Business Process Operations - SAP Documentation

Business Process Operations

This document provides information about new, changed, and deleted functions in business process operations in SAP Solution Manager 7.2 SPS 1.

Job Scheduling Management

Function	Type of Change	Description	More Information
Integration with Solution Documentation	New	Job documentation is integrated with the new solution documentation to maintain the process landscape context.	Integration with Solution Documentation
Job Scheduling Assistant	New	A new guided procedure for ad hoc job scheduling displays system monitoring data to help you to plan your jobs. In this way, you can optimize scheduling not only based on the number and logic of jobs, but also based on the available system resources.	Using the Job Scheduling Assistant
Job Import	Changed	The import jobs application UI has been restructured. The UI now has the same structure for importing internally and externally scheduled jobs. You can specify the system landscape context using the logical component group, technical scenario, or solution documentation element. In addition, you can now import BW process chains into job documentation.	Importing Jobs into Job Documentation
Tagging	New	You can add tags to job requests and job documentation, as a convenient way to label items. A tag cloud with hyperlinks to tagged items is displayed on the Overview page.	Job Management Work Center
My Last Visited Objects	New	A drop-down list of your most recent applications is now available at the top of the Job Management work center, allowing you to quickly navigate back to recently viewed items.	Job Management Work Center
Quick Search and Launch	New	A search box has been added to the top the Job Management work center, allowing you to search for job requests or job documentation by name, ID, or tag.	Job Management Work Center
Application UI Customizing Assistant	New	Using a new guided procedure, administrators can customize the Job Management application UIs for different user roles.	Launch the guided procedure from the Administration view of the Job Management work center or from SAP Solution Manager Configuration Business Process Operations Job Management Extended Configuration Customize and Extend UI
POWL Query Result Notifications	New	Administrators can define that the results of selected POWL queries are automatically sent to selected email recipients at regular intervals.	The configuration is available in the Administration view of the Job Management work center.
Job Documentation Change Log	Enhanced	The change log now provides more detailed information about the areas that were changed.	Changes Tab Page
Job Gantt Chart	Enhanced	It is now possible to name and save job selection criteria for reuse. You can choose one set of criteria to be the default when the application starts.	Job Gantt Chart

Business Process Improvement

Function	Type of Change	Description	More Information
TwinCubes	Changed	You now activate TwinCubes in SAP Solution Manager Configuration (transaction SOLMAN_SETUP).	TwinCubes in Business Process Analytics

Data Consistency Management

Function	Type of Change	Description	More Information
All	Changed	The user interface has been redesigned, providing you with easier navigation and faster load times.	Comparison
Cross-Database Comparison	Enhanced	Comparison objects and comparison instances have now been merged.	Comparison
Cross-Database Comparison	Enhanced	You can now create, edit, and delete comparisons directly from the comparison overview.
Cross-Database Comparison	Enhanced	New source types have been added for OData services, BW, and CSV.	Data Sources in Cross-Database Comparison
Comparison Run Results	Enhanced	You can now change the default descriptions of the inconsistency types.	Displaying Comparison Results