• Article

Look Up Process Chain

Use the Look Up Process Chain dialog box to look up a process chain that is defined in the SAP NetWeaver BI system. When the list of available process chains appears, select the chain that you want, and the source will populate the associated options with the required values.

The SAP BI source of the Microsoft Connector for SAP BI uses the Look Up Process Chain dialog box. To learn more about the SAP BI source, see SAP BI Source.

Important

The documentation for the Microsoft Connector for SAP BI assumes familiarity with the SAP NetWeaver BI environment. For more information about SAP NetWeaver BI, or for information about how to configure SAP NetWeaver BI objects and processes, see your SAP documentation.

To open the Look Up Process Chain dialog box

  1. In Business Intelligence Development Studio, open the Integration Services package that contains the SAP BI source.
  2. On the Data Flow tab, double-click the SAP BI source.
  3. In the SAP BI Source Editor, click Connection Manager to open the Connection Manager page of the editor.
  4. In the Process Chain group box, click Look up to display the Look Up Process Chain dialog box.
    The Process Chain group box appears only if the value for Execution mode is P - Trigger process chain.

Lookup Options

In the lookup fields, you can filter results by using the asterisk wildcard character (*), or by using a partial string in combination with the asterisk wildcard character. However, if you leave a lookup field empty, the lookup operation will only match empty strings in that field.

  • Process chain
    Enter the name of the process chain that you want to look up, or enter a partial name with the asterisk wildcard character (*). Or, use the asterisk wildcard character alone to include all process chains.
  • Look up
    Look up matching process chains that are defined in the SAP NetWeaver BI system.

Lookup Results

After you click the Look up button, a list of the process chains in the SAP NetWeaver BI system appears in a table with the following column headings:

  • Process Chain
    Displays the name of the process chain that is defined in the SAP NetWeaver BI system.
  • Description
    Displays the description of the process chain.

When the list of available process chains appears, select the chain that you want, and the source will populate the associated options with the required values.