Collector for Update Requests (SM13)

The technical name of the Collector for Update Requests (SM13) is /DVD/MON_CL_COL_UPD_REQ.

This collector gathers information about requests in the transaction SM13 which are either canceled requests or requests that need to be updated. It also gathers the total number of update servers and deactivated update servers, that is, update servers that are running but have been manually deactivated. For canceled or failed update requests there is also a detail table that provides additional information like the execution of the updated server, reason for the cancellation and more.

Default KPIs Delivered with This Collector

The following default KPIs are delivered with this collector:

KPI name	Description	Unit	Detail table
UPD_REQ_CANCEL	Number of canceled update requests	Number	Yes
UPD_REQ_TOBEUPD	Number of update requests to be updated	Number	No
UPD_SER_TOTAL	Number of update servers	Number	No
UPD_SER_DEACT	Number of inactive update servers	Number	No

Parameters

The following parameters are used for this collector:

Parameter name	Default value	Description
DELAY_TO_CHECK_UPDATE_MIN	30	Related to the KPI UPD_REQ_TOBEUPD. Only update requests submitted before the delay that is defined by this parameter will be considered for the KPI (current timestamp minus this parameter).
MAX_PROCESS_RECS_TO_DETTAB	250	Defines the limit of how many collected requests will be propagated to the detail table in order to avoid any performance issues. This parameter only applies to default processing. It does not limit user-defined inputs. Also, this parameter only limits the detail table output. KPI counts are not affected.

Detail table

The collector provides the detail table Canceled update requests. The technical name of the detail table is /DVD/MON_S_UPD_CANCELLED.

This detail table provides an extensive output for canceled update requests including the ID, when the request was canceled, the transaction code or report, and also the status that additionally describes the error leading to cancellation.

Technical name	Description
TIMESTAMP	Timestamp when the records are saved to the detail table
SID	System ID
VBMANDT	Client for the update request
VBTCODE	Transaction which has created the update request
VBREPORT	Program that generated the update request
VBKEY	Unique key for the update request
VBUSR	Username in the update request
EVENT_TIMESTAMP	Event timestamp (time in which the update error occurred)
VBNAME	Name of the server executing the update
STATUS	Update request cancel status