How to split a table in messages

Question

Hi,
I've made a BPM which consumes 2 BAPIs. The first BAPI returns a table like this:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" ?>
- <ns1:MT_Search xmlns:ns1="http://www.prueba">
- <E_COMP_TAB>
  <IBASE>1</IBASE>
  <INSTANCE>1</INSTANCE>
  </E_COMP_TAB>
- <E_COMP_TAB>
  <IBASE>2</IBASE>
  <INSTANCE>2</INSTANCE>
  </E_COMP_TAB>
-</ns1:MT_Search>
My problem is when I try to split this table in 2 messages to send them to next BAPI, like this:
Message 1:
<E_COMP_TAB>
  <IBASE>1</IBASE>
  <INSTANCE>1</INSTANCE>
  </E_COMP_TAB>
Message 2:
<E_COMP_TAB>
  <IBASE>2</IBASE>
  <INSTANCE>2</INSTANCE>
  </E_COMP_TAB>
The table size is variable. I have a transformation step within a loop to try to split the table in 'n' messages, but I get this error when the workflow arrives to this step:
com.sap.aii.af.ra.ms.api.DeliveryException: Received HTTP response code 500 : Timeout
     at com.sap.aii.af.ra.ms.impl.core.queue.CallConsumer.onMessage(CallConsumer.java:146)
     at com.sap.aii.af.ra.ms.impl.core.queue.Queue.run(Queue.java:832)
     at com.sap.aii.af.ra.ms.runtime.MSWorkWrapper.run(MSWorkWrapper.java:56)
     at com.sap.engine.frame.core.thread.Task.run(Task.java:64)
     at com.sap.engine.core.thread.impl5.SingleThread.execute(SingleThread.java:79)
     at com.sap.engine.core.thread.impl5.SingleThread.run(SingleThread.java:150)
How can I split a table with 'n' rows in 'n' messages to send them the next BAPI?
Thanks in advance,
Samantha.

Answer 1

Hi,
Use a maping in your BPM,
This will be a 1: N mapping where the source is your RFC response and the target is the seconds BAPI's Request message.
The steps for 1:N mapping are,
1. In your message mapping make the target message type as 1 to unbounded.
2. In your Interface mapping make the target interface as 1 to unbounded.
In your BPM after the transformation step, use a Block with For Each and use the mapping output Multiline variable as the Block's For Each variable.
Inside the block do the needful.
Regards
Bhavesh