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DebuggingthePayrollSchema
CreatedbyCarlosMartinezEscribano,lastmodifiedbyBretHalfordonJul07,2013

ThroughthisdocumentI'llshowyouhowtodebugthepayrollprocess,focusinginpayrolldriverdebugging.You'llfindheresometipsandtricksthatwillhelpyousavetime.
Asaprerequisitetounderstandthisblogyoushouldhaveabasicdebuggingknowledge.
Herearesomeinterestinglinksforgeneraldebugging:
ClassicABAPDebugger
NewABAPDebugger

UsinghardbreakpointstodebugtheSchema.
Wheneveryoucanmodifythesystemyouareanalyzing(e.g.youaredebuggingadevelopmentsystem),andyouhaveauthorizationtomodifyrulesandschemasyoucansetahardbreakpoint.
Forthis,youhavetomodifyyouruserprofileandsetanABAPprefix(AB4).

Onceyouhaveaprefixofyourown,youcansetabreakpointatacertainpointinaSchemabyeditingtheSchema(TrxPE01).Forthisyou'llusethepayrollfunctionBREAKfollowedbyyourABAPprefix.
Example:SetabreakpointinSchemaE000:

Ifyourunyourpayrolldriver,thedebuggerwillstopjustbeforeEANTschema.

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Nowyoucangotothenextpayrollfunctionbyexitingfunctionbreak(F7).

ThenpresskeyF5andsetasoftbreakpointatPERFORMasfunktion.

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YoucandisplaythecurrentfunctiontobeprocessedbydisplayinginyourdebuggerscreentableAS(Header).
TableAScontainstheSchemaanditsheadercontainsthecurrentfunctionintheschemabeingprocessed(ASFUNCO).

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NowyoucanstoprightbeforenextfunctiontobeprocessedinschemabypressingF8.

Inthiscase,youareabouttodebugfunctionP0092.TogetinsideitjustpressF5.

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Inthiscasethefunctioncodetobedebuggedisveryshort.GotothenextfunctionbypressingF8.
OfcourseyoucouldhavesetasoftbreakpointdirectlyatfunctionP0092pe04.
Youcansetabreakpointinapayrollrule,aswell.Forthisyou'llusethepayrolloperationBREAK,followedbyyourABAPprefix.

Whenapernrisrejectedinthepayrolllog.
Justsetabreakpointinthecommand"reject".Startpayrollprocessingindebuggingmode/H,thengoto...finallypressF8key,you'llreachtherejectcommand.Afterthatyouhavetotakealookat"Calls"
toguesswheretheerroriscomingfrom.
Forexample,yourunthepayrolldriveandgetaloglikethis:

Gobacktotheselectionscreenandstartpayrollindebuggingmodewith/H.

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Nowyouaredebuggingthepayrollandyouneedtoreachthepointofrejection:

Stopitattherejectcommand:

ThenpressF8sothatthecommand"Reject"isreached:

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Nowpressthe"Calls"icon:

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Thefollowingroutines:
FORMNEW_ABLEHNUNG
FORMFILL_MSGTAB_FINAL_STEP
FORMFILL_MSGTAB
FORMERRORS
Arecommontoalltherejectionssotheywillnotaddanyvalueinfo,sowegotothefirstrelevantform:
FUCHKPC
DoubleclickingonitwegettotheABAPcodeandsetabreakpointjustbeforetheerrorprocessistriggered(OrmaybeanalyzingtheABAPcodethattriggerstheerrorisenough):

Whenyoustartpayrollagainyou'llbeabletodebugthecodethattriggeredtherejectionwhichwillhelpyouidentifyingthecauseoftheerror.

FindoutatwhichpointofthepayrollSchema,aWageTypeisgeneratedoraWTissettoaspecificvalue.
Watchpointswillhelpyoualotonthis.IfforexampleyoufindthatWT/341equals1.375,00EURatthefinalpayrollresultsandyouwanttoknowwhereinthepayrollschemaWT/341amountwasset
to1.375,00EUR.
Startpayrollindebuggingmodebygoingtothepayrolldriverselectionscreenandsetting/Hattheokcode.ThenpressF8tostarttheprogram.

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Nowcreateawatchpoint.

Andfilltherequiredcondition.

Createasecondwatchpointbecausetheconditionis:itlgart=/341anditbetrg=1.375,00

Nowbothconditionhavetobelinkedbythe"And"operator.

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NowcontinuebypressingF8.Theprogramwillstopwhenthewatchpointconditionisfulfilled.

You'llnoticethatinthewatchpointconditionIusedWTtableITinsteadoftableRT.IfIhadsetthesameconditionfortableRT,theprogramwouldhavestoppedlateronintheschemawhenWT/341is
collectedtobestoredintableRTwhichisuseless.Sometimes,WTsaredirectlycreatedintableRTsointhatcases,settingtheconditionfortableRTmightbeuseful.Manytimes,WTsarecreatedwithina
ruleoperatedbyfunctionPITorPRT.Inthatcase,you'dbettersettheconditionfortableOT(OTLGART,OTBETRG...).Ifyoudoso,theprogramwillbestoppedattherelevantoperationwithintherule.
Toseewhichruleisit,lookinternaltableASheader.Toknowwhatoperationisit,displaythestructuredfieldOP.

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Bytheway,ifaWTissettoaspecificvalueinaPITruleandinsteadofsettingthewatchpointatOTtableyoudoitatITtable,thewatchpointwillstopattheendoftheruleasyoucanseeinthecode
below:

FORMfupit.
LOOPATit.
plog4_performplog_header_cycle(h99plog0)
usingitlgartcalcmolga.
MOVEccyclTOi52c5.
MOVECORRESPONDINGitTOi52c5.
ot=it.
PERFORMregel.
plog1_performplog_check_rule_performed(h99plog0).
ENDLOOP.
REFRESHit.
PERFORMotinitappend."appendstattcollect,beinhaltetrefreshot.
ENDFORM."ENDOFFUPIT
Soit'smoreaccuratetosetthewatchpointattableOTthanattableITinthesecases,butrememberthatrulesareflexibleandthereareoperationstoappendWTsdirectlytotableIT.

ProblemswithRetros.
Whentherearemanyretroperiodsinthepayrollrunyouareanalyzing,thesamepieceofcodewillbereachedonceandagainandyouhavetopresstheF8keyalotoftimesbeforeyoureachthepoint
youwheretheissuearises.TableAPERmanagestheperiodsprocessedinapayrollrunandit'sheaderholdsthecurrentlyprocessedperiod.Inthefollowingpicyoucanseethatperiod01.2008isbeing
processedinapayrollrunstartedfrominperiod01.2009.

YoucanuseAPERPAPERandAPERIAPERaswatchpointconditionssoifforexampleyousetabreakpointatfunctionEST00(WhichcalculatesSpanishtaxes)andthereare10retroperiodstobe
calculatedandyouwanttodebugjustthecurrentperiod:
1.Deactivate(Notdelete)thebreakpointatfunctionEST00.
2.SetAPERPAPER=APERIAPERasawatchpointcondition.
AsanalternativetousingtableAPER,youcanassignacountertothebreakpointsothatitstopsonlyafter"n"occurrences:
e.g.StopinfunctionEST00afterEST00beingprocessed13times:

Finally,whentheAPERPAPERissettothepayrollperiodyouwanttoanalyse(beausethewatchpointstopped),activatethebreakpointandgoahead:F8.
Reachingapayrollfunctionoroperationoncethedebuggerisstarted:
PayrollfunctionsarecodedasformFUXXXXbeingXXXXthenameofthefunction.e.g.functionwpbpiscodedasformfuwpbp.PayrollOperationsarecodedasOPXXXbeingXXXXthenameofthe
operation.KnowingthismakeseasytoreachanyFunction/Operation.

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ThenpressF8keyandyougettothebeginningoftheroutine.
HowtodebugaPersonnelCalculationRule:
YoualreadyknowthataPCRorcycleisnotworkingasdesiredbutdonotknowatwhatpointoftheruletheproblemis.WhenaPCRisprocessed,asequenceofpayrolloperationswillbeprocessed.You
canseehowaruleworksprocessingoneoperationineachstepandmonitortheintermediateresults.Thenyoumayrealizetheproblemisthattheruleisnotcorrectoryoucandebuginsidetheoperation.
Firstly,youhavetoreachtheruleyouaregoingtodebug.Forthatyoucansetahardbreakpointasstatedatthebeginningofthisdocumentorawatchpoint(ASPARM1=XXXXwhereXXXXisthename
oftherule)AND(OTLGART=YYYYwhereYYYYistheWTtobeprocessedbythePCR).ItisimportantthatbothwatchpointconditionsarelinkedbytheconditionAND
Example:
WearegoingtodebugPCRESPBatPayrollSchemaE000forpayrolldriverRPCALCE0.
GoingtothepayrolllogweseethatWTS121iscalculatedatPCRESPB:

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Sonow,letsstartthedebuggerandsetthewatchpointconditionASPARM1=ESPBandOTLGART=S121,hereishowyourdebuggerscreenwilllookwhenthewatchpointconditionsarereached:

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RuleESPBisprocessedbyPITFunctionwhichmeansthattableWTsintableITwillbeprocessedinaloop.EachtimeaWTisprocessedthetableITheaderwillbecopiedtoauxiliarytableOTandwithin
thePCRprocessingtheindividualoperationswillnormallyputtheirresultsintableOT.AttheendofthePCRprocessing,tableOTwillsubstitutetableIT.RelevantfieldsforITandOTare(LGART,BETRG.
BETPE,ANZHL...).
NowgoinsidePERFORMregelbypressingF8andsearchPERFORMboperwiththearrowdown

>SetabreakpointonPERFORMboper.

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Makesureyoudisplayatthebottomofthedebuggerscreenthefieldsyouwanttomonitor:

YoucanalsodisplaythecurrentoperationattheheaderoftableOPori52c5op1.
Nowyoucandeactivatethewatchpoint.
ClickinF8everytimeyouwanttogotothenextoperation(AndF5ifyouwanttotakeadeeperlookastohowtheoperationworksinternally):

Usingcounters:
Itmighthappenthatyousetabreakpointatacertainpartofthecodewherethepayrollexecutiongoesthroughagainandagain.Forexampleinretrocalculationorincaseyourbreakpointisinaroutine
thatisplacedinsidealoop.E.g.youplacedabreakpointinsideapieceofcodethatisexecutedwithinaloopandyouwantthedebuggertostoponlythe10thtimethatthebreakpointisreached.Youcan
specifyacounterforyourbreakpoint.
Clickonthebreakpointbutton:

Set10timesinthecount.field.

Ofcourse,ifthebreakpointisreachedlessthan10times,itwillneverstop,butyouaresupposedtoknowthnumberoftimesthebreakpointwillbereachedbeforehand.

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Whenanissuehappensforaspecificpernr
TheissueonlyhappenswithaspecificpernrX,howeverifyourunpayrolldriverforthepernrXindividually,youdon'tgettheerror.
1.(Optional)Youcansetthebreakpointbeforehandinthepieceofcodeyouwanttodebug.
2.(Conditional)Ifyoudidn'tdostep(1)startpayrolldriverwith/H.
3.(Conditional)Ifyoudidstep(1)deactivateallbreakpoints.
4.Setawatchpointwithconditionpernrpernr=X.
5.(Conditional).Ifyoudidstep(1)Activateallbreakpoints,otherwisesetabreakpointinthepieceofcodeyouwanttodebug.
CanallthisbeappliedtotheTimeEvaluation?.
Yes,RPTIME00workswiththerulesinthesamewayasthepayrolldriversRPCALCX0/HXXCALC0.InthiscaseyoumayfindusefultoknowthatPERplaythesameroleastableAPERforpayroll.
ThereforeyoucanusetheheaderofPERtostoptheprocessingataspecificday:
e.g.SetawatchpointatPERBEGDA=20080901orACDATE=20080901.
Goodtoknow:
YoucanexpandthepayrollantimeschemabyrunningprogramRPDASC00.
Skippingblocksofcode:
Asyoucanseeinthepicturebelow,innewreleasesyoucanskipapieceofcodebyplacingthecursorinthecodelineyouwanttojump:

ThisisnotafeaturevalidonlyforpayrollorHCMmodule.Skippingablockcodeisusefull:

*Ifyouhaveanerrorandyoususpectwhichthecoderesponsiblefortheerroris.Justskipitandyou'llknowifyoursuspicioninstrueornot.IfthecodewasintroducedbyanSAPnote,youmayhave
foundasideeffect.Andit'snotgoodtomodifyastandardprogramjusttodothiskindoftests.

*Afteralongdebugsessionyouexecutedapartofthecodethatwasimportantwithoutpayattention.Inthiscaseyoumayjumpbacktoacodelinethtawasalreadyexecutedaslongasyoudonotjump
betweendifferentesubroutinelevels.
ThefollowingSAPrelatednoteisinteresting:
https://service.sap.com/sap/support/notes/393820

Someusefulplacestosetabreakpoint:
Inthefollowingwikiarticleyouwillfindsomehints:
DebuggingPayroll.Usefulplacestosetabreakpoint.

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BobShaw
IhavefoundthisarticleonPayrollSchemadebuggingtobeextremelyhelpful
Particularlygoodfeaturesarethenotesonwhatbreakpointstoset&wheretosetthem
ThanksCarlos!

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