AUTOMATION OF IMPORTING USING BATCH FILES...!

Question

Hello Everyone!
I want your help on this matter. Actually I am trying to get data( in the form of XML) from BI into MDM SP04.
I want to automate the import process. i have saved the map and defined a port in the console and given the map name for the port.
now i configured the INI file present in the import manager batch.
I read somewhere that to run the importmanagerbatch.exe file i need to create a batch file having info about the INI file and then run the batch file which will execute the .EXE file.
But after doing this still data is not cmg in the repository.
Can anybody list me down all the required steps to automate importing. N can more than 1 map be taken care of in the console? or probably for every map we will have to create new ports for them?
I am totally confused....... please help me out.
Thanks and Regards.
Nitin jain.

Answer 1

Hi, Nitin,
The Import Batch can handle any number of maps in one batch process. It does have a limitation that the batch ini file will only reference 1 import file. But that file can contain any number of records and different table data.
I have used the Import Batch (only useable on Windows) for importing multiple check table data into the repository. In the dat file, I used the following code for each map. This is the code for the Partner Function.
:: IMPORT MAPS
cd "C:Program FilesSAP MDM 5.5Import Manager Batch"
@echo . STARTED Map: "Partner Functions" %DATE% %TIME% >> "C:MDMImportReport.log"
@echo Executing Map: Partner Functions
ImportManagerBatch.exe /INI "C:MDMMdmImportCheckTables.ini" /CLIENTSYSTEM "R/3 4.7" /MAP "Partner Functions"
            /LANGUAGE "English [US]" >> "C:MDMImportReport.log"
IF errorlevel 0 (echo . Completed successfully. >> "C:MDMImportReport.log")
           ELSE  (echo . FAILED with error code %errorlevel% >> "C:MDMImportReport.log")
IF errorlevel 0 (echo Completed successfully - %TIME%) ELSE (echo FAILED with error code %errorlevel%)
@echo . Ended Mapping: "Partner Functions" %DATE% %TIME% >> "C:MDMImportReport.log"
@echo .   >> "C:MDMImportReport.log"
I then repeated this code in the batch.dat file for each map used. In total I had 93 maps.
Kristin