Begin Transaction activity

An activity that starts an SAP transaction. This activity is used with one or more Call Function activities and one End Transaction activity to create an SAP transaction.


Begin SAP Transaction activity

Configure the Begin Transaction activity

To configure the Begin Transaction activity, do the procedure in this topic.

Prerequisites

Good to Know

How to Start

  1. Open Process Builder.

    For information about how to open this screen, refer to Process Builder.


    Open Process Builder
  2. In Process Builder, in the Activity Library, open the SAP Integration tab.

    Open SAP Integration
  3. On the SAP Integration tab, drag the Begin Transaction activity onto your process.

    Drag Begin Transaction

Procedure

  1. Complete the fields on the General Configuration screen.

    For more information, refer to Configure General Options for a SAP Activity.

  2. (Optional) Click Advanced Advanced icon > Email Notifications E-mail Notifications icon.

    For more information, refer to Email Notifications screen (Process Activities).

General Configuration

Specifies the common information for a Begin Transaction activity.



Fields

Field NameDefinition

Display Name

Function:
Specifies the activity name that shows in your process.
Accepted Values:
One line of text that can have spaces.
Default Value:
None
Accepts Process Data Variables:
No
Example:
This is a common configuration field that is used in many examples. Refer to:
  • Examples - Step-by-step use case examples, information about what types of examples are provided in the AgilePoint NX Product Documentation, and other resources where you can find more examples.

Description

Function:
Specifies an optional text description for your activity.
Accepted Values:
More than one line of text.
Default Value:
None
Accepts Process Data Variables:
No

Transaction Name

Function:
Specifies a name for the SAP transaction.

If you use a Begin Transaction activity, a session starts with the transaction name and in End Transaction activity if you give the same name, the session is closed. Between these two activities, you can use one or more Call SAP Function activities with or without transaction names. If you give the same transaction name as in Begin Transaction activity, it will use the same session. If not, it will create a new session. In this way, you can use the same session for all SAP calls.

Accepted Values:
One line of text that can have spaces.
Default Value:
None
Accepts Process Data Variables:
No