Manipulation of trace sessions based on address parameters

• US 20080098359A1
• Filed: 09/29/2006
• Published: 04/24/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 09/29/2006
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: SAP SE
• Original Assignee: SAP SE
• Inventors: Ivanov, Ventsislav, Mihailov, Georgi N.
• Application Number:
  US11/540,364
• Publication Number:
  US 20080098359A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 717/128
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 11/3495 for systems
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2201/875 Monitoring of systems including the internet

Abstract

A method and apparatus for manipulation of trace sessions based on address parameters. An embodiment of a method includes receiving a request for a performance trace session for a computer application. A parameter is generated to designate the performance trace session. A call is received to an address of the computer application, where the call includes the generated parameter. A trace session is opened in response to the call to the address and the parameter.

Claims

1. A method comprising:

enabling trace mode;

generating an address with one or more parameters to designate a performance trace session;

receiving a call to an address of the computer application, the call including the parameter; and

opening a trace session in response to the call to the address and the parameter.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the address is a URL (uniform resource locator) for the computer application.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the parameter is automatically generated for the trace session.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the computer application runs both on a first system and a second system, and wherein the performance trace session includes a performance trace of application operations on both the first system and the second system.

5. The method of claim 4, wherein the first system is a Java system.

6. The method of claim 4, wherein the second system is an ABAP (Advanced Business Application Programming) system.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the parameter contains an identification that is unique to the trace session.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein the parameter designates a type of performance trace for the trace session.

9. The method of claim 1, further comprising receiving a request for a second trace session, and further comprising generating a second parameter to designate the second trace session in response to the request for the second trace session.

10. An administration unit comprising:

an interface with a user; and

a trace manager, the trace manager to automatically generate a parameter for a performance trace session in response to a request for a trace from the user, the trace session relating to a computer application;

wherein the trace manager is to initiate a trace session for the user in response to a call to an address of the computer application, the address including the parameter.

11. The administration unit of claim 10, wherein the administration unit is a Web-based tool.

12. The administration unit of claim 10, wherein the address of the computer application comprises a URL (uniform resource locator) of the computer application.

13. The administration unit of claim 10, further comprising a JMX (Java management extensions) provider unit, the interface being coupled with the trace manager via the JMX unit.

14. The administration unit of claim 10, wherein the computer application is to operate on a plurality of computer systems, the plurality of computer systems including a first system and a second system, the first system and the second system having different computer environments, and wherein the trace session is to include enabling a first trace of the first system and enabling a second trace of the second system.

15. The administration unit of claim 15, wherein the administration unit further comprises a first import module for trace data generated for the first system and a second import module for trace data generated for the second system.

16. A computer-readable medium encoded with a computer program having instructions, the instructions including:

receiving a request for a performance trace session for a computer application;

automatically generating one or more parameters to designate the performance trace session;

returning the generated parameters;

receiving a call to URL (uniform resource locator) of the computer application, the URL including the generated parameters; and

opening a trace session in response to the call to the address and the one or more parameters.

17. The medium of claim 16, wherein the computer application runs on a plurality of systems, and wherein the performance trace session includes a performance trace of application operations on each of the plurality of systems.

18. The medium of claim 16, wherein the one or more parameters include a designation of a type of performance trace to be performed in the trace session.

19. The medium of claim 16, wherein the one or more parameters include a designation of one or more computer systems to be subject to performance traces in the performance session.

20. The medium of claim 16, wherein the sequences of instructions further include instructions that, when executed by a machine, cause the machine to perform operations comprising:

receiving a request for a second performance trace session, and

generating a second parameter to designate the second trace session in response to the request for the second trace session.