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SAMT

Former Member — Wed, 26 Sep 2007 07:10:34 GMT

HI All,

What is SAMT transaction ? Where it is used ? Can some one explain me with example i.e step by step procedure?

Regards,

Neeraj

Re: SAMT

Former Member — Wed, 26 Sep 2007 07:14:15 GMT

Hi,

ABAP Program Mass Processing

Transaction SAMT allows you to perform tests on sets of associated

programs.

To do this, you specify a subroutine which you call with an external

PERFORM for each individual program.

A program name and the associated TRDIR entry is then passed to a test

subroutine.

If the test detects any problem, it analyzes the information, error or

warning and outputs a note on the program location (external PERFORM

SAMT_HINT(SAPRSAMT)).

One note can have several messages consisting of any amount of text

(external PERFORM SAMT_MESSAGE(SAPRSAMT)).

For documentation about writing these subroutines, refer to the program

documentation for RSAMTFEX.

Special functions

Transporting tests

This function allows you to transport a test to another

system, but the system transports only a table entry, not the

associated test program.

Transported tests are usually displayed in green.

These transports are only deleted irrevocably if the deletion

was also transported.

Creating program sets

With this function, you create a program set belonging to a

particular test. You can describe the set on the next

selection screen.

If you want to enable certain program sets with a complicated

selection to be created several times, you can define a

variant of the program RSAMTSEL (in the usual way).

If you want to determine the program set according to

different criteria, you can use your own subroutine. This must

be part of the main program for the test, have the name

DETERMINE_PROGRAMSET and the following interface:

FORM DETERMINE_PROGRAMSET.

TABLES P_PROGRAMS TYPE PROGRAMS

USING P_FORM TYPE FORM

CHANGING P_SHORTTEXT TYPE SHORTTEXT.

Executing a test

The subroutine belonging to the test is called for each

program in a program set (in alphabetical order).

Since locks are set, several different sessions can perform

tests on the same program set at the same time. This means you

can reduce considerably the total amount of time needed to

process a program set.

There is also a function to execute tests in the background.

The function for performing a test on all machines initiates

the scheduling of a background job that executes a test on all

"suitable" machines (with RFC). Since this function increases

the load on the entire system considerably, this type of

background job should only be run at night.

Copying a program set

This function creates a new version of an existing program

set. You can execute the test for all the programs concerned.

In this way, you can detect any change in the results.

Extracting a program set

With this function, you create a new program set from an

existing program set.

For example, you can extract just the programs that cause

errors.

Copying a program set to another test

This function copies a program set from one test to another

test.

User statistics

If you want to determine the persons responsible for all the

program classes and development classes of the selected

programs, you can generate a list of all the relevant user

names.

This is accompanied by statistics giving the number of

programs, informations, warnings and errors.

Code statistics

You can also generate a statistic containing all the notes

codes that have occurred.

The text for a code is any first line of a note belonging to

the code.

You can branch to the relevant results display from either the

user statistic or the code statistic.

Displaying the results

There are two types of results display - standard display and

private display using your own program.

You can reduce the standard display by specifying certain

criteria.

If you want to perform non-standard results analyses, you can

handle the display and processing of test results yourself. To

do this, you call the program containing the test subroutine

directly (with SUBMIT ... VIA SELECTION-SCREEN). The test,

program set and version IDs are then passed via memory.

Since this involves a lot of programming and assumes some

knowledge of the structure of results tables, you are advised

against such results analysis.

Instead, you should make a development request for this

transaction in order to get any defective function included in

the standard.

Editing

By double-clicking on a message for a note in the standard

display, you can go into the ABAP/4 editor and jump to the

relevant place in the program.

Refreshing

You can refresh display lists at any time. This makes changes

made by other modi visible.

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