Including InfoCubes in Process
Chains
Use
Process chains allow data to be loaded and processed without errors.
More information: Process Chains
Prerequisites
You have already created an InfoPackage for loading data into the DataSource and a data transfer process for loading data into the InfoCube.
Procedure
...
1.
Call the process
chain maintenance. Select 
Process Chain Maintenance 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 include your InfoCube. Double-click it to select
it. The system displays the process chain planning view in the right-hand
screen area.
If no suitable process chain is available, create a new process chain. More information: Creating Process Chains
3.
To insert the
loading of data into an InfoCube as a process, choose 
Process Types in the left-hand screen
area. The system displays the available process categories.
4.
In the process
category 
Loading Process and Postprocessing,
choose the application process type Execute InfoPackage.
5. Insert this application process type into the process chain by using drag and drop. The dialog box for inserting process variants appears.
6. Use the input help to select the InfoPackage that you want to include in the process chain.
7. Use the input help to select the data transfer process that you want to include in the process chain.
8. Connect the processes.
9. Save and check your process chain as described in Creating Process Chains.
Optional Steps:
If required, you can also include the processes:
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Deleting Indexes
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Building Indexes
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Constructing Database Statistics
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Deleting Overlapping Requests from an
InfoCube
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Rolling up Filled Aggregates
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Compressing InfoCubes
in the process chain.
Example
The following figure shows an example of a simple process chain that is used to load data into an InfoCube.
