How to debug a macro ?

[Former Member]

I have a piece of code, which has macro and it skips the below code, which I assume the check withing the macro has failed.Unable to trace anything so far.

* keys set within both stock types must match
    relation = s2l_strel_unrelated.

    DEFINE check_intsect_key.
* exit if key in intersection doesn't match
      check ( intsect z s2l_stock_key_&1 ) or
            ( keyvals-&1 = stock_type->keyvals-&1 ).
    END-OF-DEFINITION.

    apply_macro_to_stock_keys check_intsect_key. --- THIS CAUSES THE BELOW CODE TO BE SKIPPED, how to identify WHY ?

* if we get were, the intersection part matches

    IF only_me IS INITIAL.
      IF only_st IS INITIAL.
        relation = s2l_strel_equal.
      ENDIF.
* 'me' is more general than stock_type
      relation = s2l_strel_more_general.
    ELSEIF only_st IS INITIAL.
* 'me' is more specific than stock_type
      relation = s2l_strel_more_specific.
    ENDIF.
  ENDIF.
ENDMETHOD.

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Edited by: Suhas Saha on Feb 8, 2012 5:14 PM

[marcin_cholewczuk]

Hi,

Please use search before posting question. It's not possible to debug macro.

BR

Marcin Cholewczuk

[Former Member]

Hi Marcin,

I did search for the same and found info which said a macro cannot be debugged. Something else said activate system debugging, which did not work for me.

My concern is the code, how do I decipher what causes different behaviour ?

[SuhaSaha]

> Something else said activate system debugging, which did not work for me.

System debugging wont let you debug macros.

I can see that the macro contains a simple CHECK statement(not sure why it was coded this way), you can check the variable contents in debug & see why this condition fails!

BR,

Suhas

[sreenivas_pachva]

Hi,

we cant debug macros in sap.

Regards

sreenivas p

Edited by: sreenivas.p on Feb 8, 2012 1:06 PM

[Former Member]

Made the below changes, moved the code out of the macro and debugged the same. Helps.

• keys set within both stock types must match

relation = s2l_strel_unrelated.

• DEFINE check_intsect_key.

• exit if key in intersection doesn't match

• check ( intsect z s2l_stock_key_&1 ) or

• ( keyvals-&1 = stock_type->keyvals-&1 ).

• END-OF-DEFINITION.

*

• apply_macro_to_stock_keys check_intsect_key.

check ( intsect z s2l_stock_key_matnr ) or

( keyvals-matnr = stock_type->keyvals-matnr ).

• if we get were, the intersection part matches