%INCREASENO% in OUTPUTNO and ACT_FILE_NO

Hi experts,
When I want to use process chain for Load transactional data from BI Infoprovider there are some variables I cannot understand and could not find any documentation about them.
INFO(%TEMPNO1%,%INCREASENO%)
INFO(%ACTNO%,%INCREASENO%)
TASK(/CPMB/INFOPROVIDER_CONVERT,OUTPUTNO,%TEMPNO1%)
TASK(/CPMB/INFOPROVIDER_CONVERT,ACT_FILE_NO,%ACTNO%)
TASK(/CPMB/INFOPROVIDER_CONVERT,TRANSFORMATIONFILEPATH,%TRANSFORMATION%)
Basically I want to hardcode OUTPUTNO, or ACT_FILE_NO in process type in process chain but I do not know what sould I enter for %INCREASENO% ?
And for TRANSFORMATIONFILEPATH when I want to hardcode variable value in process chain there is not enough character limit, do you have comment on this also?
Thanks in advance,
Ergin Ozturk

Hi Ergin,
I believe, that is better you created a new data package and then setup the hard code there.
Once I have needed to do this. The steps is the following:
Step1 - Create a new data package, calling the Process Chain /CPMB/LOAD_INFOPROVIDER .Save it.
Step2 - Enter in organize list package, click on modify package, into the advanced parameters tip the code below and make your chenges. Basically you need to change the transformation file path (for this use UJFS t-code) and the infoprovider.
INFO(%MYTRANSFORMATIONFILE%,ROOTWEBFOLDERSAPP_SETPLANNINGDATAMANAGERTRANSFORMATIONFILESTRA_ODHR06.xls)
INFO(%INFPROVIDER%,ODHR06)
INFO(%TEMPNO1%,%INCREASENO%)
INFO(%ACTNO%,%INCREASENO%)
TASK(VP_BI_BPC_CONVERT,OUTPUTNO,%TEMPNO1%)
TASK(VP_BI_BPC_CONVERT,TRANSFORMATIONFILEPATH,%MYTRANSFORMATIONFILE%)
TASK(VP_BI_BPC_CONVERT,ACT_FILE_NO,%ACTNO%)
TASK(VP_BI_BPC_CONVERT,SUSER,%USER%)
TASK(VP_BI_BPC_CONVERT,SAPPSET,%APPSET%)
TASK(VP_BI_BPC_CONVERT,SAPP,%APP%)
TASK(VP_BI_BPC_CONVERT,FILE,%INFPROVIDER%)
TASK(/CPMB/CLEAR_DATA,INPUTNO,%TEMPNO1%)
TASK(/CPMB/APPEND_LOAD,INPUTNO,%TEMPNO1%)
TASK(/CPMB/APPEND_LOAD,ACT_FILE_NO,%ACTNO%)
Step3 (optional) - If you want to schedule this data package, you can do this in BPC or you can create a process chain in BW that calls a ABAP report UJD_TEST_PACKAGE, with a variant selecting your package.
PS: I have no idea what that ACT_FILE_NO or the other are.
I hope this helps.
Regards
Lucas
Edited by: Lucas Gabriel Corrêa da Costa on Jan 10, 2012 8:12 PM

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However a loop in a Thread and that to an infinite loop is one kind of very bad programming, 'cuz the loop eats up most of your CPU time which in turn adds up more delays of the execution of other tasks (just as in your case it is the playback). By witting codes bit efficiently and planning out the architectural execution flow of the app before start writing the code helps solve these kind of issues.
You can go through [this simple tutorial|http://oreilly.com/catalog/expjava/excerpt/index.html] about Basics of Java and Threads to know more about threads.
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SD
N.B. And yes there are more articles and tutorials available but much of them targets the Java SE / EE, but if you want to read them here is [another great one straight from SUN|http://java.sun.com/docs/books/tutorial/essential/concurrency/index.html] .
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Thanks,
B.D.

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decrypt-file code:
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I have a little problem with a thread and a ProgressMonitor. I have a long time process that runs in a thread (the thread is in an separate class). The thread has a ProgressMonitor that works fine and shows the tasks progress.
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i had been running the program inside Netbeans.
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Edited by: AMARSHI on Jul 10, 2008 7:07 AM

The reference variable itself, takes up the same amount of space, of course, as all references are the same size. Now, the object on the heap is a different story. With null there isn't one, of course (or if there is there is only one for the entire VM), and for the second a String object will be created in the String pool (once again, only one for the entire VM that every = "" assignment will use). But really, what difference does it make? If there is a difference, it is on the order of a few bytes (at max) for the entire VM, and if this is a concern, your probably doing something else greviously wrong. This miniscule difference should not concern you.
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I'm using XML Publisher 4.5.
I have created a word template file (rtf) for my reports. I need to be able to show some content in the template file by using and and/or if statement.
fx. <?if:doc_type='STANDARD'?> OR <?if:doc_type='DEFAULT'?>
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In advance thank you.
Best regards
Kenneth

Hi D,
Thank you for your answer.
I have seriously thought about that solution; but I don't think it's a smart way to do it.
If i do it like that, i need to copy the whole table and paste it inside the if statements.
I have two xml elements that I need to make the decisions on. POH_PO_TYPE & CP_RELEASE_NUM.
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