BC490 ABAP Performance Tuning

Course version: 2001/Q3

Duration

• 3 day(s)

Course Goals

• Methods for systematically analyzing ABAP performance, including individual object analysis and SAP system analysis
• Skills for optimizing database accesses and ABAP processing

Target Audience

• Developers
• Technical consultants
• Employees responsible for system performance

Prerequisites

Essential:

• SAPTEC Fundamentals of SAP Web AS
• BC400 ABAP Workbench Foundations
• BC401 ABAP Objects
• BC430 ABAP Dictionary
• Good working knowledge of an SAP solution

Software Component(s) and Release(s)

• R/3 4.6

Course Content

• Individual object analysis: analysis of transaction steps, SQL performance analysis, ABAP runtime analysis, ABAP Debugger, optimizing database accesses
• Unsuitable access paths: introduction to database indexes; creating, changing, and deleting database indexes; database views/ABAP JOINs and database indexes; Open SQL statements and database indexes
• Suitable access paths: accessing individual tables, accessing several tables, accessing pooled and cluster tables, SAP table buffering
• Optimal use of internal tables: concept and definition of internal tables, efficient loading, efficient access, applications
• SAP system analysis overview
• SAP workload analysis (transaction profiles)

Notes

• This course is designed for experienced ABAP developers with fundamental SAP administration knowledge.
• In the course, a performance optimization project enables participants to put theory into practice.
• The content of this course is partially covered in course BC402 (Advanced ABAP), which takes a more proactive approach.