SAP ABAP IMG Activity /OSP/IMG_ACT_RP_DC (Define Data Change Events)
Hierarchy
☛ SAP_BASIS (Software Component) SAP Basis Component
   ⤷ XAP-OSP (Application Component) Office Suite Program
     ⤷ /OSP/REPORT (Package) Office Suite Program - report functionality
IMG Activity
ID /OSP/IMG_ACT_RP_DC Define Data Change Events  
Transaction Code /OSP/32000029   (empty) 
Created on 20060327    
Customizing Attributes /OSP/IMG_ACT_RP_DC   Define Data Change Events 
Customizing Activity /OSP/IMG_MOBJ_RP_DC   Define Data Change Events 
Document
Document Class SIMG   Hypertext: Object Class - Class to which a document belongs.
Document Name /OSP/DEFINE_DATA_CHANGE_EVENTS    

This is an optional configuration. Perform this task to use time points in a report catalog.

Use

You must manage the events data change only for Business Intelligence (BW) reports.

An event signals that a particular situation has occurred in the system and specific background processing that is waiting for this event must be activated accordingly.

Events data change are associated with a process chain, which is a sequence of processes waiting in the background for an event.

You configure events data change by creating a variant of process chain, defining a schedule, and activating it.

Requirements

You have created and defined a Duet logical RFC destination.

Standard settings

Activities

To create a variant for a process chain, and define the schedule:

  1. Log on to the specific mySAP BI system and in the system command line, enter the transaction RSPC and press Enter. The Process Chain Maintenance Screen displays.
  2. Choose Create (F5) to create a new process chain.
  3. Enter a name for the process chain and choose the check mark. Insert a Start Process dialog displays. Create a Process variant as the start process of the chain.
  4. Choose Create and enter a name and description for the variant.
  5. Choose Change Selections.
  6. Choose Date/Time to schedule date and time.
  7. Select Periodic job.
  8. Choose Period Values. The Period Values dialog box displays the following values:
    Hourly: occurs every hour.
    Daily: occurs every day.
    Weekly: occurs once week.
    Monthly: occurs once month.
    Other periods: occurs at a specific period.
  9. Select the schedule you want and choose Save.
  10. Choose the Process Types icon to load all available process types.
  11. Under Load Process and Post Processing, choose Trigger Event Data change (for broadcaster) to insert the variant of the process chain
  12. Choose the Create icon to create a new event and give it a name and a description. The Info cube (Info provider) for which you created the event data change displays.
  13. Press F4 to select the Info cube (Info provider).
  14. Choose Save to save the event data change you created. This inserts the newly created event data change in the process chain.
  15. Choose Start Process and move the pointer over event data change.
  16. Choose the Activate icon, and then the Activate and schedule icon. Select the relevant application server to activate and schedule.

You can test whether the event data change is functional. Testing involves modifying data from an Info cube. This task is summarized as follows:

  1. Log on to the specific mySAP BI system and in the system command line, enter the transaction RSRD_START and press Enter.
  2. Select the name of the Info cube for which you defined the event data change.
  3. Choose the Execute icon with P_ONLINE checked.

To define and subscribe events data change for a BW report:

  1. Log on to the specific mySAP ERP system you have installed the ABAP components.
  2. In the system command line enter the transaction /nsimgh and press Enter.
  3. In the Edit IMG Structure screen, place your cursor in the IMG Structure field and press F4 to search. In the Package field, enter /osp/core, and click the Execute icon.
  4. Double-click OSP 1.0 Implementation Guide.
  5. Click the Display IMG Structure icon, and select Duet 1.0.
  6. Expand Report Administration and click the activity icon for Define Data Change Events.
  7. Choose Dialog Structure, # RFC Destinations #Data Change Events. The list of data change events from the system are fetched and displayed.
  8. Modify the Duet Description parameter for the data change events as required. The data change events that have Active flag selected for Duet are made available.
  9. Choose Save.
  10. Choose Refresh to refresh the data change events data.
  11. Go back to IMG and select Create Report Catalogs.
  12. Choose the Report Catalog. For example, BUMO.
  13. Double-click Report Selection and select the report.
  14. Under Dialog Structure, double-click Data Change Events, and in the Data Change ID press F4. A list of the available data change events displays.
  15. Selected Data Change Event for a report is available in Microsoft Office Outlook only if you have configured Data Change Event to be Active during the definition of the report (Report Selection).
  16. Enter the following:

Property    Description

Data Change Event ID    Press F4 and select the Data Change Event Identifier.

Duet Description    Displays the description for the Data Change Event. This displays in Microsoft Office Outlook.

Data Change Event Status    Specify the status of the Data Change Event. Set to Active, to make the data change event active.

Sort Order    Specify the sorting order for displaying data change events in Microsoft Office Outlook.

Active    Select to make the data change event available in Microsoft Office Outlook.

  1. Click Save.

Business Attributes
ASAP Roadmap ID 207   Establish Reporting 
Mandatory / Optional 1   Mandatory activity 
Critical / Non-Critical 1   Critical 
Country-Dependency A   Valid for all countries 
Maintenance Objects
Maintenance object type C   Customizing Object 
Assigned objects
Customizing Object Object Type Transaction Code Sub-object Do not Summarize Skip Subset Dialog Box Description for multiple selections
/OSP/VC_DC_MAINT C - View cluster SM34  
History
Last changed by/on SAP  20060425 
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