VRD/@@D -what are these ?

[Former Member]

in TSTC - VRD and @@D are present.

But when you execute the transaction...Its not possible. The Description forVRD is that

@@D is that it calls a debugger documentationbut if you try to execute the TCD there is no visible changes !

VRD - SD Generate data F.orders on Hand

What are these ? Shed more light,please !

[Former Member]

That is strange George! Are you still on 4.6C?

Try to find out who is using those transaction codes would be my first course of action, and ask them what it is about.

They might also be function codes and not transaction codes. Not necessarily critical even if they are hidden, if they perform the correct authorization checks. I looked around a little bit and found some S_ADMI_FCD = 'PADM' checks (it only has 1 field) which appear to be related. Find out who has that authority (should be restrictive) and establish contact with them, and ask them.

Cheers,

Julius

[Former Member]

Thanks Juluies !! Yes I am still on 4.6 C!! butwe are having an upgrade

[Former Member]

Hello Goreg,

Actually, just today someone suggested / requested that I add a link to a usefull "upgrade" thread to the sticky thread at the top of the forum. I am looking around for a good one, but if you want to suggest one (I know that you use the search) then any suggestions are welcome.

Cheers,

Julius

[Former Member]

How did you know that I use the search ?? Yes I do ..and my respect for the forum just grows as I read the threads !! Yes i will suggest !

[Former Member]

You have mentioned things in the past which indicate that you must have used the search. I am not aware of any means to "monitor" people's search habits.

If you have your first upgrade sandbox installed already, check whether there are any new transactions which replace these "old" ones or new ones which use / check / or propose the authority they previously required. That might tell you more about what they are / were.

Cheers,

Julius

[Former Member]

Is this thorough Visual comparision of TSTC ?

[Former Member]

Hi George,

I did a quick check (yes, using TSTC and PRGN_CORR* and SE80):

VRD, which has an empty space as a first character (and V.17 and some others) are relics of some old reports which were removed from the system, and at some release after 46C the tcodes to start the reports were removed as well. So it is a "nothing" since "SAP Note 42068 - Document analyses".

@@D is gone, and the screen # 0001 of the debugger is gone as well. It might have been some attempt at changing the source code from the debugger (permanently?) or jumping to the ABAP editor (like "Go to => Sourcecode" in the new debugger) in a new session? The screen is not used in the program though.

Anyway, they are both gone in higher releases.

Cheers,

Julius

[Former Member]

Thanks a million what interests me is HOW ...HOW did you fnd this !!! this is the interesting point.

[Former Member]

> .... what interests me is HOW ...HOW did you fnd this !!! this is the interesting point.

That is actually what I wanted to ask you. Were they in a menu?

My "quick check":

I used SE80 to compare the tcodes, the programs and the screens.

I checked the where-used-lists of the programs and found V.17 etc, and the note pointing to the new functionality for this.

I checked the screens and also possible new screens for @@D (the debugger has changed).

I then checked PRGN_CORR* to see whether there were any documented (but unrecognizable) replacements for these tcodes.

I came to the conclusion that the functionality is gone, or the new implemention of it (together with new functionality) is so different that it is not recognizable in a quick comparison of tcodes, programs and screens, using SE80. So, those tcodes are relics which have been replaced by other, hopefully better, functionality (knowing the "go to" feature which is protected by the most sever authority check available, it looked as if @@D was a prototype of it from earlier - but that is just a guess).

Perhaps '@@D' created ' VRD' accidentally?

Enjoy the weekend,

Julius