How to Restart a Failed Process Chain if Repeat Option is not Applicable

Introduction

Sometimes the process chain fails at particular step due to some kind of error and the “Repeat” option also

will not be applicable for the failed process. This article explains the steps for how to complete the process

chain and get the issue resolved.

Business Scenario

1. Data is loaded from R3 to BI using process chain. Variants involved in process chain are to load data

from R3 to different InfoProviders in BI.

2. Data is loaded successfully in one of the DSO (Z_OFCPS), but the process chain failed while further

data load to next DSO (Z_OPSF01).

3. This is because while doing the delta update, there are some erroneous records found and the process

chain failed.

4. Manual corrections are made on the erroneous records and uploaded data manually in the DSO

(Z_OPSF01).

5. The process chain is restarted from the One Step Ahead where it was failed as the manual corrections

are done and loaded data. Therefore, that step has to be skipped. (Also as process chain contains many

steps to be executed, and doing it manually is not a best practice.)

Step by Step Solution

The process chain fails at the step below while loading data into InfoProvider (marked in red box).

Process chain failure at this step is due to the erroneous records. It is necessary to manually correct it and

load data manually into the respective InfoProviders.

Once the data is loaded successfully at this step, start the process chain from next step onward as this step

is not required to execute again.

Finding the Variants and Instance of the Failed Process

Right-click the failed process. Select the Displaying Messages option.

It will open the screen as below.

Copy the Variant and Instance from above screen.

Go to the transaction SE11. Select the table – RSPCPROCESSLOG. 

Put the value for variant and instance received from above screen.

Execute this, and the value of the other fields is returned: LOG_ID, TYPE, BATCHDATE and BATCHTIME.

Report to Execute Process Chain

Go to the transaction SE38. Enter the program name - RSPC_PROCESS_FINISH and execute.

Enter the values in the fields received from above table. Additionally, make the STATE as „G‟ -> Execute.

Once the program is executed with all mandatory fields as described above, it will move the process chain to the next step. And the process chain execution will start from that step as below screenshot. Also it will mark

the previously failed step as green.

The next data load can be done smoothly.