Trigger BI Process Chain from ECC

Applies to:
SAP BI/BW

Summary
This Article demonstrates the steps to trigger BI process chain from ECC background job (via Event)
Author:

Obaidullah Shaikh

Company: AG Technologies
Created on: 28 September 2011

Author Bio
Obaidullah shaikh is a SAP BI Consultant with AG Technologies. He has good skill in technical
areas (ABAP) and he has experience of multiple custome reports development and has
experience of Migration/upgradation projects as well.

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Table of Contents
Introduction ......................................................................................................................................................... 3
SAP BI/BW.......................................................................................................................................................... 3
Event Creation ................................................................................................................................................ 3
Process Chain ................................................................................................................................................. 4
Function Module in BI ..................................................................................................................................... 5
SAP R/3 .............................................................................................................................................................. 5
Report.............................................................................................................................................................. 5
Event in R/3 ..................................................................................................................................................... 6
Background Job in R/3 .................................................................................................................................... 6
Practical .............................................................................................................................................................. 8
Related Content ................................................................................................................................................ 10
Disclaimer and Liability Notice .......................................................................................................................... 11

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Introduction
This document will discuss about how to trigger process chain depending on the transaction in ECC
(whenever any transaction happen in ECC, BI process chain automatically gets triggered and data will be
extracted in BI. It works like a real time enabled data source)
Real time Data Acquisition is one of the most important method to extract data from ECC to BI without any
delay. But this is method is supported only by a real time enabled data sources. There are many standard
Data source present in BI which are not real time enabled that cant be extracted through Demon.
If there is any business requirement in which you need those data sources to be real time enabled, this
document will help.

SAP BI/BW
Event Creation
Create an Event from SM64 Named ZR3_EVE

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Process Chain
Create a Process Chain from RSPC

Start Variant Condition

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Function Module in BI
Create a FM in BI:- this should be RFC enabled FM. Here we will call a Standard FM that will trigger an
event ZR3_EVE, and that event will trigger the above mentioned process chain

SAP R/3
Report
Create a program:- That will call the BI FM

Call Function Module of BI

Syntax :- CALL FUNCTION <FM NAME> DESTINATION <RFC CONNECTION>

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Event in R/3
Create an event from SM64

Background Job in R/3

Define job from SM36

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Enter the job name

Click on step button

Enter the program name

Save

Click on start condition

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Specify the event created above

Click on save :- Job Status is Release

Practical
Trigger Event from ECC

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Check the Process Chain in BI

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Related Content
1) http://www.sdn.sap.com/irj/scn/go/portal/prtroot/docs/library/uuid/4027834a-81e5-2c10-1692866e137fe2a3?QuickLink=index&overridelayout=true
2) http://wiki.sdn.sap.com/wiki/display/BI/Process+chains+creation+and+monitoring
3) http://wiki.sdn.sap.com/wiki/display/Basis/How+to+maintain+and+monitor+background+jobs+via+SA
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Disclaimer and Liability Notice

This document may discuss sample coding or other information that does not include SAP official interfaces
and therefore is not supported by SAP. Changes made based on this information are not supported and can
be overwritten during an upgrade.
SAP will not be held liable for any damages caused by using or misusing the information, code or methods
suggested in this document, and anyone using these methods does so at his/her own risk.
SAP offers no guarantees and assumes no responsibility or liability of any type with respect to the content of
this technical article or code sample, including any liability resulting from incompatibility between the content
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