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July15,2016 | 148Views |
StefanFoerster
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Everyone,whodebugsinTM,facedthesituationmanytimes:anyBOPF
callreturnsanobject,whichisdeeplynested,e.g.eo_changeor
eo_message.Thispostisintendedtosuggestawaytosavetime
investigating.

Forexample:IndebuggeryouexecuteaBOPFcall(retrieve,do_action
orevensavetransaction)andyougetfailedkeysorarejectedflag.Asa

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nextstepyoumaywanttocheckthecollectedmessagesinthe
eo_messageobject.

Youdoublecklickthemessageobjectandseeahighnumberof
collectedmessagesintheattributemt_message:

Inordertolearnmoreaboutthecollectedmessagesyouunfortunately
needtodoublecklickeachmessagereferenceofeachlineinthistable,
findthereferencedmessageIDandnumber,openaseparatesession
tolookupthetextinSE91andthenyouknowwhetherthismessageis
relevantforyourinvestigation:

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But,sure,youknowallthosestepsandgotusedtoit.Whythenthisblog
post?

Wouldntitbenicetoseeallthosemessagesinthedebuggerright
away?

MostofusdoactuallynotknowthattheBOPFcolleaguesprovideda
helpinghandherealready.

Indebugger,includethetoolsectionScriptWrapper.Ontheveryright
side,pushthebuttonNewTool.

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Inthisnewsectionloadtheexistingdebuggerscript
/BOBF/TOOL_DEBUGGER_SCRIPT_F.

IntotheBOPFFrameworkObjectfieldyouputyourlocalobjectvariable,
whichimportedthereturnedeo_messageparameter,andthenyouclick
onStart.

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Andwhatanicerelief!Youcanseeallthemessagesrightawayinthe
debuggerandthereisnoneedtospendsomuchtimetonavigate
throughallthemessagereferencestopulloutthetextsfromSE91
anymore.

Thereisonlyasmallshortcoming.Onceyouidentifiedamessagetobe
relevantforyourinvestigation,youactuallywanttosetabreakpointat
theplacewherethemessageisraised.FromSE91youusuallydoa
whereusedetc.

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UnfortunatelytheavailabledebuggerscriptdoesnotlistthemessageID
andnumber.

Butnoworries,hereishowtoaddthosetwocolumns:

InSE38justcopytheprogram/BOBF/TOOL_DEBUGGER_SCRIPT_F
andinyourownlocalZ*programyoudothefollowingadjustments:

(Thisisascreenshotofversionmanagementscomparisonfeature.
Youneedtoinsertthewhitelines.)

Andlookatthat.InthedebuggeryougetrightawayallthemessageIDs
andnumbersandtextsofallthereferencedmessagesofthe
eo_messageobject

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Bytheway,theavailablescriptalsohandlesotherBOPFFramework
objects,likeeo_change.

Havefunsavingtime

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JeffreySchweigler

July18,2016at2:10pm

Thanksforthearticle.

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July19,2016at2:45am

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Reallypracticalskill!

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