You can extract data from XML files that are stored on the SAP Solution Manager application server or on a local PC.
The following data source types are available:
The following data is required to extract data that is stored on the application server:
Host Name
: The application server that hosts the data
File Path
: Path on the SAP Solution Manager application server under which the XML file containing the data to be compared is saved.
File Name
: Name of the XML file.
You have the following options when using XML files:
You can select several XML files for processing, by specifying a file path and no file name. The system processes all files in this path.
You can enter the following parameters in the File Name
field:
$TODAY: The system selects all files that have today's date in the format YYYYMMDD in the file name. For example, if the date is September 21, 2015 and you enter data$TODAY.xml, the system might return a file named data20150921.xml
.
$YESTERDAY: The system selects all files that have yesterday's date in the format YYYYMMDD in the file name. For example, if the date is September 22, 2015 and you enter data$YESTERDAY.xml, the system might return a file named data20150921.xml
.
Wildcard: You can use an asterisk (*) to stand in for any characters in the file name, and you can combine this with the parameters mentioned above.
Use the following parameters in the Created from
and Created to
fields to enter a start and end time for the creation date of XML files.
$TIMES: timestamp now (offset in seconds). Example: $TIMES-10
$TIMEM: timestamp now (offset in minutes). Example: $TIMEM-30
$TIMEH: timestamp now (offset in hours). Example: $TIMEH-12
$TIMED: timestamp now (offset in days). Example: $TIMED-1
You can enter XML transformation parameters in the Transformation
field. Data is then changed from a different format to the required asXML format.
Note
The cross-database comparison source type “XML files on application server” requires either XML files in asXML format, or XML files in any other format and a transformation to change the required data into asXML format.
asXML is the format that results from using a transformation ID for an internal ABAP table.
You do not have to enter any source-specific parameters for your comparison. Instead, you specify the file name directly in the comparison. For more information, see Creating Comparisons.