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 Importing BW Process Chains

 

Create job documentation for one or more BW jobs in a system and copy the data for job scheduling automatically.

Procedure

  1. In the Job Management work center, under Common Tasks, choose Import Jobs.

    The Import Jobs guided procedure appears.

  2. Choose the job type BW Process Chain.

  3. Select the system landscape context. You can specify systems via the logical component group, technical scenario, or solution documentation element to which the system is assigned. Use the value help to make your selections.

  4. Choose Next.

  5. Search for process chains to import:

    • Select a technical system in the systems list.

    • Choose an RFC connection. You can check if the connection works well.

    • Use select criteria to search for the process chain. The chain ID is mandatory.

    The BW process chains that meet the search criteria are displayed. You can filter and sort the results list.

  6. Select one or more chains in the table, and then choose Add to Selection.

    Choose Display Selection to view the currently selected chains.

    You can edit the target job documentation name manually. Otherwise, it will be set automatically to the chain description. Note that you cannot have duplicate job documentation names.

  7. If desired, repeat the search and selection to choose more process chains to import.

  8. When the list contains all desired chains and job doc names, choose  Complete to begin the import.

Result

The system creates job documentation for the selected process chains. A list of the new job documentation is displayed.

  • Click the job documentation name link to check the new created job documentation.

  • Click the chain id link to open the BW system to check the chain details.