugging session and select the Perform Simulation button.
4, Select the Data Packets, Number of Records and then the continue button.
5, The update process will start and your screen will show the debug window. Press F8 to run through your program. It will then stop at the breakpoint you set earlier.
Regards]
Anil -
Not able to remove the ABAP code from Transformation
Hello Experts,
We have transformation for DSO in that for one infoobject, field routine is written, Break Point is hard coded there and it's move to production. Now we are trying to remove that break point from development and then move it production.
we are doing following activity to remove the break point.
1. Open the transformation.
2. Open the field routine.
3. Going to ABAP code in field routine.
4. Remove the hard coded Break Point from ABAP code.
5. Saving the code.
6. It's taking to again filed routine window.
7. We close the window and activate the transformation.
8. When again check the ABAP code in field routine then it shows hard coded Break Point again.
9. Not able to remove the hard coded break point.
Can anyone know how to do this.
Help will be appreciated.
ThanksHi,
As pointed above, after point 6 don't simply close the window but click on Transfer Value and then activate your transformation. Refresh the system and check again.
Regards,
Arminder -
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