BI-IP: Assign user input variable in planning seq. started by process chain

[Former Member]

Hi,

I'm starting a process chain from a BI-IP planning web application. In the application there is a profit center drop down variable which I would like to assign in a planning sequence which is started by process chain. The process chain itself is started by a button in the web template.

So far I haven't found a place where I could assign the variable item to be used in planning sequence which is in a process chain. Any ideas?

Thanks!

Aki

[asit_ramteke · Accepted solution]

Hello

If you have variable in planning sequence, you need to create variant in planning modeler in planing sequence tab. These variants are available as option while creating process chain with process type

'planning sequence.' In Process maintenance you will find 'variable variant' to select variants created in modeler.

Please refer to help file for further reference.

http://help.sap.com/saphelp_nw2004s/helpdata/en/45/946677f8fb0cf2e10000000a114a6b/content.htm

With Regards,

Asit Ramteke

[Former Member · Accepted solution]

Hi Asit,

Thanks for your quick reply and link. So far I haven't succeeded to input the profit center variable value in the variant specified in modeler. More details below

- The variable is technically the same, both in web template dropdown and planning sequence, ZPRCTR

- In the planning seq variant, I am unable to assign the value given by dropdown

- In the web application designer I cannot bind variable in process chain button item (no place to put "binding variable" as it's normally done with runtime planning sequences)

More ideas...? Thanks!

Regards, Aki

[Former Member · Accepted solution]

Can you give exact details of how you are starting this PC using a button?

[Former Member · Accepted solution]

Hi Mayank,

In the button parameters, command EXECUTE_PROCESS_CHAIN. But here is not dropdown variable binding available.

In the process chain steps assign planning sequence in process type "Execute Planning Sequence"

Aki

Edited by: Aki Pousar on Jun 3, 2008 3:12 PM

[Former Member · Accepted solution]

Surprise! I have not seen the command - EXECUTE_PROCESS_CHAIN. Do you have it in Analyser or WAD?

But in any case, I am not able to think of a solution for you. There does not seem to be a way to execute a command when the selection in the dropdown (for a variable) changes - otherwise there could have been some possibility.

Edited by: Mayank Gupta on Jun 3, 2008

[Former Member · Accepted solution]

Hi Mayank,

It's in WAD. I don't know if the exist in Analyzer.

Any other ideas / comments / workarounds?

Aki

[Former Member]

sorry Variant does not work , process chain is launched using BIREMOTE user so It can not work easily anyway ...

too easy ...

[Former Member]

If you use a variant defined as cross user and initial

the variables entered at run time are considered as a update of the variant and the selection is performed by the process chain !! no coding necessary

let me know if it works for your case

JL Ropers

[Former Member]

I could by pass the issue with the variable screen rejecting my variant

remains the point that , the user does not see the variable value that is executed in the sequence

If you had a piece of code to pass the values it would be helpfull ! thanks

[Former Member]

Hello guys,

I m facing the same issue and same need

but my system reply even worse because, I does not accept any of my variants I have chosen from the proposed list !

it is a mandatory value but reject all of them ,

the best would be to cach directly the value entered by the user !

it is incredible that many complexe cases are solved like packaging , parallelisation, .. but simple case like back ground job with variable selection given to user is not easily possible ( requested from BPs !!)

thanks for your help

Jean Louis Ropers

[Former Member]

Hi,

you may try the following. Spend another variable of type exit. In this variable, your are reading the contents of your variable ZPRCTR and export it to memory using ABAP statement export to memory. In your planning sequence you now use another user-exit variable in the filter, which imports the contents of the variable from memory. This way you may be able to achieve some kind of variable binding in this case.

Hope this helps ...

Matthias Nutt

SAP Consulting Switzerland

[Former Member]

Dear Matthias

this is great. I was looking for something like this too. Please give some sample code on how to do this export import to pass variable value. Thanks a ton for your valuable help.