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Post Data for a Process Based on a GUI Script Template

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A process post allows the posting of a process through Integrate. Integrate automatically creates a process post for a process template with the name Auto Generated Post For – [Process Name]. A user can also configured multiple process posts for a single process with each process post record having different post settings.

The posting of encrypted values happens automatically. When posting, if Integrate sees data that has been encrypted by the Secure component of the DSP®, it will decrypt the data before posting. The data remains encrypted in the database as the decryption happens only during the posting process.

NOTE: Posting with encrypted data adds time to the posting process.

NOTE: Data can be posted using a multiple template process. Refer to Post a Process with Multiple Templates for more information.

NOTE: When posting data to a target system, a Template Administrator can register an After Post Rule to a process template. The rule runs after the process template executes successfully and before the next process template begins processing (if posting with a multi-template process). When a process template that has an After Post Rule registered posts successfully, the data is passed to the next dependent process template as an input parameter. Refer to Register After Post Rules to a Process Template for more information.

NOTE: A process must be active to add or edit a process post.

To use a post process record to post data to SAP:

  1. Click Categories on Navigation pane.
  2. Click the Processes icon for a category.

  3. Click the Postings icon for a process.

    NOTE: A process must be active for the Postings icon to be available.

  4. Click Edit for a posting; the Vertical View displays. 

    View the field descriptions for the Process Post page’s Vertical View.

  5. Enter a Where clause to limit the data set in the Where Clause field.

    NOTE: If a Where Clause is not specified, Integrate uses an empty string. When posting a BDC, GUI, or BAPI/RFC template with more than one loop, the WHERE CLAUSE must apply to ALL views mapped to the loops.

  6. Click Save.
  7. Click View Primary Loop Data to verify that the where clause is correct.
  8. Navigate back to the Process Post page’s Vertical View.
  9. Click Advanced tab.

  10. Select StandardSAPPosting from the BDC Post Method list box.

    NOTE: If a selection is not made, Integrate uses Standard SAP Posting. This is the only allowable post method for a template process based on a GUI script template.

  11. Click Create GUI Debug Script check box, if applicable.

    NOTE: If Create GUI Debug Script is enabled, Integrate creates a copy of the actual GUI script run against SAP and writes it to the Message table along with the results of the post. This script can be downloaded from the Messages page and can be run in the SAP GUI to debug a GUI script posting. Refer to Debug a GUI Script Posting for detailed information on how to run the debug script in the SAP GUI.

    NOTE: If using the Create GUI Debug Script option for a process with multiple templates that contain a GUI Script template, use the Start Template Priority and End Template Priority fields to restrict the posting to the GUI Script template only. Refer to Debug a GUI Script Posting and Post a Process with Multiple Templates for more information.

    NOTE: Refer to BDC Post Methods and Settings on the Advanced tab for more information about additional options on this tab.

  12. Click Create GUI Debug Script to generate the script without uploading it, if necessary.

    NOTE: The script can then be reviewed prior to upload to ensure it was created properly.

  13. Click Download Full GUI Debug Script to view the script.

    NOTE: Refer to Debug a GUI Script Posting for more information.

  14. Click Post on the Page toolbar; a confirmation message displays.

    NOTE: A process based on a GUI script can only be posted in the background. Other posting methods are not available. In this case, the Post icon does not display on the Process Post page’s Vertical View and the Foreground Post icon does not display on the Posting tab of the Process Post page’s Vertical View. If such a process is included in a process with multiple templates, that process can only be posted in the background as well. Refer to Post a Process with Multiple Templates for more information.

  15. Click Ok.

    NOTE: Once the post is complete, Integrate displays a message detailing how many records successfully posted, and how many records failed.

  16. Click View Messages on the Page toolbar when the post is complete.

    NOTE: Integrate displays a record for each record in the dataset, with a message returned from SAP.

  17. If the post was unsuccessful, click the Debug icon for each message for additional information to debug the posting as well as to determine the exact steps being performed in SAP. Refer to Debug a GUI Script Posting for more information.