What is dialog step?
A dialog step is used by Basis consultants as the unit of measure for system response time.
A dialog step is the processing needed to get from one screen to the next. It includes all processing that occurs after the user issues a request, up to and including the processing needed to display the next screen. For example, when the user clicks the Enter key on the Change Vendor: Initial Screen, he initiates a dialog step and the hourglass appears, preventing further input. The sapmf02k program retrieves the vendor information and displays it on the Change Vendor: Address screen, and the hourglass disappears. This marks the end of the dialog step and the user is now able to make another request.
There are four ways the user can initiate a dialog step. From the SAPGUI:
* Press Enter.
* Press a function key.
* Click on a button on the screen.
* Choose a menu item.
It is important for an ABAP/4 programmer to know about dialog steps because they form a discrete unit of processing for an ABAP/4 program.
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