Key Differences:
Feature Workbench Request Customizing Request
Used for development
Used for system
Purpose objects (ABAP
configuration settings
programs, etc.)
ABAP Developers, Functional Consultants,
Typical Users
Technical Consultants System Administrators
Custom code, Data
Configuration settings
Content Dictionary objects,
(IMG)
Enhancements
Business process-
Scope Code-related changes
related settings
R3TR Customizing objects are
Transport Type (Development/Workbe stored under "CUS"
nch objects) requests
System configuration
Code-related changes
Transport Process changes between
between systems
systems
Typically transported
Typically transported
between
System Environment between Development,
Development, QA, and
QA, and Production
Production
Summary
The
standard Breakpoints tool is
always located on
the Breakpoints desktop.
With this tool, you can
manage breakpoints,
watchpoints and
checkpoints. In addition, you
can monitor the current
status of the different
breakpoint types.
Detailed Description
Breakpoints
In the Breakpoints area, you
will see a list of all the
breakpoints set so far. If one
of the breakpoints has just
been reached, this is marked
with a yellow arrow. The
visibility (Debugger, session,
user) and type (line, ABAP
command, …) is displayed
for each breakpoint.
If you double click
the Navigation(
) column, the system will
display the breakpoint in the
respective source code.
The visibility of a breakpoint
can be changed through the
dropdown list. To change the
visibility of several
breakpoints, mark them and
select the pushbutton Save
as Session
Breakpoint or Save as User
Breakpoint.
You can change the visibility
of all Debugger breakpoints
using the menu
path Breakpoints-> Save
Debugger BPs as -> ....
In addition, you have
functions for creating,
changing, activating and
deactivating breakpoints at
your disposal.
Watchpoints
In the Watchpoints area, you
will see a list of all the
watchpoints set so far. The
watchpoint last set is
highlighted with a yellow
arrow.
For each watchpoint you will
see not only the current
value but the value before
the last changed.
(Technically speaking, each
time you create the
watchpoint and each time
the watchpoint variable is
changed, a clone of this
variable is created.)
In this way, you can always
determine what changes
have been made to the
monitored variable. For
complicated data structures,
such as internal tables or
structures, select the
pushbutton „Compare
Variables“(
) and choose the Diff tool to compare the old and new variable values.
In addition, you have
functions for creating,
changing, activating and
deactivating watchpoints at
your disposal.
Checkpoints
In addition, you can edit
conditional and
unconditional checkpoints u
sing the Breakpoints tool.
This function is provided in
the new Debugger only.
Conditional checkpoints are
set first in the source code
using the ASSERTstatement;
unconditional checkpoints
are set using the BREAK-
POINT statement. These
have the effect that
programs will be continued
only if a preset condition is
fulfilled. In the following
window, these checkpoints
can be searched for,
activated, or deactivated.
