SAP SHM AREA INSTANCE ACCESS

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ABAP_SHM - Area Instance Versions
Shared objects are stored and managed in area instance versions. In an ABAP program, area instance versions and thus shared objects are accessed exclusively using area handles. Here, area locks are set and area instance versions can acquire different states.

Area handles

Area locks

States of area instance versions
The transaction SHMM provides an overview of the area instances in the shared objects memory of the current ABAP_ASINSTANCE , the associated locks, and the states of the area instance versions. The class CL_SHM_UTILITIES is used to query the properties of area instances in programs.