Including InfoSpokes in Process Chains in BW BI

Use

If you want to automatically execute and schedule an InfoSpoke, you can include this as an application process in the procedure for a process chain. The scheduling of an extraction by using an InfoSpoke is only possible by using a process chain in its start process.

Prerequisites

You have created an InfoSpoke and have saved it as being active. If you extract the data to a file, the file has to be on the application server. Extraction to a local file requires a GUI connection and cannot be executed in the background as is the case for a process chain.

Procedure

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1. Call up the process chain maintenance. Choose Process Chain Maintenance from the Administrator Workbench toolbar. 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 insert your InfoSpoke. Double-click to select it. The system displays the process chain plan view in the right-hand side of the screen.

If no suitable process chain is available, you need to create a new process chain. You can find additional information under Creating a Process Chain.

3. To insert a process for extraction by means of an InfoSpoke, choose Process Types in the left-hand area of the screen. The system now displays the process categories available.

4. In the process category Loading Process and Post Processing, choose the application process type Data Export into External Systems.

5. Insert the Data Export into External Systems application type with Drag&Drop into the process chain. The dialog box for inserting a process variant appears.

6. In the Process Variant field, enter the name of the InfoSpoke that you want to include in the process chain, or select it by means of the input help.

7. Proceed further as described in Creating Process Chains.

Result

You have included your InfoSpoke in a process chain. As soon as you activate the process chain, the extraction starts according to your specifications in the start process.

Example

The following graphic illustrates an example of how a process chain is used to include an InfoSpoke. The processes for deleting and building indexes are optional, because they help to improve performance.