Administration 

Tasks in Production Systems

Start and Stop

Task	Description
Starting and Stopping	You should start SAP CAF Guided Procedures only in combination with the Enterprise Portal.

System Backup and Restore

Task	Description
Creating a Backup and Restoring the System	GP and usage type EP runs on top of usage type AS-Java. Therefore, you have to use the standard backup/restore and recovery tools and procedures of this usage type. For more information, see Backing up and Restoring AS Java.

Process Management

You can facilitate particular tasks executed by users in the GP design time and runtime.

You can also configure background tasks executed by the GP framework to support the overall process flow.

For more information, see Process Management.

Security Management

The administration tools provide the means to control data and user permissions.

For more information, see Security Management.

Mail Management

The Guided Procedures (GP) framework is able to generate e-mail messages for notification. It can also collect and process mails as a feedback from activities that were executed offline.

With the administration tools, you can create and configure mail templates, and administer mail queues.

For more information, see Mail Management.

Transport Management

Transport management in the Administration workset is the central transport tool for categories and objects such as processes, actions, and callable objects that are created using Guided Procedures.

For more information, see Transport Management.

Process Archive Management

The Administration workset provides options for archiving and deleting process instances that are no longer needed. In addition, it allows you to monitor the status of the instances being processed.

For more information, see Process Archive Management.

Interactive Forms Configuration

The Administration workset provides the tools for configuring interactive and composite forms and integrating them in the GP framework.

For more information, see Forms Configuration.

SAP Systems Communication

Using the GP Administration tools, you can perform the administrative tasks that are necessary to ensure smooth communication with SAP Systems.

For more information, see SAP Systems Communication.

Technical Attributes

This area includes administrative tasks for managing and using technical attributes for development objects.

For more information, see Managing Technical Attributes.