Scheduling Data Imports

Objective

After completing this lesson, you will be able to Schedule a data import to SAP Analytics Cloud.

Schedule Data Imports

Once master data and transaction data imports are set up and you need regular imports, it is inefficient to run them manually. It's possible to schedule imports to run periodically. You can set up schedules to run hourly, daily, weekly, or monthly.

Imports can be scheduled for:

  • Dimensions: Dimension imports can be scheduled for each dimension independently.
  • Models: All master data and transaction data imports can be scheduled from the planning model, as you can see in the following example.
SAP Analytics Cloud Data Management Workspace with Schedule Settings pane open for a model.

Monthly Jobs

Depending on the frequency of the import schedule, you may need to adjust the transaction import query. For example, if the update is scheduled to run monthly, the import query’s filter has to be set to the current month.

SAP Analytics Cloud query with Posting period filtered to the current month.

Import Query Failure

When you are creating a scheduled job, if the query fails, you can select two options for the job:

  1. The failed import is skipped, and the remaining import queries run.
  2. All imports are stopped.

You can also choose to be notified by e-mail of refresh failures.

SAP Analytics Cloud Data Management Workspace displaying Import and Export jobs.

Monitoring

You can monitor jobs in the Schedule Status tab, which can be accessed from both the model and the Connections area.

SAP Analytics Cloud Data Management Workspace with scheduled job displayed. Clicking View All Schedules opens the Schedule Status tab.

Schedule a Data Import

Business Scenario

The final phase of the integration project is to schedule the data imports. It is a business requirement for the master data and transaction data import to occur weekly.

What skills do you develop in this practice exercise?

We use SAP Business Warehouse as our example source system.

In this practice exercise, you:

  • Schedule a repeating data import job
  • View the schedule in the Schedule Status tab

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