Process Automation Guide for SAP BOBJ Accelerator Release 3.0
Release 3.0

Table Of Contents

Understanding Automation Pack Objects

Accessing Automation Pack Properties

Viewing Automation Pack Content and Dependencies

Viewing Automation Pack Content

Automation for SAP BOBJ Accelerator Processes

Automation for SAP BOBJ Accelerator Target Properties

Automation for SAP BOBJ Accelerator Task Rules

Automation for SAP BOBJ Accelerator Target Groups

Viewing Automation Pack Dependencies


Understanding Automation Pack Objects


The Automation for SAP BOBJ Accelerator automation packs contain the content used to automate monitoring SAP BWA and Business Objects XI Data Services content. This chapter provides information on the objects included in the Automation for SAP BOBJ Accelerator automation pack. It contains the following sections:

Accessing Automation Pack Properties

Viewing Automation Pack Content and Dependencies

Accessing Automation Pack Properties

You can access the automation pack properties from the Administration—Automation Packs view in the console. The automation pack properties dialog box displays general information about the content provided by the automation pack, version number, publish date, the provided objects, the dependencies of the automation pack, and the history of changes made to the automation pack.


Step 1 On the Administration workspace, click Automation Packs in the navigation pane to display the installed automation packs in the Automation Packs pane.

Information about the automation packs display in the following columns:

Column
Description

Company Name

Name of the company that released the automation pack.

Publish Date

Date the automation pack was created or exported to a file.

Version

Version number of the automation pack.

Display Name

Name of the automation pack.

ID

Identification number of the automation pack.

Import Date

Date the automation pack was imported into the product.

Licensed

Indicates whether the automation is a licensed product in Process Orchestrator.

Description

Text description of the automation pack.


Step 2 Select the automation pack in the Automation Packs pane, right-click and choose Properties.

Step 3 On the Properties dialog box, select the appropriate tab to view the automation pack properties:

Tab
Description

General

Displays general information about the automation pack.

Objects

Display a list of objects contained in the automation pack.

Dependencies

Display a list of automation packs and adapters referenced by the objects in the automation pack.

History

Displays when the automation pack was created or modified, and audit log entries that are relevant to the automation pack.


Step 4 Click Close to close the dialog box.


Viewing Automation Pack Content and Dependencies

Use the automation pack Properties dialog box to view the objects contained in the automation packs and the dependencies associated with the automation pack.


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Viewing Automation Pack Content


Step 1 On the Administration—Automation Packs view, select Automation for SAP BOBJ Accelerator, right-click and choose Properties.

Step 2 On the Automation for SAP BOBJ Accelerator Properties dialog box, click the Objects tab.

Step 3 On the Objects tab, review the information about the objects provided by the Automation for SAP BOBJ Accelerator automation pack.

Columns
Description

Display Name

Name of the object (processes, global variables, knowledge base).

Type

Object type.

Action Required

Action required to successfully import or export the objects.

Description

Text description of the object.

Version

Object version.



Automation for SAP BOBJ Accelerator Processes

The following table contains the processes that are imported by the Automation for SAP BOBJ Accelerator automation pack.

Process Name
Description

BOBJ Data Services Availability

This process tests the web services connection to the BOBJ XI Data Services server and alerts if the server is unavailable.

BOBJ Data Services Job Duration Monitoring

This process monitors the duration of selected data services jobs.

BOBJ Data Services Job Error Monitoring

This process monitors all or selected (global variable wildcard) data services jobs for warning or error status and returns error, monitor, and trace logs. An approval request with corrective action to restart job allows the user to restart failed jobs.

BOBJ Resolve Long Running Background Jobs

This process is triggered by an incident from the BOBJ Data Services Job Duration Monitoring process; it attempts to resolve the incident by stopping the background job.

BWA TREX Alert Monitoring

This process monitors BWA alerts.

BWA TREX Automate Actions

This process automates the execution of recommended BWA actions.

BWA TREX Checklist

This process is a monitoring checklist for BWA TREX.

BWA TREX Execute Index Query

This process monitors the execution response time of custom defined TREX against the TREX index schema.

BWA TREX Monitor Load Statistics

This process monitors BWA TREX load statistics.

BWA TREX Status Check

This process monitors BWA TREX status.

Search TREX Trace Logs

The process executes a search of the TREX trace logs and returns the results and response time.


Automation for SAP BOBJ Accelerator Target Properties

The following table contains the target properties that are imported by the Automation for SAP BOBJ Accelerator automation pack.The target properties that do not have a value defined must be configured by the user prior to using them in processes.

Target Property Name
Description
Value Defined?

BOBJ DS Database Target

This property is used to create a PO database target for each BOBJ DS and add references to them in this property.

No

BOBJ DS Job Duration Monitoring

This property contains a list of BOBJ Data Services jobs to monitor and the maximum duration (in seconds) the jobs took to complete.

Note The Job Name column does not accept wildcards and is case sensitive.

No

BOBJ DS Jobs to Monitor for Errors

This property monitors the BOBJ Data Services jobs (wildcard) for errors.

Enter * in the BOBJ Server column if the same job is to be monitored in all servers.

No

BOBJ DS Repository

This property is used to enter the name of the BOBJ repository to be used in the Web Services calls.

No

BOBJ DS Web Target

This property is used to create a PO web target for each BOBJ DS and add references to them in this property.

No

BOBJ DS Web Service Account

This property contains the name of the account to be used to connect to the BOBJ Web Service. The user account and password are entered as WSDL parameter.

No

BOBJ DS Web Service Password

This property contains the password to be used to connect to the BOBJ Web Service.

No

BWA TREX Alert Monitoring

This property is used for BWA alert monitoring.

No

BWA.TREX.Alert Monitoring - Actions

This property is used for BWA alert monitoring problem resolution.

No


Automation for SAP BOBJ Accelerator Task Rules

The following task rules are imported with the Automation for SAP BOBJ Accelerator automation pack:

Target Group Name
Description

BOBJ Default Incident Assignment

Default assignment for BOBJ incidents.


Automation for SAP BOBJ Accelerator Target Groups

The following target groups are imported with the Automation for SAP BOBJ Accelerator automation pack:

Target Group Name
Description

BOBJ DS Targets

Contains all BOBJ Data Services targets.


Viewing Automation Pack Dependencies


Step 1 On the Administration—Automation Packs view, select Automation for SAP BOBJ Accelerator, right-click and choose Properties.

Step 2 On the Automation for SAP BOBJ Accelerator Properties dialog box, click the Dependencies tab.

Step 3 Review the list of automation packs and adapters referenced by the Automation for SAP BOBJ Accelerator automation pack.

Object Type
Dependency

Automation Packs

Core

Core Automation for SAP BW, BOBJ and In-Memory Computing

Common Activities

Adapters

Core Functions Adapter

Terminal Adapter

Oracle Database Adapter

Web Service Adapter

Microsoft SQL Server Database Adapter

IBM DB2 Database Adapter


Step 4 Click Close to close the dialog box.



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