CcBPM: HTTP Send Step

Hi Experts,
i want to open my FTP adapter within an integration process.
therefore i have the correct HTTP GET statement.
My problem is what kind of data type is needed and how is it integrated into the integration process?
Thanks,
chris

Hi, thanks.
I want to open my FTP adapter, when its open it receives data from an ftp server, transforms it.
so I want to open the FTP adapter .. make an transaction ... and close the FTP adapter again.
the things i want to know:
how to configure the open and close steps within the integration process. and I meant HTTP post..not get.
see this screenshot:
http://img134.imageshack.us/img134/4595/unbenanntgy3.jpg
Regards,
chris

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the report RSBDCSUB using submit statement.
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Hello Experts,
I'd like to ask you if you have an idea how to configure synchronous send step from ccBPM. So scenario is quite simple:
1. async start of process
2. sync send to system A
3. continue of process
What I already did is:
I define abstract sync interface everything including names is the same as target sync service interface. Then I define async abstract SI with a name of Request Message type and async abstract SI with a name of Response Message. I of course use Receiver From property set to Send Context...
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Milan

A BPM cannot process further without receiving the response message of the SYnc Send......
In the req and resp tabs of the Sync Step of BPM you have to use the correspoding Container Variables (which you have defined with the ABS Async Req and Resp MIs).
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Regards,
Abhishek.

Error Handling in BPM - Send Step

Hello,
I would like to implement the following two error handlers using BPM:
1. There is a send step which sends a message to an HTTP receiver. If the HTTP server is down I would like to add 3 retries and just in case after the third retry fails there should be an error Email sent. So I am wondering whether a communication error (which happens in the HTTP receiver communication channel) is delivered back to the process engine so that it can be handled using BPM.
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Hi Florian,
>>2. When I activate transport acknowledgement and there is an error in XML validation outbound channel request I get an system error acknowledgement back however the error branch is NOT taken either!
Correct send step using transport acknowledgment will check whether the message was transmitted or not
Check this link http://help.sap.com/saphelp_nw04s/helpdata/EN/43/65ce41ae343e2be10000000a1553f6/content.htm
>>3. And NOW it gets interesting: When I simulate step 2 again an cancel the error message afterwards then the error branch is taken! Not very useful in my opinion if error messages have to be canceled first. The error branch seems to be pretty useless for me in case of asynchronous send steps.
Again when you cancelled the message it was not received successfully by the receiver system and hence it raised exception (as mentioned in the Exception of send step.)
I will suggest you to try using Application Acknowledgment in send step. Also If you provide the steps of BPM then it will be more helpful.
Also have a look at this :
Asynchronous send step can raise exception only when
1. Thrown when a permanent system error occurs:
a. In the case of an asynchronous send step, the exception will only be triggered if an error occurs during the transfer to the pipeline. Errors that occur during mapping in the pipeline, do not trigger an exception.
b . In the case of a synchronous send step, the exception is also triggered by permanent system errors that occur in the pipeline or while transporting the message to or from the pipeline.
Regards
Suraj
Edited by: S.R.Suraj on Sep 8, 2009 6:41 AM

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Hi Gurus,
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Hi,
see the counter variable , initial value is 0 ,then the loop always true.
second thing is when you send the request for synchronously and the response message to receive step, is it correct,
if so why do you want to maintain the loop, are more messages sending the messages in seqencially /syncrounously .
I think you want to check the response interface value is it , check this correctly..
See the below links for Sync Send .
https://www.sdn.sap.com/irj/sdn/weblogs?blog=/pub/wlg/1403 [original link is broken] [original link is broken] [original link is broken] [original link is broken]
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Chilla

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Hi ,
I have one BPM scenario where I am using synchronous send step to insert data into database and to get response back from database as success or failure .My scenario involves inserting data into multiple tables and in multiple rows . If all the inserts are successful then I want to write success message else I want the messaage as error . So can we read all the SQL response and store it in container varibale and the have soem decision logic ?

Hi,
for everyinsertion, you will get a response
<INSERT_COUNT> </INSERT_COUNT>
http://help.sap.com/saphelp_nw04/helpdata/en/2e/96fd3f2d14e869e10000000a155106/content.htm
if the value ==1 , then insertions is sucessful, if value ==0, then insertion not succsful.
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Regards,
Bhavesh
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bhavesh

Synchronous Send step showing errors in process designer

Hi All,
I have few questions in using a synchronous send step in
BPM.
Can I use a synchronous send step without opening Sync/async bridge.
When is the sync/async bridge opened?
Scenario:
File async --> XI (receive async) --> sync send step to J2ee application (HTTP post) --> async response send to File
Sync Abstract Interface:
Input:
Message type (same as outbound)
Response:
Message type (same as Http response)
When I use the synchronous step, I see errors in the process designer saying
Message to be sent and synchronous interface are not of the same type. This happens for both request and response message.
Please help me.
Regards,
Meher

I think the Problem is with the INTERFACE Determination.
You need a BPM for the above scenario, but not a Sync/Asynch Brindge
In BPM
Step 1 : Receive from File 1
Step 2 : Do Transformation from File1 format to J2EE Request Format
Step 3 : Send a Synchronous send Step to J2EE
Step 4 : Transform the HTTP response to your File2 Format Response
Step 5 : Send the Response to File2
Interface Determination
File1 to j2ee Request
J2ee Request/Response To J2EE Request/Response
J2ee Response to file 2
Please check your Interface determination very closely.

** Use of 3 values in 'Receiver From' property of the BPM send step

Hi Friends,
Still I am not clear the exact use of 'Receiver From' property of the Send step in BPM. This property is having 3 possible values: 'Send Context', 'Receivers List', & 'Response to Message'.
What's the purpose of each value ? In what situations, which value we have to use.
Kindly clarify friends.
Kind Regards,
Jeg P.

Hi,
In Send step, The message receiver can be a business system or another integration process.
To handle Receiver Determination in BPM you need these options.
Send Context -
Send Context will be used by Receiver determination, if you will give it in Send step then accordingly receveir deteermination will process. Here the Message will go to fixed receiver
Response to message -- While dealing with Sync/async bridge you can use this option to give the Switch or Transformation step to for further response.
Receivers List -- For Runtime Receiver Determination you have to go for Receiver Lists. It will relied on the
design of the Integration process.
For e.g you can refer to the Conditional Receiever Determination.
http://help.sap.com/saphelp_nw04/helpdata/en/3c/831620a4f1044dba38b370f77835cc/frameset.htm
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Retries in BPM Send Step

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I wouild like to send a message using the send step in BPM to an http receiver. Requirement is, if the http server is not reachable there should be 3 retries and afterwards an error should be thrown.
How would I do this? Do I need three error handler branches, where each of those has the same send step? And then apply a 4th error handler which then terminates the process? I think there should be a simpler solution.
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BPM SEND step with Acknowledgemnt.Process logic depends on Application Ack.

Hi,
I am designing one BPM process in which I want to send IDOC to R/3.This IDOC will be processed by the R/3 system using process code.
Now I have sent this IDOC to R/3 through send step with application acknowledgment and only if acknowledgment comes then only next processing logic of the BPM process should be executed.
How should I design SEND step because the communication is asynchronous but I want the processing depending on acknowledgement only?
Please guide me.

Hi,
Take a look at this doc,
<a href="https://www.sdn.sap.comhttp://www.sdn.sap.comhttp://www.sdn.sap.com/irj/servlet/prt/portal/prtroot/docs/library/uuid/f6d2d790-0201-0010-9382-b50b499b3fbe">How to handle Idoc Acks'</a>
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BPM Send step and acknowledge application.

Hi All,
with this url
http://help.sap.com/saphelp_nw70/helpdata/EN/43/65ce41ae343e2be10000000a1553f6/frameset.htm
I understand that we can define application for acknowledgment from SEND Step in BPM. and this acknowledge will can let me know document as I sent to R3 that posting success or not. But when I try configure with this param. I see only waiting acknowledgement in SXMB_MONI. So how I can to configure this param. Do I have to config someting on R3 side or not?
Thanks and Regards
Park

Ricardo,
You would not believe me but I had the same requirement a year back.
Infact I ended up posting a thread on this on the XI forum,
Idoc Acknowledgements and Idoc Packaging
Answering your question in 2 phases,
1. R3 can send the AleAduit back to XI immediately. In the inbound processing code, all the R3 team would need to do is add the code to trigger the RBDSTATE report to trigger AleAudit to XI.
2. The problem with Correlation - Well, in your case as you are using Idoc Packaging , the solution 1 in my earlier thread would not do the trick. If you look in IDX5 in XI you will see that the Idoc Packaging trigger multiple Idoc's from XI itself but again the problem is the correlation and for this there is no straight forward solution than having some custom field in the Idoc and in the corresponding response.
But yeah overall your analysis was perfect. Idoc's are used for Asynch Communications and hence trying to achieve what we are acheiving is not always and necessarily the best solution. Proxies help in these cases, and if proxies are not possible then I guess RFC is the way to go.
Regards
Bhavesh

BPM: Send step with acknowledgment - Application

Hi folks,
Ive a simple BPM with receiver(sender file)->mapping->send(IDoc receiver). The Send step is configured with the option Acknowledge type -> Application. The scenario runs well, the IDoc is successfully processed, but my BPM remains waiting with the clock icon!!! Going to sxi_monitor, in the PE details is a step waiting for an event from R/3 with the message Waiting for an event SEND_OK_APPLICATION type CL_SWF_XI_MESSAGE. It seams waiting for an event that R/3 didnt send Did I miss some steps at R/3?
The idea is to receive an ack after my IDoc is successfully processed at R/3, in order to finish the BPM.
Regarding Acknowledgment type -> Application, the sap help says:
Wait for Acknowledgement
Specify whether the send step is to wait for an acknowledgement. To receive an acknowledgement in the send step, the receiver (adapter, business system, and so on) must send the corresponding acknowledgment.
Application - Specifies that the message was processed successfully by the receiver application (for example, posted).
I guess it should works, but maybe I'm missing something. Anyone knows how to work with this kind of ack at ccBPM?
Thanks in advance,
Ricardo.
Edited by: Ricardo Quintino on Jan 21, 2008 4:33 PM

Ricardo,
You would not believe me but I had the same requirement a year back.
Infact I ended up posting a thread on this on the XI forum,
Idoc Acknowledgements and Idoc Packaging
Answering your question in 2 phases,
1. R3 can send the AleAduit back to XI immediately. In the inbound processing code, all the R3 team would need to do is add the code to trigger the RBDSTATE report to trigger AleAudit to XI.
2. The problem with Correlation - Well, in your case as you are using Idoc Packaging , the solution 1 in my earlier thread would not do the trick. If you look in IDX5 in XI you will see that the Idoc Packaging trigger multiple Idoc's from XI itself but again the problem is the correlation and for this there is no straight forward solution than having some custom field in the Idoc and in the corresponding response.
But yeah overall your analysis was perfect. Idoc's are used for Asynch Communications and hence trying to achieve what we are acheiving is not always and necessarily the best solution. Proxies help in these cases, and if proxies are not possible then I guess RFC is the way to go.
Regards
Bhavesh

Transport Acknowledgement in an Ansynchronous Send Step in BPM

I tried this scenario /people/michal.krawczyk2/blog/2006/06/22/xi-playing-with-the-file-adapters-acknowledgments for a file acknowledgement in an ansynchronous send step in BPM and it worked fine.
This made me think of something else...
This SAP help site http://help.sap.com/saphelp_nw04/helpdata/en/43/65ce41ae343e2be10000000a1553f6/content.htm
says - for a "Permanent negative acknowledgment" the "Send step triggers system error for which you can define a specific exception handling."
I understood this as saying "If the tartget file is not placed, a system error is thrown for which we can write our own exception handling"
In the scenario explained in the blog the 'deadline branch' was made to wait for a few miutes and once exceeded, made to throw an exception "NegAck" which is handled in the "Exception handler branch"
So what i tried was, I removed the 'deadline branch' and retained only the 'exception handler branch' and made the 'send step' to throw a system error "NegAck" so that if the "Send Step" recieves a negative acknowledgement, it would throw this error "NegAck" which I have handled in the "Exception Handler Branch"
However, this did not work. Can anyone kindly explain where was my mistake?

Dear Bharath,
hmmm nice question...
The answer to this is....whenever you configure a async send step with "transport ack" it will never go into error..
the send step will either get a positive ack(if the file reaches correctly) or a negative ack(if there is some problem like password expires) but it will will never go into error and hence directly the control will never go to exception handler block...
consider the cases :
1. Async send step with transport ack and file reaches correctly : +ve ack is generated and BPM will stop
2. Async send step with transport ack and passowrd expires : the send step will not go in error but you will get error in adapter engine(RWB) so it will keep on restarting and corresponding negative ack will keep on getting generated but here also the send step has not gone to error but the message in AE has gone into error and hence control will not pass directly to exception handler block....what you can do is keep a timelimit thru deadline branch so that after that much time control goes to exception branch...
This should solve your problem...
do not forget to close the thread marking useful answers after your query is resolved
Edited by: Tarang Shah on Mar 30, 2009 4:10 PM

Error in send step in BPM

Hello,
I ehanced an existing BPM where a send step sends data to a J2EE system. I inserted a switch and put the existing send step to one branche and a new send step to the otherweise-branche. The new send step interrupt with an error:
<b>No exception defined for fault message hostname http://xml.apache.org/axis/</b>
But there is an exception branche defined. An idea what's the problem?
I didn't define a message called hostname, so where he got this name from?
thx
chris

No, everything seems fine.
Here is the payload of response :
<i>
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="yes" ?>
- 
- <SAP:Error xmlns:SAP="http://sap.com/xi/XI/Message/30" xmlns:SOAP="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/" SOAP:mustUnderstand="1">
<SAP:Category>Application</SAP:Category>
<SAP:Code area="UNKNOWN">APPLICATION_ERROR</SAP:Code>
<SAP:P1 />
<SAP:P2 />
<SAP:P3 />
<SAP:P4 />
<SAP:AdditionalText>application fault</SAP:AdditionalText>
<SAP:ApplicationFaultMessage namespace="http://xml.apache.org/axis/">hostname</SAP:ApplicationFaultMessage>
<SAP:Stack />
<SAP:Retry>M</SAP:Retry>
</SAP:Error>
</i>

How to configure the Http sender adapter

Now i have look through the sap lib about the http sender adapter
and i know the url is
http://hostname:port/path?namespace=<...>
&interface=<...>&service=<...>&cmd=T&loaderXML=< message object >&end=yes
My questions are:
1)the path in the URL is "/sap/xi/adapter_plain", if not, what is it?
2)the message payload is right?
any reply is appreciated
Thank you very much

Hi Leo,
For a HHTP Scenario:
DESIGN:
1. Create DataTypes for source and Destinations. Create elements for all the text fields of your HTTP Client so that they can all be mapped into the destination file
2. Create MessageTypes for the two datatypes.
3. Create Message Interfaces. The One for HTTP is the sender, Asynchronous ( as no response is expected) and one for File is receiver, asynchronous.
4. Do the mapping. It will be mostly a one to one mapping of the fields.
5. Create the Interface Mapping.
Configuration:
1. Import your Business System under your Configuration Scenario.
2. Create 2 communication channels. One for Http as a sender and one for your receiver say IDoc.
Check these links for the configuration part.
http://help.sap.com/saphelp_nw04/helpdata/en/43/64db4daf9f30b4e10000000a11466f/content.htm
http://help.sap.com/saphelp_nw04/helpdata/en/bc/bb79d6061007419a081e58cbeaaf28/content.htm
http://help.sap.com/saphelp_nw04/helpdata/en/44/79973cc73af456e10000000a114084/content.htm
3. Do the Receiver Agreement for Idoc. HTTP doesnt need a sender agreement.
4. DO the Receiver Determination and Interface Determination.
Weblog which talk about the same scenario:-
/people/sriram.vasudevan3/blog/2005/01/11/demonstrating-use-of-synchronous-asynchronous-bridge-to-integrate-synchronous-and-asynchronous-systems-using-ccbpm-in-sap-xi - although this weblog is
aimed at explaining the sync-async bridge.. Sriram has taken http-to-file scenario as the example
(use case) and explained it...
Check this SDN tv demo, it has detail of HTTP adapter setup.
https://media.sdn.sap.com/SDNTV/main.asp?mediaId=107
Refer to this link for adapter settings.
http://help.sap.com/saphelp_nw04/helpdata/en/0d/5ab43b274a960de10000000a114084/frameset.htm
You should also have a HTTP client to send message to XI. In the connecting parameters to XI u have to use the URL in the pattern mentioned . U have to give all the configuration details in the URL.
If you give me your mail id or if you can mail me at [email protected], i can send you a HTTP CLIENT.....In which you need to view the source code and change the username and password to send message to XI.
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