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Performance Monitoring Investigation — determine whether SAP HANA was collecting expensive SQL statement information for performance analysis.
This investigation was performed in a SAP HANA sandbox environment to simulate a routine SAP BASIS performance monitoring task. The Expensive Statements Trace configuration was reviewed to verify whether SQL statements exceeding defined execution thresholds were being collected for performance analysis. The investigation followed the same structured monitoring methodology commonly applied during performance investigations in production SAP environments.
Expensive statement monitoring supports performance investigations by identifying resource-intensive SQL activity. When the trace is disabled, performance troubleshooting may be limited because workload execution data is unavailable.
The Expensive Statements Trace was opened in SAP HANA Studio's performance monitoring view to inspect captured expensive SQL activity.
No expensive statement records were available for review. The monitoring screen displayed Visible Rows: 0/0. Because no statement data was available, further investigation was required.
The trace configuration was reviewed to determine why no expensive statement information was available. The review focused on trace status, threshold duration, and the overall monitoring configuration.
The Expensive Statements Trace was configured as Inactive. Since statement collection depends on an active trace, no expensive statement information was available for analysis. The absence of monitoring data was determined to be a configuration-related condition rather than a database performance issue or system malfunction.
| Attribute | Value |
|---|---|
| Monitoring Area | Expensive Statements Trace |
| Initial Result | No expensive statement records |
| Visible Rows | 0 / 0 |
| Trace Status | Inactive |
| Root Cause | Trace not enabled |
| Issue Category | Configuration |
| Database Performance Issue | Not identified |
The initial review identified that no expensive statement records had been collected. A follow-up investigation of the trace configuration determined that the Expensive Statements Trace was configured as Inactive. Since statement collection depends on an active trace, no expensive statement information was available for analysis.
The Expensive Statements Trace was found to be configured as Inactive during the review period. As a result, SAP HANA was not collecting SQL statements exceeding configured performance thresholds, and no expensive statement data was available for analysis. The absence of monitoring data was determined to be a configuration-related condition rather than a database performance issue or system malfunction.