Technical changes
Define the queue [page 17]
Job scheduling: your system needs to run various automated background jobs that consume resources. Your administrator must carefully schedule these tasks when user demand is low so they don't impact performance.
A first important step was the introduction of playbooks to professionalize our work. Back then, SAP installation manuals were real tomes with hundreds of pages that often went around in circles and were anything but easy to understand....
Database layer
Virtual CodeProfiler allows you to automatically identify risks in ABAP code and correct errors. CodeProfiler for ABAP is fully integrated with SAP and is based on Virtual Forge's patented global data and control flow analysis. This solution helps ensure that applications written in ABAP have no security, compliance or quality gaps. As a result, SAP systems are protected from unauthorized access and meet the requirements of internal and external auditors. At the same time, CodeProfiler improves the performance of SAP systems and reduces costs.
Automatic error handling when a job is aborted is desirable and useful in most cases. The conscious processing and consideration of error situations in job chains - also at step level - can help to reduce manual effort. Error situations should be catchable: If they are non-critical elements, the following job can perhaps be started anyway. In the case of critical errors, a new attempt should be made or an alert issued so that an administrator can intervene manually. Simple batch jobs are usually not capable of this. The goal of an automated environment is not to have to react manually to every faulty job.
Tools such as "Shortcut for SAP Systems" complement missing functions in the SAP basis area.
Note that a change only takes effect when the instance is restarted!
Over time, the tasks associated with the base became more complex and time-consuming, so that only the consultants could handle them.