Defining Exceptions Settings (SAP Library

Defining Exceptions Settings

Use

The Reporting Agent gives you the option of pre-calculating exceptions in the background. If an exception threshold value is exceeded or not reached, the system will trigger the follow-up action you have selected. The following follow-up actions are available:

Send a message
Make an entry in the Alert Monitor
Export
RRI

Prerequisites

You have defined a query containing at least one exception in the BEx Analyzer.

You can find additional information under Defining Exceptions.

Procedure

You are in the Reporting Agent function area of the Administrator Workbench. Choose

Exceptions in the navigation frame of the Administrator Workbench.

Navigate to the required query in the left-hand Reporting Agent Scheduler tree.

You have the following options to create a new setting:

Using the context menu, choose New Package.
Select Create New Setting.

The "New Reporting Agent Setting" screen then appears.

To copy a setting, choose Maintain using the context menu for the setting. The Reporting Agent Setting screen then appears. Choose .Copy The "New Reporting Agent Setting" screen then appears.

Enter a technical name and a description.

The following information can be found in the General tab page:

The setting’s functional area is Exception Reporting & Alerting.
Under the Query group header, query information is shown for which you can make a setting (description, technical name, InfoProvider).
Under the group header Last Change, the system shows- the first time after saving for the first time- the last person to have changed the setting and the time it was changed.
Under the group header Setting Used in Packages, the system displays information for packages where the setting is used, and their scheduling. However, this display is only possible if you have defined the setting and make assignments to one or more scheduling packages.

Choose the Tab Page: Parameter(s) to set parameters.

From

Exceptions node in the Available Objects tree structure, choose the exception you want to process in the background, and use Drag-&-Drop to assign it to the Exceptions node in the Selected Objects tree structure.

Choose the interval or threshold value for this exception that you want to check in a background run and use Drag-&-Drop to drag it under the selected exception.

Assign a follow-up action to the intervals or the threshold value you have chosen. From the

Follow Up Actions node, use Drag & Drop to move the follow-up action you want under the corresponding interval.

By double clicking on the assigned follow-up action, the Properties for Follow Up Actions screen area appears. Change the settings that are available for the selected follow-up action type.

You can find more information under:

Editing Follow-Up Actions: Send Message

Editing Follow-Up Actions: Alert Monitor Entry

Editing Follow-Up Actions: Export

From the

Characteristics node in the Available Objects tree structure, choose the

characteristic you want to look at in the background, and use Drag-&-Drop to assign it to the

Drill Down Characteristics node in the Selected Objects tree structure.

Note that the way the characteristics are arranged is important here, since an exception always occurs in a particular cell context.

Choose Activate.

Result

Once you have defined the Reporting Agent settings, you have to assign them to a scheduling package for the background run.

For more information see Processing a Scheduling Package.