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HDB_DBCC_MDIAGF

Owned by Stephen Bangs, created
Aug 08, 2022
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Data Description

The HDB_DBCC_MDIAGF event is used in SAP to view the merged diagnosis files. Merging diagnosis files allows you to review both trace and log files together. This can be helpful, for example, if you are looking for a specific event, but do not know which file it is recorded in.

Potential Use Cases

This event could be used in the following scenarios:

  • Look in the HANA DB trace files for a particular record.

  • View error messages from the trace file over time.

  • Alert on a specific message in the HANA DB log file.

Splunk Event

The event will look like this in Splunk:

SAP Navigation

Execute the dbacockpit transaction in the system. Open the Diagnostics folder and double-click on “Merged Diagnosis Files”. Enter the desired user selection criteria in the top of the screen, and then click on the Merge Trace Files into Local DB. Double-click the Merged The information displayed on the right side of the screen will match the data that is extracted and sent to Splunk.