Event Management

Modern business applications demand that process management is event aware. Traditional predefined and time-based process control systems do not meet the requirements of modern complex application and system environments and their ever-increasing interdependencies.

With AE.Event, AE offers a sophisticated solution for event-aware process management. Processing can be performed depending on a variety of real-time system conditions and events. AE.Event offers this functionality for a variety of OS and application platforms. Definition and modification of events takes place centrally and is platform-independent, ensuring ease of use by the authorized user.

The SAP background control also provides event control. Events can trigger appropriate SAP background processes. SAP events are enhanced with an AE implementation, enabling maximum business process flexibility and extended management functionality.

SAP Event

A SAP event is a flag that is defined in transaction SM62. A defined event can be triggered (manually, with an OS job or an ABAP program), causing the execution of a background process.

There are two types of SAP events:

• System events
  Defined by SAP and automatically triggered if system events occur such as the activation of a new operation mode. System events cannot be modified.
• User events
  Defined by users. These events must be triggered by ABAP or external programs. For example, an external program can signal to the SAP background processing that external data is ready to be imported to the SAP system.

Automic Support

Automic Supports SAP events and integrates them into its centralized process management. This solution can be helpful if the SAP background control works with a large number of defined events and a conversion to an AE implementation with workflows and AE.Event would be too complex and time-consuming.

For most applications it makes sense to replace SAP events with the AE solution.

AE can use SAP events for its process management. The execution of objects can depend on the occurrence of a SAP event. For example, particular processes can depend on a successful data import.

AE can trigger SAP-defined events. The full AE functionality is available for defining trigger conditions and points in time for a SAP event. Upon the occurrence of such an event the appropriate processes in the SAP system are started.

It is also possible to use an Event object of type "Console". The agent monitors the triggered SAP events and forwards the information to the Console events. Filters can be used to specify SAP events which should trigger subsequent processing or an information message.

AE JCL for SAP

See also:

Monitoring SAP Events