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ana2016 ‘All About Process Chains in SAP BUBW All About Process Chains in SAP BI/BW Oia process chain is a sequence of processes that wait in the ay background for an event. on Some of these processes trigger a separate event that can start other processes in turn. It provides various connectors that allow alternative and parallel What DevOps Means execution of process. for Your Mainframe For example, a retail store receives a customer order, this will ae trigger a sequence of events like checking material in stockaordering the product from Warehousedorder to manufacture the product and so on. Process chains provide graphical scheduling & monitoring features to help in automation, visualization & monitoring of tasks load the Guide apne} / processes. + Process chains are integrated into portal based BI administration cockpit. + Process Chains can be thought of as flowcharts which are scheduled to wait in background & triggered for an event by another process. hip hew gur88.comial- about process-chains-in-sap--bw him 2 ana2016 ‘All About Process Chains in SAP BUBW i : i i & 0F1_AR_30 /-> OFIAR_003 @ Activating Data OFIAR_003 @ Generated from INDEX ZINDX_FIARC30_ i Process Chain Process Chain involves three main steps hip hew gur88.comial- about process-chains-in-sap--bw him anezos [Aut roess Chis in SAP SUB 1, Start Process: It describes when the process will start (immediately, scheduled job, metaprocess, API) 2. Connector: It is a linking process, and can choose options of starting next process 3. Variant: The object on which we are supposed to execute the process is called as Variant. It is a set of parameters passed to the process like name of the InfoPackage or Info-Objects In this tutorial you will learn - Steps to create a process chain. Steps to check consistency of process chain. Steps to activate a process chain. Steps to assign Process Chain to application component. Steps to activate a Process Chain. How to Monitor Process Chains. Steps To Create a Process Chain RSPC is the whole and sole transaction used for Process Chain Maintenance. In this screen, existing process chains are sorted by “ApplicationComponents”. There are two views available: 1. Check View 2. Planning View. The default mode is Planning View. Step 1) hip hew gur88.comial- about process-chains-in-sap--bw him ana2016 ‘All About Process Chains in SAP BUBW Creating a Process Chain: Click the “Create” icon. Process Chain Display Planning | View AE eaearereal Descript/Descript. | > ak Not Assigned » ai PROCESS CHAIN DIRECTC » Bi student name » ah Transaction Banking Step 2) 1. Enter the Technical name of the Process Chain. 2. Enter a meaningful description for the Process Chain. (eae Process Chain Long description Click Check Mark Step 3) Anew window pops-up. Click on “New” icon to create a new “Start Process”. hip hew gur88.comial- about process-chains-in-sap--bw him ana2016 ‘All About Process Chains in SAP BUBW a «a (5) ‘Description Step 4) 1. Enter the Technical name of the Start Process. 2. Enter a meaningful description for the Start Process and click the Enter button. Process Variants Long description Step 5) The subsequent screen is used to assign time-based or event based trigger for the process chain. 1. Click on the option “Direct Schedule” to schedule the process chain for a specific time. 2. Click on the button “Change Selections” to enter the details for Scheduling the Process chain for execution. hip hew gur88.comial- about process-chains-in-sap--bw him ana2016 ‘All About Process Chains in SAP BUBW Maintain Start Process goa@ Variant Z_DENO_VARTANT Last Changed By ‘Changed On 09.06.2011 At 12:28:31 {Scheduling Options ay. @Direct Scheduling fart Using Meta Chain or APL L Steps for Scheduling a Process Chain: Step 6) 1. Click on the “Date/Time” button. Specify the Scheduled Start date/time,end date/time. 2. To set frequency, click on the check box “Periodic Job”. 3. Click the button “PeriodValues”. 4, In next screen, select required frequency (Hourly/Daily/Weekly/Monthly/Other Period). Click on Save icons and back button to go back to previous RSPC screen. hip hew gur88.comial- about process-chains-in-sap--bw him ana2016 fou ‘All About Process Chains in SAP BUBW ‘Scheduled start No Startafter Date [10.06.2011 Date (20.06.2011 Periodic joes eat Click save wi at DevOps Means og Your Mainframe eee eel Eales Step 7) Inipitwwr gr 99.comial- abou process-chain-in-sap-2-bw him me ana2016 Add Info Package: [Aut roess Chis in SAP SUB Click on icon for “Process Types” to proceed. PSIAll Descript Des: > afi Not Assignd student name » af Transaction Banking Step 8) As discussed earlier, data load can be triggered via an InfoPackage or a DTP. 1. If the dataload is to be done via an InfoPackage, use the Process type “Execute InfoPackage” 2. If the dataload is to be done via a DTP, use the Process type “Data Transfer Process” hip hew gur88.comial- about process-chains-in-sap--bw him nanos ‘NI About Process Chains in SAP BUBWY Read PSAand Update (| + By Save Hierarchy (3.x) + 38 Update Datastore Objec| + Data Export into External + [2 Stop Real-Time Data Ao} + 1B Trigger Event Data Chan @ Data Target Administration GH Reporting Agent 8 other BW Processes 5g Retail i Global Spend Analyses a other Step 9) Anew pop-up window appears. Here you can choose the required InfoPackage. @ Load Data Description ZDATALTEST Step 10) Connect both the Start Variant and the InfoPackage: Inipitwwr gr 99.comial- abou process-chain-in-sap-2-bw him eet anezos [Aut roess Chis in SAP SUB There are 2 ways to do this - Right click on first step. Click on “Connect With” ->“Load Data” Another way is to select the “Start Variant” and keep the left mouse button pressed. Then move mouse button to the target step. An arrow should follow your movement. Stop pressing the mouse button and new connection is created, From the start process to every second step there is a black line. a. Variant Exchange Variant, & zwar — — = create message Debug Loop, Remove Process The Process chain appears as below atter a Connection between the Start variant and Intopackage is created. & demo variant For any subsequent step, we can choose if the successor step shall be executed only if the predecessor. + Was successful: typically used in normal processing + Ended with errors: Typically used to send failure messages + Execute irrespective of success or failure of previous step hip hew gur88.comial- about process-chains-in-sap--bw him sar ana2016 ‘All About Process Chains in SAP BUBW successful OX — enors O% ..always Steps To Check Consistency of Process Chain 1, Select the menu “Goto” 2. Choose "Checking view", [& Process Chain View Exect Settings System Help i | Process Chain Maintenanc _ Losview Shift+F1 e950 Bas ed Oveniew —CtteShiNees Back F3 Tali (AUG EM reen - SAP will verify if all steps are connected and have at least one predecessor. Logical errors are not detected. If we get warnings or “Chain is OK"message, we can activate it. If the check identifies some errors , we have to remove the errors first. hip hew gur88.comial- about process-chains-in-sap--bw him 2 ana2016 ‘All About Process Chains in SAP BUBW (SA) lFEle lols) > “B General Services > @) Load Process and PostPro + @ Execute infoPackage + ® Read PSA and Update C| +k Save Hierarchy (3.X) + 8 Update DataStore Objec| + °& Data Exportinto External + ff Delete Overtapping Rea + Gy Data TransferProcess + F¥ Close Request of infoPa + [Bi Start Real-Time Data Ac} + [B Stop Real-Time Data Ao} + Trigger Event Data Chan @ Data Target Administration Gi Reporting Agent 8 other BW Processes 5g Retail ii Global Spend Analyses a other Steps To Activate a Process Ch. 1. Click on the menu “Process Chain” hip hew gur88.comial- about process-chains-in-sap--bw him oY ORT_DSS3-> ORMA_DSO1 oY Activate Data ORMA_DSO1 2 anaro%s I About Process Chains in SAP BUH 2. Select “Activate”. 3. Or select the “Activate” button SS Execution Goto Settings. 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The chain will be scheduled as background job and can be viewed in SM37 transaction code. You will find a job named “BI_PROCESS_TRIGGER’. All the Process chains are scheduled with same job name. Process Chain Maintenance Modified Version: Demo Process Chain Same AR AMaa on Mole 2A2R @ wi ips 98 combo roesschntsap--b tet Pee Chen nA UO How to oni ee 1. There are a number of work environments available for monitoring process chain runs: 2. Navigate to Administration tab from DatawarehouseWorkBench(RSA1) 3. 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