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Procedure documentation Including InfoCubes in Process Chains Locate the document in its SAP Library structure

Use

If you want to automatically load data into an InfoCube, you can include this as an application process in the procedure for a process chain.

Prerequisites

You have already created an InfoPackage for loading data into your InfoCube.

Procedure

You can create your process chain from the InfoPackage maintenance by choosing Process Chain Maintenance. They are then run in steps when the process chain is created.

Or call up the process chain maintenance directly and proceed as described.

  1. Call up the process chain maintenance. Choose This graphic is explained in the accompanying text Process Chain Maintenance from the Administrator Workbench toolbar. The Process Chain Maintenance Plan View screen appears.
  2. In the left-hand screen area of the required This graphic is explained in the accompanying text display component, navigate to the process chain in which you want to include your InfoCube. Double-click to select it. The system displays the process chain plan view in the right-hand side of the screen.

    3. If no suitable process chain is available, you need to create a new process chain. You can find additional information under Creating a Process Chain.

  3. To insert a process for loading a data into an InfoCube, choose This graphic is explained in the accompanying text Process Types in the left-hand area of the screen. The system now displays the process categories available.
  4. In the process category This graphic is explained in the accompanying text Loading Process and Postprocessing, choose the application process type This graphic is explained in the accompanying text Execute InfoPackage.
  5. Insert this application process type into the process chain by using Drag&Drop. The dialog box for inserting a process variant appears.
  6. Use the input help to select the InfoPackage that you want to include in the process chain.
  7. Confirm your entries. The processes This graphic is explained in the accompanying text Delete Indexes (before the InfoPackage) and This graphic is explained in the accompanying text Build Index (after the InfoPackage) are automatically inserted into your process chain.
  8. Save and check your process chain as described in Creating Process Chains.

Optional steps:

Optionally, you can also include the following process in the process chain:

You can even include them in this exact sequence.

Example

The following graphic illustrates an example of how a process chain is used to load data into an InfoCube. The processes displayed in light gray are optional.

This graphic is explained in the accompanying text

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