Process chains controlled by events!

Hi Friends.
I have one process chain at APO side and want to execute another process chain at BI side only when the process chain at APO side gets executed successfully.
Since APO and BI are two different systems, how can i trigger the process chain at BI side once the process chain at APO side finishes its job?
your help will be appriciated in terms of points.
Manmit

Thanks Geo,
Sounds like a good description. I have one more question:
1. created Function Module in BW lets say: FM_BW
2. created ABAP Prog in APO lets say : ABAP_APO
I will have to trigger this abap prog ABAP_APO at APO side through the process chain at APO side. How can i trigger this abap prog at APO side through this process chain?
once this abap prog gets triggered at APO side which will call the Function Module FM_BW at BI side. Now this Function module should trigger my process chain at BI side. How does this Function module trigger my process chain at BI side. I can see in the code (Attached with note) that it takes Event ID to trigger a event. How will i know this event id associated with Process Chain at BI side?
I have assigned points for the help so far..
Thanks,
Manmit

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Ali,
Check authorizations.
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This means your Event need to run every day to check if the file exist or not? if the file exist in the application server then PC need to be triggered.
Take the help of ABAP person, so that he can implement the logic you are looking for.
Check the below link which can give u idea how to proceed.(its also similar to ur requirement)
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http://www.sdn.sap.com/irj/scn/index?rid=/library/uuid/f0a41bc6-a7f6-2b10-b3bf-804e1c45ae6c

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hi priya...
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RSREQDONE,
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http://sap.ittoolbox.com/groups/technical-functional/sap-bw/process-chain-consolidated-log-overview-834561#
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We had a process chain which was triggered by an Event, and it was running fine until few days ago. So I removed the chain from schedule and re-scheduled it again with these details:
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I activated the chain and scheduled it. But the event is not triggered and the chain does not start. I even tried to trigger the process chain manually in sm64 but the process chain did not start.
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Ram

Hello Ram, to start your Process Chain by an event, then you need to maintain the Start process of the process chain.
Select "Direct Scheduling".
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Hello,
Both process chains are separated. At the model I described, at the end of PC1 event is succesfully triggered. After event is triggered at PC1, PC2 triggers correctly due it is scheduled as "after event".
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Hello,
I think you can achieve this with the concept of interrupts:
1) In your meta chain select two interrupt process types one for the first 6 months and the other for the last 6 months.
2) Now in the maintain mode of interrupt you can define a formula to check the month from sy-datum. Here you have the if else condition, you can use it to trigger the further event or not based on the month condition. ( You have to figure out the formula as i cant help it as i dont have system access presently )
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I have Event and parameter for the process, I wanted to know the which process chain does that process belons to.
Is there any table where I can see those.

Hi,
Try these tables.
RSEVENTCHAIN    Event Chain Processing Event Table
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RSPCPROCESSLOG Logs for the Chain Runs
RSPCRUNVARIABLES   Variables for Process Chains for Runtime
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I want to control the flow of Process chain run through the values that exist in a field ZCONTROL of Z table.
I have created an ABAP Program where I access the Ztable to get the ZCONTROL values and have added the program in the ABAP process type.
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Hi Eric / Steph,
Thanks for your reponses.
Eric,
My table has the infopackages name and ZCONTROL field, which contains an indicator "X" or SPACE based the scheduling requirements. If "X", the Infopackage is scheduled else, it is not.
In the formula, how will I import the infopackage name. The custom function can be created with export parameters as ZCONTROL values.
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i have to create a new process chain for a delta Load and put this process chain in a big existing Meta Chain, after i have to transport to Quality System.
if i control the difference between Dev and Quality system to have an idea i see that the Infopackages in Dev have the execution tab: Load Data Immediately without job: BI_BTCH
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- if i modify a process chain in DEV and after i will transport in Quality what will be the affect in Scheduling, the scheduling will be the same without problem or i have to schedule again
- in generale how can i schedule a process chain, wich transaction and how in detail
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Hi Bilal,
1) EVENT: When you want to have a process chain 'A' to be started after completion of a process chain 'B' or any process in process chain 'B' we can use this event. These two chains can also be from different BI systems. Like Chain 'A' could be from one production system and Chain 'B' could be from different production system. As soon as the chain A finished an event will be triggered and this event will trigger the chain B. The start time of chain B might differ because it depends on the completion of chain A. To schedule a process chain using an event, Go to Tcode: RSPC look for your chain. Switch to change mode. Right click on the start variant and select maintain variant. Click on "change selections. click on "after event," give the event name in the slot and select the periodic job.
2) RUN JOB PERIODICALLY: When you want to have the chain run for more than once periodically we select this option. Suppose, chain B has to run after completion of chain A periodically we have to use this option. If you do not check this option, your chain B will run only once when the event is triggered after completion of Chain A. From the next time onwards, it not run even the event is triggered.
3) JOB: For every process when it runs a job will be created assainging it to a work process in the system. Similarly, when the chain starts a job will be created containing the log of the run. Also, in the scheduling options of a process chain, you can have your process chain started after completion of a particular job in the system (ex: an attribute change). For this, Go to Tcode: RSPC look for your chain. Switch to change mode. Right click on the start variant and select maintain variant. Click on "change selections. click on "after job" give the job name in the slot and save the settings.
4) SCHEDULING PROCESS CHAIN: Means to make settings to a process chain so that it will run on a periodic basis at a certain time. If you want to start a chain immediately, you will choose the option immediately and trigger it. It will run for only once. But, if you want to have your chain run everyday at 7:00 am in the morning, you have to schedule it using the scheduling options as below:
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Process chain tables and tcodes

Hi frinds,
can any one send me the process chain tables and tcodes . plzz
regards,.
rajesh
my mail id is [email protected]

Hi Rajesh,
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RSPC_BUFFER Shared Buffer for Processes (Esp. Customer
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RSPCABAPASYNC Logging for ABAP Processes(Synchronously a
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RSPCCATEGORYT Texts for Category
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RSPCCHAINT Texts for Chain
RSPCCOMMANDLOG System Command Execution Logs (Process Cha
RSPCENQUEUE Dummy Table for Runtime Locks of a Process
RSPCEXOR Excluding Or: Log Table
RSPCINFO Special Values for Communication between P
RSPCINFOT Special Values for Communication between P
RSPCINSTANCE Generic Instance Storage
RSPCINSTANCET Texts for Generic Instance-Storage
RSPCLOGCHAIN Cross-Table Log ID / Chain ID
RSPCLOGCROSS Cross-Table Log ID Old / Log ID New
RSPCLOGS Application Logs for the Process Chains (G
RSPCPROCESSLOG Logs for the Chain Runs
RSPCRUNVARIABLES Variables for Process Chains for Runtime
RSPCTRIGGER Variants for the Trigger Processes
RSPCTRIGGERT Texts for the Trigger Variants
RSPCTYPESDEP Dependencies for Processes
RSPCTYPESPROC Attributes of BW processes (RSSM)
RSPCVARIANT Generic Variant-Storage
RSPCVARIANTATTR Attributes of a Process Variant
RSPCVARIANTT Texts for Generic Variant Storage
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I have a requirement where in, I would like to call a Infopackage load, DTP and activate DSO process types continously in a loop and exit when a certain condition is met.
Looking for ideas on how to acheive this.
For now, I created an ABAP to call the process chain via the FM in a loop and check the status using another FM and continue in the loop if the PC has sucessfully completed.
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Hi Alex,
The easiest way is to write a piece of ABAP code using the Function module "BP_EVENT_RAISE".
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