SAP ABAP Debugger: Watchpoints

 

1. Indicator in a program that tells the ABAP runtime processor to interrupt the program at a particular point.
2. Not activated until contents of a specified field change.
3. User specific hence does not affect other users running the same program.
4. Can only de defined in debugger and can be changed/deleted.
5. Up to 5 watch points can be set for a program
6. Monitor contents of specific fields. They inform when the value of  a field changes
7. Conditions for activation of watch points can be set
8. One can specify logical conditions between up to 5 conditional watch points
9. Can be defined as either global or local. A global watch point is active in all called program.
10. Local watch points are only active in a specified watch point.