ABAP program to load an infocube

Question

Hello All,
I am new to BW and have learnt the basic concepts only. I now have to write an ABAP program to load one of the infocube after receiving the data in the form of a flat file from an external system. Any ideas on how I can go about this will be greatly appreciated and rewarded!  Thanks in advance.
Regards
Veena

Answer 1

Hi,
I guess you can try to raise an event to trigger the PC or IP to load the cube.
You should raise the event through your ABAP code and schedule the PC or IP to run once this event is raised.
Create event in tcode SM62
Use FM: BP_EVENT_RAISE to raise an event
Use after event in the start variant of the process chain.
You create user events in SM62. In SM62, next to "User even names", click on Maintain and press Enter. Click on the Create icon to create a new event (let's call it ZEVENT).
Next, in your process chain, change the Start variant to be scheduled "After event", and put in ZEVENT for the event name. Also, click on the "Periodic job" at the bottom. This will automatically reschedule the jobs for the process chain after it executes.
Next, create an ABAP program (let's call it Z_EVENT_RAISE) to call the function module BP_EVENT_RAISE. You're code can look like this:
codeREPORT Z_EVENT_RAISE.
PARAMETERS: P_EVENT LIKE TBTCO-EVENTID.
CALL FUNCTION 'BP_EVENT_RAISE'
EXPORTING
EVENTID = P_EVENT.
IF sy-subrc 0.
MESSAGE ID SY-MSGID TYPE SY-MSGTY NUMBER SY-MSGNO
WITH SY-MSGV1 SY-MSGV2 SY-MSGV3 SY-MSGV4.
ENDIF.[/code]
This ABAP program will prompt for an event name, so you will need to create a variant (let's call it ZEVENT) which will save the value of the event name (also ZEVENT). You will need the variant name to be able to trigger the event in a batch job.
Now all you need is the batch job. Use tcode SM36 to create a batch job where you call the ABAP program (Z_EVENT_RAISE) using the variant (ZEVENT).
Raise an event to trigger process chain in BI
http://sapbwneelam.blogspot.com/2007/09/how-to-start-process-chain-through.html
how do we raise an event to trigger process chain in BI
Hope this helps.
Thanks,
JituK