SAP Note 851012 - SAPGUI: Performance trace - technical details

Component : Graphical User Interface -

Solution : https://service.sap.com/sap/support/notes/851012 (SAP Service marketplace login required)

Summary :
This SAP Note outlines the implementation details for activating the SAPGUI performance trace, recommending usage of SAPGUI 6.40 or above with a specific patch level. The document guides on selecting appropriate trace logging options for evaluating frontend and backend processing times, which includes detailed steps for tracing roundtrip communication, RFC request executions, and acknowledgments via SAPGUI. Advanced users can capture and assess detailed metrics such as BeginResponseTime, ResumeResponseTime, and other time aggregation values to analyze response times and identify asymmetric communication patterns, enabling enhanced performance optimization and troubleshooting of SAP applications.

Key words :
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