Process
chains are used extensively in SAP Business Warehousing for executing
loads, running reports etc. sequentially or parallel.
There
can be number of steps with in a process chain. You can also decide
what has to be done incase a particular step fails. In case of
failure you can decide to sent notification email to concern person
who can correct the issue.
In
this section we will see how to create a process chain using SAP BW
3.5. Using this process chain we will load data in Infocube.
1)
Execute transaction RSPC
2)
Press 'Create', enter 'Name' and 'Description' of the process chain,
press 'Continue'
3)
First step in the process chain will be a 'Start' step,
press
'Create' to create a process variants
4)
Enter 'Name' and 'Description' of the process variant
5)
'Save' process variant and go back, 'Change selections' is used to
schedule the process chain, we will revisit this again later
6)
Press 'Continue'
7)
Select the InfoPackage which is used to load data in
Infocube,
drag InfoPackage to right panel
8)
Select the process variants as InfoPackage using fucntion key F4
9)
Select the InfoPackage ZAAA and press 'Continue'
10)
Following steps will be added in the process chain
11)
Join 'Start' step with step 'Indexes' by selecting 'Start' step and
dragging
the line to 'Indexes'
12)
Go back to 'Start' step and right click to 'Maintain Variant'
13)
Select 'Immediate' to schedule the process chain immediately
14)
'Check' the process chain and 'Activate' the process chain
15)
Execute the process chain, enter the server name in the following
screen
16)
Process chain will start executing, to check the status, Press
17)
Select 'Yesterday and Today' to check the status of the process chain
18)
Following screen shows that load is still not completed
19) Once completed, the status will appear as follows,
incase
there is any failure, the status will appear as cancelled
