User-specific ABAP breakpoint acts weird

Question

Why the statement

BREAK-POINT 'my username'.

affects not only me but other users too? Am I insane? Maybe this is a problem of permissions or any other reason? Can anybody explain me?

This statement is located in method body in class which implements BAdI.

score 13 · Accepted Answer · edited Jul 05 '19 at 14:56

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If you want to use break points only for your username, you have to use it like this:

BREAK username.

If you use

BREAK-POINT.

it is going to affect everyone.

The actual meaning of BREAK-POINT 'my username'. is completely different (comment from vwegert):

See the documentation of BREAK-POINT - you've been using your user name as a log text

edited Jul 05 '19 at 14:56

Sandra Rossi

answered Oct 02 '12 at 08:50

Mtu

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Also see http://help.sap.com/abapdocu_70/en/ABAPBREAK-POINT.htm#&ABAP_ADDITION_2@2@ - you've been using your user name as a log text. – vwegert Oct 02 '12 at 10:47
Thanks for documentation vwegert. I also do appriciate that. – Mtu Oct 02 '12 at 10:58

score 2 · Answer 2 · answered Jun 02 '15 at 07:55

Not the direct answer for your question, but maybe also helpful:

In transaction SAAB you can define a checkpoint group (e.g. Z_MYbreaks). Then you can use the following command:

BREAK-POINT ID Z_MYbreaks.

The breakpoint will have no effect, unless you activate it in transaction SAAB. The advantage over break USERID:

Can can (de)activate it without a code change (you could transport it to the productive system and activate it only, when you want to test something).
It can be ativated by and for everybody, not only for the one user id in the break-command. (Sure: you need the authorization)

Details can be found at

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