Monday, September 30, 2019

Degree of Parallelization in SAP BW

Normally by SAP BW systems a large portions of data is processed. Such a data volume normally cannot be processed by single process. Depending on the available hardware resources the process that crunches the data should be parallelized. SAP BW systems similarly as any other moderns DWH systems is supporting this feature. The number of processes that are processing the data is called degree of parallelization.

In the SAP BW it is possible to define the degree of Parallelization in t-code RSBATCH for multiple different tasks/objects within the SAP BW. There are (in version 7.5 SP15) about 106 different processes. As per table RSPROCESSTYPES these includes:

ABAP            Execute ABAP Program
ADSOACT      Activate Requests in DataStore Objects (advanced)
ADSODEL      Deletion of Requests from DataStore Objects (advanced)
ADSOOLR      Delete Overlapping Requests from DataStore Object (advanced)
ADSOREM      Clean Up Old Requests in DataStore Objects (advanced)
AGGRFILL      Initial Fill of New Aggregates
AND              AND (Last)
ANPR            Execute Analysis Process
ARCHIVE       Archive Data from an InfoProvider
ATTRIBCHAN Attribute Change Run
AUTOCLASS   Automatic Classification
BIAINDEX      Initial Activation and Filling of SAP HANA/BWA Indexes
BIA_TPS        Update Explorer Properties of BW Objects
BOBJDSJOB   Start Job in SAP BusinessObjects Data Services
BOBJEVENT   Trigger Event in SAP BOBJ BI Platform for BW Data Changes
BPCADMCDM BPC: Create Dimension
BPCADMOTC  BPC: Optimize Application
BPCADMVLG  BPC: Validate Logic
BPCADTARC   BPC: Archive Audit
BPCAPPS       BPC: Application Source
BPCBADIRT   BPC: BAdI Retractor
BPCCLCUBE   BPC: Delete Application
BPCCLEAR     BPC: Delete BPC Tables
BPCCMCOVT  BPC: Convert for CM
BPCCOMS      BPC: Delete Comments
BPCCONVERT BPC: Convert
BPCECHAIN   BPC: Execution of Chain
BPCEMAIL     BPC: E-Mail
BPCEPURPT   BPC: Generate Equity Pick-up Audit Report
BPCFILE        BPC: Data Connection
BPCFINOPT    BPC: Complete Optimization
BPCFTP         BPC: FTP
BPCIFS          BPC: InfoProvider Source
BPCIOBJS      BPC: InfoObject Source
BPCJORNAL   BPC: Journal
BPCLOAD      BPC: Load
BPCMADLOAD BPC: Master Data Description
BPCMALOAD  BPC: Master Data
BPCMDDEAL  BPC: Master Data Processing
BPCMODIFY   BPC: Modify Dynamically
BPCONLINE   BPC: Online Status
BPCOWCALC  BPC: Ownership Calculation
BPCPSAS       BPC: PSA Source
BPCRUNLGC  BPC: Run Logic
BPCTDHVER   BPC: Manage TDH Version
CHAIN           Local Process Chain
CHGLOGDEL  Deletion of Requests from Change Log of DSO (classic)
CLEARTODS   Delete Entire Content of Linked Transactional ODS
CL_ARCHIVE  Cleanup Archive
COMMAND     OS Command
COMPRESS    Compression of the InfoCube
CPS_EVENT   Event in SAP CPS
CPS_JOB       Job in SAP CPS
DATACHANGE Trigger Event Data Change (for Broadcaster)
DBSTAT        Construct Database Statistics
DECISION     Decision Between Multiple Alternatives
DROPCUBE    Complete Deletion of Data Target Contents
DROPINDEX   Delete Index
DSOREPLIC   DataStore Object-Replication
DTP_LOAD     Data Transfer Process
EXOR            EXOR (First)
HAAP            Execute SAP HANA Analysis Process
HIERSAVE     Save Hierarchy (3.X)
INDEX           Generate Index
INTERRUPT    Interrupt Process
LOADING       Execute InfoPackage
LPI                Logically Partitioned InfoPackages
MAIL             Send Message
MDREORG     Reorganize Attributes and Texts for Master Data
MDUPDATEGK Master Data Update with Global Keys
MULTIHIER    Load All Hierarchies
NDB_MERGE  Trigger Delta Merge
ODSACTIVAT Activate Requests in DataStore Objects (classic)
ODSPROCESS Update DataStore Object Data (Further Update)
OHD_NOTIFY Open Hub Notification
OPENHUB      Data Export into External Systems (Obsolete)
OR                OR (Each)
PC_ACTIVE    Is the previous run in the chain still active?
PLSEQ           Execute Planning Sequence
PLSWITCHL   Switch Realtime InfoCube to Load Mode
PLSWITCHP   Switch Realtime InfoCube to Plan Mode
PSADELETE   Deletion of Requests from PSA
PSAPROCESS Read PSA and Update Data Target
QMSTATUS    Quality Status/Set Data Release
RDA_CLOSE   Close Request for an InfoPackage (RDA/Push)
RDA_RESET   Stop Real-Time Data Acquisition (RDA) Load Process
RDA_START   Start Load Process for Real-Time Data Acquisition (RDA)
REMOTE        Remote Process Chain
REPA_BB       Precalculation of Value Sets
REPA_BC       Precalculation of Web Templates
REPA_BP       Print in the Background
REPA_ER       Exception Reporting
REQUDEL      Delete Overlapping Requests from InfoCube
ROLLUP         Roll Up of Filled Aggregates/BWA Indexes
RS2HANA      Replicate BW Analysis Authorizations to SAP HANA
RSCNV           Remodeling Toolbox Operation
RSDASYB_PM Sybase IQ Partition Monitor
RSSDA_STAT Creation of Database Statistics for Virtual Tables
R_SALES2XI  Send POS Sales Data to XI System
SDI_INIT       Start SAP HANA EIM Remote Subscription
TB_LCCUPD   Last Customer Contact Update (Retraction)
TIMCHNGRUN Adjustment of Time-Dependent Aggregates
TRIGGER       Start Process
WODSODEL   Deletion of Requests from Write-Optimized DSO (classic)
WORKFLOW

Notice that for not all the above mentioned processes the parallelization make sense so not for all of them are the degree of parallelization is possible to set. Actually, the setting itself is done in section called “Settings for Parallel Processing” for those processes that it can be set.
The settings set in this t-code are stored in table RSBATCHPARALLEL - Control Parallel Batch Processes. Maintaining the table itself is coded in FM RSBATCH_MAINTAIN_PAR_SETTINGS.

More information:
2197654 - BW Data Extraction - Important house keeping activity in BW system