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Background documentationOverview of GPA Step Types and Content Types

 

Step types

When inserting a step, you have the following options:

  • Step: Describes a process step. A step is composed of one or more activities, or of sub-steps.

  • Sub-step: Allows you to group steps and define sub-procedures. The superordinate step can have the status Perforned only if all sub-steps have the status Performed.

  • Complete Step: At runtime, the system displays an overview of all steps performed by the user, and their status. In a Complete step, you can only add help text explaining this overview.

    You can add a Complete step only at the end of the guided procedure. If a nested guided procedure also contains a complete step, it is hidden at the runtime of the guided procedure in which it is nested.

Activity types

When creating an activity, you have the following options:

  • Automatic: You have the following options:

    Note Note

    You can compose automatic steps of automatic activities only.

    End of the note.
  • Manual: You have the following options:

    • Add an activity which is to be performed manually, for example by performing a transaction.

    • Select a custom developed class, for example to redirect the user to a certain UI.

    • Select an existing manual activity that you have created previously.

  • To insert standard views and content, use the Plugin type. You have the following options:

    • Note implementation: To allow the user to download, for example, a correction note and start the SAP Note assistant to implement it. At runtime, the system automatically informs the user whether an updated SAP Note is available for download.

    • OS Command: to run OS commands on all hosts defined in monitored objects

    • Prerequisite Checks: to perform pre-requisite checks on monitored objects

    • System Message: to send an ABAP system message to a technical system of type ABAP

    • Send Notification: to send a notification to a recipient list (via e-mail or SMS)

  • Custom: You integrate a custom Web Dynpro screen component you have created, or reuse an existing step. For custom UI integration or reusing an existing Web Dynpro component and view, see Creating Custom Web Dynpro Screen Components.

  • Mixed

    • Auto & Manual: You compose a step of both automatic and manual activities.

    • Custom & Auto: If you have created a custom Web Dynpro screen component, add an automatic activity to be performed using the custom Web Dynpro screen component.

    • Custom & Manual: If you have created a custom Web Dynpro screen component, add a manual activity to be performed using the custom Web Dynpro screen component.

Standard views and content

To insert standard views and content, use the Plugin type. A plugin step is a configuration UI to store properties for the execution. You have the following options:

  • Note implementation: To allow the user to download, for example, a correction note and start the SAP Note assistant to implement it. At runtime, the system automatically informs the user whether an updated SAP Note is available for download.

  • Nested Guided Procedure: You integrate an existing guided procedure. This allows you to compose guided procedures of reusable modules

  • OS Command: to run OS commands on all hosts defined in monitored objects

  • Prerequisite Checks: to perform pre-requisite checks on monitored objects

  • System Message: to send an ABAP system message to a technical system of type ABAP

  • Send Notification: to send a notification to a recipient list (via e-mail or SMS)

Documentation is integrated in the plugins.