Data Description
The SM13 event is used in SAP to administrate update records.
Potential Use Cases
This event could be used in the following scenarios:
Alert on update errors.
Correlate the update entries with enqueue locks.
Dashboard update entries over time.
Splunk Event
The event will look like this in Splunk:
SAP Navigation
Log into the managed system and execute the SM13 transaction. Enter the desired user selection parameters, and select the Execute button.
Then select the record of interest and then the Details button.
Double-click one of the entries from the screen.
Select the Update Header button.
The information displayed is the remaining information extracted by Splunk.
Field Mapping
Field | Description | Unit of Measure |
---|---|---|
CLINFO_TEXT | VBCLINFO text description | String |
CURRENT_TIMESTAMP | The date time stamp when the information was collected | YYYYMMDDHHMMSS |
EVENT_SUBTYPE | String | |
EVENT_TYPE | SM13 | String |
STATUS | VBRC text description | String |
TEMPERATURE | Data Filter Value for Data Aging | Number |
UTCDIFF | The UTC OFFSSET in HHMMSS that the data was collected in | HHMMSS |
UTCSIGN | The UTC positive or negative OFFSET indicator. Positive (+) means add UTCDIFF to find the time zone of the data, negative (-) means subtract the UTCDIFF to find the time zone adjusted date time the data was collected in. | + | - |
VBACCNT | Update accounting | |
VBCLIINFO | Byte Value | Number (bytes) |
VBCLINAME | Name of the Executing Update Server | String |
VBCONTEXT | Update context (Code-page, DB node, ..) | String |
VBDATE | Date and time of update record (sort) | YYYYMMDDHHMMSS |
VBDATFM | Single-Character Indicator | Boolean |
VBDCPFM | Single-Character Indicator | Boolean |
VBENQKEY | Enqueue key | String |
VBETRANSID | SAP Statistics: Transaction ID | String |
VBETRANSLN | Length of External Transaction ID | Number |
VBKEY | Key for Update and Enqueue/Dequeue | String |
VBLANG | Logon Language | String |
VBMANDT | Client for update request | Number |
VBNAME | Name of the Executing Update Server | String |
VBRC | Update return code | Number |
VBREPORT | Program that generated the update request | String |
VBSTATE | Global status of an update request | Number |
VBTCODE | Transaction which has created the update request | String |
VBTIMOFF | Offset Local to System Time | Number |
VBTRANSID | SAP Statistics: Transaction ID | String |
VBUSR | User name in update request | String |
VBZONLO | Name of Local Time Zone | String |