Process chains ready made

Are there process chains to be activated for the LO extraction procedure from the Business Content?
Has anyone activated these and were able to use them without creating them as Z process chains?
Are there also process chains from Business Content for the master data?
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YES. there are.
Pl see this link:
http://help.sap.com/saphelp_nw2004s/helpdata/en/ed/62073c44564d59e10000000a114084/frameset.htm
Ravi Thothadri

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My process chain is made of several process types; process type 1, process type 2, etc.
Generally if a process type fails, e.g., process type 1 failed, subsequent process types are not executed.
1. Is it possible to continue to execute process type 2 despite errors in type 1.
2. If process type 2 was an ABAP program, is it possible to get in this program whether process type 1 was success or failure because I want to do certain things only if process type 1 was a failure,

Hi,
Here are my answers,
1) Is it possible to continue to execute process type 2 despite errors in type 1.
It is possible to execute subsequent process even if the process fails.
when you are developing the process chain, whilee connecting processtype1 and processtype 2, a popup appears with three optionhs "success", "failure", "always".
select "always" in your case.
If you are asking about the process chain already developed, go to edit mode, removelink between process1 and process2 and follow above steps.
*2) If process type 2 was an ABAP program, is it possible to get in this program whether process type 1 was success or failure because I want to do certain things only if process type 1 was a failure *
let me assume that you want to run programA if process1 is succesful and programB if process1 fails.
include programA in process2 and ProgramB in process3
connect process1 to process2(ProgramA) and select "success" n the popup
connect process1 to process3(ProgramB) and select "failure" in the popup.
hope this helps you,
please let me know if you need any more information.
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I need to clean up the Change Logs and PSA tables from the Process chains. Currently the change logs and PSA are deleting 90 days and 60 days from the PCu2019s. I need to change this to 7 days.
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I've a real-time infocube, let´s call it C1RT. C1RT is connected to another standard Infocube C2 via a DTP.
The users enter the planning data; it's stored on C1RT. I wan't a process chain that loads data from C1RT to C2.
What I've done yet and doesn't work is:
Process chain PC1:
Start->Change load mode from input ready to load ready for C1RT->Run DTP.
I need to go to C1RT, right click, manage, click on the yellow ligth of the open request, and chage it to green, after this DTP transfers the data succesfully.
I want to automate the yellow to green issue in PC1.
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Best Regards,
Miguel P.

Hi,
no report necessary.
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Hi All,
I come across a question like, There is a process chain of 20 processes.out of which 5 processes are completed at the 6th step error occured and it cannot be rectified. I should start the chain again from the 7th step.If i go to a prticular step i can do that particular step, How can i start the entair chain again from step 7.i know that i need to use a function module but i dont know the name of FM. Please somebody help me out.
Please let me know the steps involved in query performance tuning and aggregate tuning.
Thanks & Regards
Omkar.K

Hi,
Process Chain
Method 1 (when it fails in a step/request)
/people/siegfried.szameitat/blog/2006/02/26/restarting-processchains
How is it possible to restart a process chain at a failed step/request?
Sometimes, it doesn't help to just set a request to green status in order to run the process chain from that step on to the end.
You need to set the failed request/step to green in the database as well as you need to raise the event that will force the process chain to run to the end from the next request/step on.
Therefore you need to open the messages of a failed step by right clicking on it and selecting 'display messages'.
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1. copy the variant from the popup to the variante of table rspcprocesslog
2. copy the instance from the popup to the instance of table rspcprocesslog
3. copy the start date from the popup to the batchdate of table rspcprocesslog
Press F8 to display the entries of table rspcprocesslog.
Now open another session and goto transaction se37. Enter RSPC_PROCESS_FINISH as the name of the function module and run the fm in test mode.
Now copy the entries of table rspcprocesslog to the input parameters of the function module like described as follows:
1. rspcprocesslog-log_id -> i_logid
2. rspcprocesslog-type -> i_type
3. rspcprocesslog-variante -> i_variant
4. rspcprocesslog-instance -> i_instance
5. enter 'G' for parameter i_state (sets the status to green).
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Of course you can also set the state of a specific step in the chain to any other possible value like 'R' = ended with errors, 'F' = finished, 'X' = cancelled ....
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Using aggregates and compression.
Using less and complex cell definitions if possible.
1. Avoid using too many nav. attr
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3. Many chars in row.
By using T-codes ST03 or ST03N
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/people/andreas.vogel/blog/2007/04/08/statistical-records-part-4-how-to-read-st03n-datasets-from-db-in-nw2004
/people/andreas.vogel/blog/2007/03/16/how-to-read-st03n-datasets-from-db
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Run reporting agent at night and sending results to email.This will ensure use of OLAP cache. So later report execution will retrieve the result faster from the OLAP cache.
Also try
1. Use different parameters in ST03 to see the two important parameters aggregation ratio and records transferred to F/E to DB selected.
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if "-----" then it means it just an overhead. Aggregate can potentially be deleted and "+++++" means Aggregate is potentially very useful.
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http://help.sap.com/saphelp_nw70/helpdata/en/b8/23813b310c4a0ee10000000a114084/content.htm
http://help.sap.com/saphelp_nw70/helpdata/en/60/f0fb411e255f24e10000000a1550b0/frameset.htm
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http://help.sap.com/saphelp_nw70/helpdata/en/26/4bc0417951d117e10000000a155106/frameset.htm
/people/vikash.agrawal/blog/2006/04/17/query-performance-150-is-aggregates-the-way-out-for-me
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https://www.sdn.sap.com/irj/servlet/prt/portal/prtroot/docs/library/uuid/ce7fb368-0601-0010-64ba-fadc985a1f94
http://help.sap.com/saphelp_nw04/helpdata/en/c1/0dbf65e04311d286d6006008b32e84/frameset.htm
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Databases
Schemas
Buffer Pools
Tablespaces etc
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Long running process chains - No Dump / error message.

Hello,
We have defined some steps in process chain that contains default macros. We mainly included that to ensure calculations happens even when users dont open or access the DP Planning book.
Issue is, these steps are running endless. normally it takes some 400 n odd seconds. But its running for the last 60000 secs.
No. of Planning objects or CVC is 2027 only. I had to cancel them and tried to re run this step or the whole chain no luck....
I have checked active jobs in SM37, there is none. So ideally there is no load on the system. Also no change to Macro or CVC's has been done. there was only one Transport that was moved and it was on the product master.
Also I have done the time series, Live cache, PA Consistency checks. only in Live Cache there was some Superflous time series and it was corrected.
I am not getting a clue of why its happening nor where to start the analsysis.
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Thanks for the reply,
These are custom macros. It adds two KF and copies to another.
The no. of periods is 24 time periods and roughly no. of CVC is 2100.
Another thing, this process chain has been running for last 5 to 6 months with no issues. Since sunday, its messing up....
I am doubting if its taking time read data from table or live cache. or is it because of some indexing. Not sure how to check that.
have asked Basis to check the system performance, if it might cause this issue.
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Need help with BW Process chain issue

Hi Gurus,
I had made a copy of the existing process chain so that I can work on the changes. Its a metachain and I tried to copy a sub chain.
But at a later point of time, I have realized that the process chain had got into a nested loop in the meta chain, for the sub chain, I had copied. How do I rectify it?
Kindly suggest

hi,
use the bottom up approach.
Looking at the attached file it has many PCs.
Just note down all list of all PC and then do the copy of individual PCs, later you can copy the complete meta chain.
If you want give one more chance and try to copy meta chain again.
Thank-You.
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VB

Email to be sent on execution of Process chain

Hi,
I have a requirement as follows.
On successful execution of process chain an email must be sent to a group of users.
I have made a distribution list using Tcode SO23 and included the message in the last step of process chain. But no messsge is being sent even on successful execution of process chain.
Can anyone throw light on this?
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Manisha

Hi Manisha,
You can create the Message alert for process chain as follows.
     1. Goto change mode of Process Chain
     2. Right click on the particular Process step/Process chain and choose Create Message.
     3. Choose the Actions (Sucessful / Failure/Always) for which you want to aler the users
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     5. Create the message and the save the variant and activate the process chain.
Once you triggere the process chain, according the message typr, the users will be alerted.
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Delta loading and Process chain BI

Hi experts,
Two Issues.
1)As i am loading FI data into dso through a process chain which includes Start process>Delta infopackage(which gets data upto psa)>Delta dtp-->Datastore activation.
But infopackage is picking up deltas but DTP is picking up all the previous records plus deltas.
100 records -- 1st day throught Intialization of Delta with Data Transfer
2 delta records -- 2nd day
But DTP is picking up 102 Records on the 2nd Day, which means it is also picking the old records as well.
The DSO must have just 102 records but it is having 202 records.
2) A process chain in running daily as scheduled , but I rescheduled with new scheduling options without deactivating the Process chain.
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Will the Process chain run for the OLD and the New Schedule or
Is it going to run for new schedule or old one?
or
will I face any Problem because I did not deactivate and made changes to the Change.
Please help me in this matter.
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Bhadri.

First query:
I believe that u have used FUll update type DTP is instead of the Delta DTP.. Please cross check the Update mode of the DTP once.
To resolve this issue, delete the total content of the DSO as u have Init and delta loads in PSA. And then using the Delta DTP of the Process chain, load the data. It will extract the total cotent what ever is there in PSA, and later the same DTP will act as the Delta type and will pick the data from the New request of the PSA.
Second Query:
Its always suggested to deschedule the process chain before changing the schedule timings. When ever u do this type of scheduling, just check how many number of JObs available in Schedule mode, if u can see more than one, then delete the older one and keep the new one as it is.
But I always suggest you to deschedule the process chain and reschedule PC with the new timings and then activate the same.
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InfoSpoke and Process Chain

Hi Everybody,
I would like to create my first Process chain..
I would like to start the loading in a InfoCube ( InfoPackage )and after that when this loading ready is I want to export its Information in a File on the application Server (InfoSpoke)....
Does somebody can help me in achieving this first sample..
Thanks
FedeX

Hi Fedex,
Process chain docs:
1. Using Process Chains in SAP BW (pdf)
https://websmp207.sap-ag.de/~sapidb/011000358700000402012004
2. Operating BW 3.0 using Process Chains (ppt)
https://websmp207.sap-ag.de/~sapidb/011000358700001670182002
3. Modelling aspects in process chains - Transcript (doc)
https://websmp207.sap-ag.de/~sapidb/011000358700002459342003
4. Modelling aspects in process chains (ppt)
https://websmp207.sap-ag.de/~sapidb/011000358700002337702003
5. How to... Integrate an ABAP program into a process chain 3.x (pdf)
https://websmp207.sap-ag.de/~sapidb/011000358700002895002003
Hope it Helps
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How to delete multiple process at a time in a Process chain

Hi,
Is there any option to delete multiple processes at once in a Process chain in BI 7.0 ?

Hi Swetha,
If u want to stop a perticular proces go to sm37 give user ID (If process chain is schduled then give user ID as ALEREMOTE and if u have triggered it manually then give ur ID) select time and other options like type of process means whether it is active, canceled, ready etc. U will get ur running job.
In sm37 at top of the screen u will get options to cancel or stop active job. But before deleting the active job just
check the job log and also check the business impact.
Also u can not use one process variant in multiple
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NR

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HELO EXPERTTS,
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File Open failed Error in Process Chain

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Our process chains are failing at the last step of event trigger.The file is not getting created in the directory as a result of which the BO reports are not getting triggered.Kindly help.
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Pl find the below code:
DATA mesg(80) VALUE 'BW load complete. Ready for BOBJ Refresh. File Created on : '.
DATA fname(60).
DATA pc_flag TYPE rspc_state.
* Get the folder and file name from parameter
PARAMETERS p_fname TYPE string LOWER CASE.
AT SELECTION-SCREEN.
START-OF-SELECTION.
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* PROGRAM =
activity = 'DELETE'
filename = fname
EXCEPTIONS no_authority = 1
         activity_unknown = 2
         OTHERS   = 3 .
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     DELETE DATASET fname.
* MESSAGE ID SY-MSGID TYPE SY-MSGTY NUMBER SY-MSGNO
* WITH SY-MSGV1 SY-MSGV2 SY-MSGV3 SY-MSGV4.
   ELSE.
     MESSAGE i051(rsar) WITH 'No Authorizations to delete the file'.
   ENDIF.
   WAIT UP TO 65 SECONDS.
*Set the flag for the process chain to read if file deletion fails.
   IF sy-subrc <> 0." The ABAP program failed
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   ELSE. " The ABAP program was successful
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     OPEN DATASET fname FOR OUTPUT IN TEXT MODE ENCODING DEFAULT.
*Set the flag for the process chain to read if file creation fails.
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Steps to create Process Chain in Version 2004S SAP NetWeaver

Hi,
I have created a process chain in 3.5 version.Now i want to create a process chain in 2004s version.so what should be the steps to create this process chain.

Hi
1. Goto RSPC
2.By using create icon create process chain.
3.Now it will ask for process variant. Either assign already made or create new on.
4. Now save it.
5.Refresh the tree and u will find ur Procees chain in the list.
Hope it helps, if so then assign points.
Vinod.

Interview questions in process chain

hi
cany any one send me possible interview questions in process chain and errors with answer.
thanks in advance
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Hi Pradeep
1.Procedure for repeat delta?
You need to make the request status to Red in monitor screen and then delete it from ODS/Cube. Then when you open infopackage again, system will prompt you for repeat delta.
also.....
Goto RSA7->F2->Update Mode--->Delta Repetation
Delta repeation is done based on type of upload you are carrying on.
1. if you are loading masterdata then most of the time you will change the QM status to red and then repeat the delta for the repeat of delta. the delta is allowed only if you make the changes.
and some times you need to do the RnD if the repeat of delta is not allowed even after the qm status id made to red. here you have to change the QM status to red.
If this is not the case, the source system and therefore also the extractor, have not yet received any information regarding the last delta and you must set the request to GREEN in the monitor using a QM action.
The system then requests a delta again since the last delta request has not yet occurred for the extractor.
Afterwards, you must reset the old request that you previously set to GREEN to RED since it was incorrect and it would otherwise be requested as a data target by an ODS.
Caution: If the termianted request was a REPEAT request itself, always set this to RED so that the system tries to carry out a repeat again.
To determine whether a delta or a repeat are to be requested, the system ONLY uses the status of the monitor.
It is irrelevant whether the request is updated in a data target somewhere.
When activating requests in an ODS, the system checks delta repeat requests for completeness and the correct sequence.
Each green delta/repeat request in the monitor that came from the same DataSource/source system combination must be updated in the ODS before activation, which means that in this case, you must set them back to RED in the monitor using a QM action when using the solution described above.
If the source of the data is a DataMart, it is not just the DELTARNR field that is relevant (in the roosprmsc table in the system in which the source DataMart is, which is usually your BW system since it is a Myself extraction in this case), rather the status of the request tabstrip control is relevant as well.
Therefore, after the last delta request has terminated, go to the administration of your data source and check whether the DataMart indicator is set for the request that you wanted to update last.
If this is NOT the case, you must NOT request a repeat since the system would also retransfer the data of the last delta but one.
This means, you must NOT start a delta InfoPackage which then would request a repeat because the monitor is still RED. For information about how to correct this problem, refer to the following section.
For more information about this, see also Note 873401.
Proceed as follows:
Delete the rest of this request from ALL updated data targets, set the terminated request to GREEN IN THE MONITOR and request a new DELTA.
Only if the DataMart indicator is set does the system carry out a repeat correctly and transfers only this data again.
This means, that only in this case can you leave the monitor status as it is and restart the delta InfoPackage. Then this creates a repeat request
In addition, you can generally also reset the DATAMART indicator and then work using a delta request after you have set the incorrect request to GREEN in the monitor.
Simply start the delta InfoPackage after you have reset the DATAMART indicator AND after you have set the last request that was terminated to GREEN in the monitor.
After the delta request has been carried out successfully, remember to reset the old incorrect request to RED since otherwise the problems mentioned above will occur when you activate the data in a target ODS.
What is process chain and how you used it?
A) Process chains are tool available in BW for Automation of upload of master data and transaction data while taking care of dependency between each processes.
B) In one of our scenario we wanted to upload wholesale price infoobject which will have wholesale price for all the material. Then we wanted to load transaction data. While loading transaction data to populate wholesale price, there was a look up in the update rule on this InfoObject masterdata table. This dependency of first uploading masterdata and then uploading transaction data was done through the process chain.
What is process chain and how you used it?
A) We have used process chains to automate the delta loading process. Once you are finished with your design and testing you can automate the processes listed in RSPC. I have a real time example in the attachment.
for more detail
Collecting Process Chain Statistics
/thread/235805 [original link is broken]
Advice regarding process chains
creation of process chains
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