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 Parallel Processing of Objects

For parallel processing SAP Claims Management uses the mass activity of Contract Accounts Receivable and Payable (FI-CA). The mass activity of Contract Accounts Receivable and Payable does not know how which objects have to be processed. SAP Claims Management must provide this information via IMP Manager. This means that you must encapsulate the information on how objects are to be processed in a function module and you must register this function module in the mass activity.

The mass activity knows various events in processing at which the application can register own function modules. SAP supplies function modules for sample implementation. You can replace them with customer-specific function modules in Customizing of the mass activity.

Event 1700 is relevant for processing of objects. The function module registered for this event is an interval module. 'Interval' means that the mass activity transfers to the function module the upper and lower limit of the objects that the system should process.

The function module executes the following:

  1. It determines those objects that are within the specified interval

  2. It might enhance them to include other parameters

  3. It transfers them to the direct input function for processing

  4. Once the system has processed the objects in direct input, it forwards the messages received from the direct input function to the mass activity

  5. Depending on the message category it determines the status of the interval and the processed objects

Selection of Objects

The interval module does not determine the objects directly from the tables of the actual object (such as the claim), but from the IMP object table. This gives you flexibility in defining which objects the system should process.

The interval formation does not have to refer directly to the object to be processed, but can also refer to a secondary object that is linked with the object to be processed (such as policyholder instead of the claim). By means of Customizing of a parallel processing object you inform the mass activity of the object to be used for interval formation.

In addition, you must transfer function modules that create the intervals for this parallel processing object.

Note Note

An interval module always determines the business partner as a secondary object.
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Scheduling and Starting Runs

Call transaction ICL_TOUCH_MASS to schedule and start runs of mass activities.

Note the following:

  • General settings and functions:

    For more information on functions, see Functions for Scheduling Program Runs.

    For more information on job and application logs after the end of the run, see Enhanced Message Management.

  • Specific settings for SAP Claims Management:

    You create the link to the IMP run on the Detailed Selections tab page.

    To do so:

    1. Enter the application class ( ICL for Claim or ICLE for Claim Bundle).

    2. Use the input help for the ID Mass Run field to choose the required IMP run.

      Note Note

      The possible values in this input help depend on the status of the IMP run. For more information, see Run Administration in the “Status” section.
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