TREAD_DYN

Data Description

The TREAD_DYN event is used in SAP to flexibly extract data from ABAP tables within the managed system.

Potential Use Cases

This event could be used in the following scenarios:

• Extract business process data for a use case related to business data.

• Extract data from a custom table (Z table).

• Visualize an end-to-end business process based on the data extracted.

Metric Filters

To extract data from a particular table in your environment, follow the steps below:

Log into the managed system and execute the /n/bnwvs/main transaction.

Table reader filter needs to be maintained in the Administrator->Metric filters->Table reader filter

Please define filter name (should be unique) and table on the header level:

New functionality was included in the PowerConnect 7.0 release to include the possibility to specify date and timestamps from the desired table for extraction in the “Date range Field Name”, the Time range Field Name”, and the “Time Stamp range Field Name”. If you specify the timestamp fields from the dataset, the PowerConnect application will extract delta records based on the timestamp. Example below for the EDIDS table, where the CREDAT and CRETIM timestamps are input to extract delta records based on the time.

In release 8.03, a new field/column, 'Time Zone', has been added to specify the time zone for the 'Date Range Field Name'. If set to UTC, it will function the same way as the UTC format field. Note that the UTC format field will be removed in future versions, and the 'Time Zone' field with a value of 'UTC' will replace it. If this field is left blank, it indicates that the Date Range Field uses the system's default time zone.

It is also possible to define more specific select conditions and list of fields to be selected for each table using corresponding option on the left panel.

Select conditions sample:

Select conditions “Options” field accepted values:

If the aim is to extract delta data, appropriate where conditions should be added in the query itself. For these purposes following placeholders are foreseen:

Field values to get sample:

Wildcards are accepted here.

Decode option should be used to decode field content from BASE64 format.

Splunk Event

Important Note: Data will only be extracted if the Metric Filters have been defined. Please see instructions above on how to define the metric filters.

The data shown below only includes the default fields that are included as part of the TREAD_DYN extractor. The field values that are extracted will depend on the select conditions and field values selected, which are defined in the Metric Filters.

The event will look something like this in Splunk:

SAP Navigation

Important Note: Data will only be extracted if the Metric Filters have been defined. Please see instructions above on how to define the metric filters.

Please log into the managed system and execute the SE16 transactions. Enter the Table Name that you would like to extract (example below). Select Table Content button

Go to Settings → “Fields for Selection” to view the fields in table

This pop shows the field name and a description of the field. Clear entries from the selection.

Then select the fields that you would like to view and then select the “Confirm” button.

You will now see the fields you would like to search.

Enter the desired user selection parameters and then hit the Execute button.

The data shown will match the data extracted and sent to Splunk. Take note of selection criteria, since this selection criteria will need to be used to define the Metric Filters.