On general services of process chain

hi bw guys i have doubt on general services of process chain. In general services one process is OS Command there.Is there any scenario for this os command process.please reply me if u know the scenario? thankyou

Hi,
You can use this process type to place an external command in an application serveru2019s operating system.
Check this:
Including Operating System Commands as Processes in Process Chains:
http://help.sap.com/saphelp_nw04s/helpdata/en/b8/ec745009de3c418dc3f61dd44257d0/frameset.htm
Hope this helps.......
Rgs,
Ravikanth.

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go to RSA1--> transport conenctions
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1. In a process chain, if a program fails, how can we re-run it?
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Hi,
1. U have to first check whats the reason for the failure. check in the monitor screen details button, the error message will be displayed, check the error, correct it. and to proceed with further right click on the subsequent process use Repeat option , the loads will get continue.
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Iam planning to run the process chain for loading the data into ODS. But i dont have authorization for it.
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Authorizations for Process Chains
Use
You use authorization checks in process chain maintenance to lock the process chain, and the processes of the chain, against actions by unauthorized users.
·        You control whether a user is allowed to perform specific activities.
·        You control whether a user is allowed to schedule the processes in a chain.
The authorization check for the processes in a chain runs when the system performs the check. This takes place upon scheduling or during synchronous execution. The check is performed in display mode. The check is performed for each user that schedules the chain; it is not performed for the user who executes the chain. The user who executes the chain is usually the BI background user. The BI background user automatically has the required authorizations for executing all BI process types. In attribute maintenance for the process chain, you can determine the user who is to execute the process chain.
See also: Display/Maintenance of Process Chain Attributes ® Execution User.
Features
For the administration processes that are bundled in a process chain, you require authorization for authorization object S_RS_ADMWB.
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Display/Maintain Process Chain Attributes
Use
You can display technical attributes, display or create documentation for a process chain, and determine the response of process chains during execution.
Features
You can display or maintain the following attributes for a process chain:
Process Chain ® Attribute ® ...
Information
Description
( Rename)
You can change the name of the process chain.
Display Components
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Documents
You can create and display documents for a process chain.
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Last Changed By
Displays the technical attributes of the process chain:
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·        When it was last activated and who by
·        Object directory entry
Evaluation of Process Status
If you set this indicator, all the incorrect processes in this chain and in the overall status of the run are evaluated as successful; if you have scheduled a successor process upon error or always.
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Mailing and alerting are not affected by this indicator and are still triggered for incorrect processes if they have an upon error successor.
Polling Indicator
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With the polling indicator you determine whether the main process needs to be kept until the actual process has ended.
By selecting the indicator:
-         A high level of process security is guaranteed, and
-         External scheduling tools can be provided with the status of the distributed processes.
However, the system uses more resources; and a background process is required.
Monitoring
With the indicator in the dialog box Remove Chain from Automatic Monitoring?, you can specify that a process chain be removed from the automatic monitoring using CCMS.
By default CCMS switches on the automatic process chain monitoring.
For more information about the CCMS context Process Chains, see the section BW Monitor in CCMS.
Alerting
You can send alerts using alert management when errors occur in a process chain.
For more information, see Send Alerts for Process Chains.
Background Server
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Processing Client
If you use process chains in a client-dependent application, you can determine here in which client the chain is to be used. You can only display, edit, schedule or execute the chain in this client.
If you do not maintain this attribute, you can display, edit, schedule or execute the process chain in all clients.
Process variants of type General Services that are contained in a process chain with this attribute set will only be displayed in the specified client.
This attribute is transported. You can change it by specifying an import client during import. You must create a destination to the client set here in the target system for the import post processing (transaction RSTPRFC) The chain is activated after import and scheduled, if necessary, in this client.
Execution User
In the standard setting a BI background user executes the process chain (BWREMOTE).
You can change the default setting so that you can see the user that executes the process chain and therefore the processes, in the Job Overview. You can select the current dialog user who schedules the process chain job, or specify a different user.
The setting is transported.
The BI background user has all the necessary authorizations to execute all BI process types. Other users must assign themselves these authorizations so that authorization errors do not occur during processing.
Job Priority
You use this attribute to set the job priority for all of the jobs in a process chain.
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An ABAP program is required to be written that will run after successful completion of a process chain.
The ABAP program will trigger an event IF the current day is equal to the first day of Fiscal period.
If true, the event will then trigger another process chain.
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1. At the end the first process chain, add a Process type for the ABAP program.
2. Select "ABAP Program" from General Services for the above process type.
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I am having Oracle tables as one of my source systems, I developed the code using DBConnect.
Now i need to run my Process chain when ever table get data from downstream systems.
how do we raise an event to trigger the process chain in BI WHEN EVER ORACLE TABLE GET DATA?
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Edited by: Naveen Kumar Kencha on Apr 2, 2008 11:21 PM
Edited by: Naveen Kumar Kencha on Apr 2, 2008 11:27 PM
Edited by: Naveen Kumar Kencha on Apr 2, 2008 11:27 PM

Hi Naveen,
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To execute the Process Chain, use transaction SM64 to trigger the event.
If you want to trigger the event in batch, you will need to create an ABAP program that calls function module BP_EVENT_RAISE (sample ABAP code is available in this forum if you search for "BP_EVENT_RAISE").
We create batch jobs where we call an external program called SAPEVT, located on the server, and I believe is available on all SAP clients, with the following parameter:
EVTID('WEEKLY_PROCESS') SID(PU3) NUMBER(00) EVTPARM()
This will trigger the event WEEKLY_PROCESS.
See if this helps.
regards,
NR

Process Chain - triggering sub chains at set time interval

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Scenario:
I want to setup multiple process chains during the day (hourly intervals). I would like to have a main chain which would then trigger subsequent chains. the problem is that when i tried to setup the sub-chains to run at say, 10am. 11am etc, they don't fire off at those specified times (because they are part of the meta chain?). I currently have the individual chains running independently (i.e. first chain at 10am, 2nd chain at 11am...) - but i need to be able to stop the 2nd chain from running if there is a problem on the 1st chain (which is why i want to run them as part of a Meta chain).
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Add another step Interrupt Process (u can find under General Services ) just after start process and enter event and schedule the pc
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BI process chain

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Once my BW process chain is completed in my quality system ..it has to call one script in unix.
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I have one dso which should contain only 3 month of data.
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How can i do it plz help me.
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Hello Naveen
If the DSO is of type Write Optimized, then you could use the following option in the process chain.
1. Include the Step ABAP program ( General services) into the process chain.
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