Switching ABAP debugger on/off without creating new connection

[Former Member]

Is it possible to switch the ABAP debugger on/off without creating a new connection? It seems that the only way to enable the debugger is when the connection is first opened.

[Former Member]

Hello,

No, it is not possible.

However, if you have SAP release 620 or higher, you can use a new ABAP debugging variant, so-called "external debugging", to debug RFC/HTTP(SOAP) calls even without setting debugging option in connection string.

You can enable "external debugging" in SE37 by selecting

Utilities->Settings->Debugging->Activate external...

For details about "external debugging", please refer to ABAP workbench documentation.

Regards,

Guangwei