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Prerequisites

You have already created an InfoPackage for loading data into your DataSource for your DataStore object.

You created one data transfer process each for loading data into the DataStore object and for updating the data from the DataStore object into another InfoProvider.

Context

Process chains allow data to be loaded and processed without errors.

More information: Process Chain

Procedure


  1. Call the process chain maintenance. Select Process Chains in the Administration area of the Data Warehousing Workbench. The Process Chain Maintenance Planning View screen appears.

  2. In the left-hand screen area of the required display component, navigate to the process chain in which you want to insert the DataStore object. Double-click to select it. The system displays the process chain plan view in the right-hand screen area.

    If no suitable process chain is available, create a new process chain. For more information, see Creating Process Chains.

  3. In order to insert the activities around the DataStore object as processes, select Process Types on the left-hand area of the screen. The system displays the available process categories.

  4. In the Data Target Administration process category, choose the application process type Activate DataStore Object Data.

  5. Drag and drop to insert the application type Activate Data Store Object Data into the process chain. The dialog box for inserting a process variant appears.

  6. Create a process variant and confirm your entries. An additional dialog box appears.

  7. Use the input help to select your InfoPackage that is used to load the data into your DataSource. Confirm your entries.

  8. Use the input help to select your data transfer process that is used to load the data into your DataStore object. Confirm your entries.

  9. The processes Load Data, Data Transfer Process and Activate DataStore Object Data are inserted together into your process chain.

  10. In the process category Load Processes and Postprocessing, choose the application process type Data Transfer Process and drag and drop it into your process chain. The dialog box for inserting a process variant appears.

  11. Create a process variant and confirm your entries. An additional dialog box appears.

  12. Use the input help to select your data transfer process with which the data is loaded from your DataStore object into the connected InfoProvider. Confirm your entries. The process Data Transfer Process is inserted in your process chain.

  13. If you now make the connection between Activating DataStore Object Data and Data Transfer Process, you can select the conditions under which the further processing needs to be triggered.

Example

The following graphic illustrates an example of how a process chain is used to load data into a DataStore object. The activation process makes the data available for reporting and enables the data to be updated into other InfoProviders.