Application Processes (SAP Library - Administrator Workbench)

Application Processes

Definition

Application processes are processes that are automated in the process chain maintenance. They represent BW activities typically executed in the operative use of BW.

The application processes supported by the process chain maintenance are:

Process Category	Application process type
Loading process and postprocessing	Execute InfoPackage You can find further information about the data loading process under Scheduler) Read PSA and update Data Target See also: Types of Data Update with PSA and sections about the regeneration of data targets in Managing Data Targets. Saving hierarchies Updating ODS Object Data (Further Updating) Exporting data to external systems Deleting Overlapping requests from An InfoCube
Data target administration	Deleting Indexes Constructing indexes Constructing database statistics Initial Filling of New Aggregates Rolling up Filled Aggregates Compressing InfoCubes Activating ODS Object Data Deleting data target contents in full Deleting the entire contents of the linked, transactional ODS
Reporting Agent	Exception Reporting Printing in the Background Pre-calculating Web templates Pre-calculating value sets You can find additional information under Including Packages in the Process Chain in the Report Agent documentation.
Other BW processes	Attribute Change Run Adjusting time-dependent aggregates Deleting Requests from the PSA Reorganize Master Data Attributes and Texts
General services	ABAP Programs Operation System Command Process Chain local Remote Process Chain Workflow (also remote)
	Processes You Have Implemented

You can call up documentation for a process type in the BW system by marking the process type in the overview tree and choosing F1. The tree is located in the left-hand screen area of the process chain maintenance. You can also add a process to the dialog window in which the variant is fixed before choosing Further Help.