BPC Process Chains

Hi All,
These question would be quite general. I would like to explore more about process chains & process variants. I tried to copy a process chain and created customized process variants.
1) But, how do I know what fields should go into what type of process variants.
2) Is there any reference on the list of fields and their accepted field values?
3) Each process variant has an underlying ABAP code to execute the step? How could I find more about what each step is doing?
Thank you very much in all advances.
Cheers,
Yen Li

Hi Yen Li,
What version of BPC are you using? In 7.0 there was a need to copy Process Chains; in 7.5 most of the things can be done with delivered Process Chains.
If you are doing it just for self education then it makes sense to take a look at variants of existing Process Types. Usually those variants contain all parameters a particular type can process. Most of the parameters serve as placeholders to pass parameters from DM Package logic to Process Type.
Process Variant doesn't have any code behind it; process Type has. Finding that code in BPC is no different from finding it in BW. Just open any Process Chain and select menu item Settings -> Maintain Process Types. Double click on Process Type you are interested in and in ObjectTypeName you'll see name of the Class behind that Process Type.
Hope this helps,
Gersh

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