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1. Start Process: It describes when the process will start (immediately, scheduled
job, metaprocess, API)
2. Connector: It is a linking process, and can choose options of starting next
process
3. Variant: The object on which we are supposed to execute the process is called
as Variant. It is a set of parameters passed to the process like name of the
InfoPackage or Info-Objects
1. Check View
2. Planning View.
Step 1)
Step 2)
Step 3)
A new window pops-up. Click on “New” icon to create a new “Start Process”.
Step 4)
Step 5)
The subsequent screen is used to assign time-based or event based trigger for the
process chain.
1. Click on the option “Direct Schedule” to schedule the process chain for a
specific time.
2. Click on the button “Change Selections” to enter the details for Scheduling the
Process chain for execution.
Step 6)
Step 7)
Step 8)
As discussed earlier, data load can be triggered via an InfoPackage or a DTP.
Step 9)
A new pop-up window appears. Here you can choose the required InfoPackage.
Step 10)
There are 2 ways to do this – Right click on first step. Click on “Connect With” -
>“Load Data”
Another way is to select the “Start Variant” and keep the left mouse button pressed.
Then move mouse button to the target step. An arrow should follow your movement.
Stop pressing the mouse button and new connection is created. From the start
process to every second step there is a black line.
The Process chain appears as below after a Connection between the Start variant
and Infopackage is created.
For any subsequent step, we can choose if the successor step shall be executed
only if the predecessor.
SAP will verify if all steps are connected and have at least one predecessor. Logical
errors are not detected. If we get warnings or “Chain is OK”message, we can
activate it. If the check identifies some errors , we have to remove the errors first.
Steps To Activate a Process Chain
1. Click on the menu “Process Chain”
2. Select “Activate”.
3. Or select the “Activate” button
Steps To Assign Process Chain To Application Component
By default, the Process Chain is created under application component “Not
Assigned”.
The chain will be scheduled as background job and can be viewed in SM37
transaction code. You will find a job named “BI_PROCESS_TRIGGER”. All the
Process chains are scheduled with same job name.