SAP ABAP sensor releases

Instana monitors SAP ABAP systems by using the Instana SAP ABAP sensor. The sensor provides insights into the health and performance of SAP. For more information, see Monitoring SAP with the ABAP sensor.

1.0.42

SAP ABAP sensor 1.0.42 is released on 29 May 2025.

Improvements

The User Information tab on the SAP instance dashboard now displays the number of logins for each SAP GUI version.

1.0.41

SAP ABAP sensor 1.0.41 is released on 19 May 2025.

Improvements

The sensor now updates the SAP ABAP instance dashboard as follows:

  • Generates a built-in event when the average database latency exceeds 5 seconds.
  • Updates ABAP dumps and spool errors to show content for the last 24 hours and this time window is now configurable.
  • Displays the number of total and available work processes in the Work Process KPI tile. Previously, it showed only the total work processes.

1.0.40

SAP ABAP sensor 1.0.40 is released on 5 May 2025.

Improvements

The sensor now updates Work Process and Background Jobs metrics every 60 seconds.

1.0.39

SAP ABAP sensor 1.0.39 is released on 31 March 2025.

Improvements

An authorization check is added to check if the user has authorization to retrieve data from the function module TH_SERVER_LIST.

Fixes

Previously, a NullPointerException error occurred when queries were run on empty tables. This issue is now fixed by adding checks to determine whether a table is empty. The query is run only if the table is not empty.

1.0.38

SAP ABAP sensor 1.0.38 is released on 24 March 2025.

Improvements

In Instana UI, you can now view the Database latency metrics on the Summary tab on the SAP ABAP Instance dashboard.

1.0.37

SAP ABAP sensor 1.0.37 is released on 19 February 2025.

Improvements

In Instana UI, you can now view the user logins in Platforms > SAP > Instances.

1.0.36

SAP ABAP sensor 1.0.36 is released on 13 January 2025.

Improvements

In Instana UI, you can now view the summary information for DB2 database in Platforms > SAP > Databases.

1.0.35

SAP ABAP sensor 1.0.35 is released on 09 December 2024.

Improvements

  • Generates built-in event if background job is not completed within 6 hours.
  • Added tabs in Instana UI to group metrics into various categories, such as RFC, workload, memory, user information, and diagnostics.