EIS Automation

[Former Member]

Hi

We built our own .dat files due to our unique business requirement. We are working on automat the process, from EI running to report generating. Do we have a process for EIS to automatically pick up this file and run in EIS? IS there a process to automat the process to generate the report (Such as comprehensive stocking output report) and save a specific folder (not in the server)?

Really appreciate your great help,

Zhongren Gu

[chris_topf · Accepted solution]

Hi Zhongren,

good to hear from you!

So if you are building your own .dat files, I'm assuming you are then creating a zip file containing all those .dat files.  There is a directory named DataLoader that is in the SmartOps directory that EIS listens to and, if you place a zip file there, the application will pick it up and automatically run it in EIS.  The EIS application has to be running in order for this to happen.

As for automatically generating reports, there is a processor named GenerateReports that you can use to do this.  You would use it like the other processors (i.e. ScenarioAssociationProcessor, DemandIntelligenceErrorProcessor, etc).  The information controlling which reports are published automatically would all be put in the PSS.dat file.

First, in order to control whether the GenerateReports processor runs or not, you will add the following lines to your PSS.dat file:

ADD||GenerateReports|Is Active|TRUE
ADD||GenerateReports|Processing Phase|Report Generation
ADD||GenerateReports|Execution Order|1

"Is Active" can have a value of TRUE (on) or FALSE (off).  The other two lines must match what is listed.

Then you would add a line for each report you want to automatically generate.  The syntax of the line is:

ADD||GenerateReports|ReportName|report_name

where report_name could be (names are case-sensitive):
AggregatedTIP

DataLoadError
DemandProcessor

ItemMaster

LocationMaster
SKUInputOutputStatic
SKUInputTimeVarying
StockingPointOutput

StockingPointTip

SupplyChainCostDetails

SupplyChainTotalEstimatedCost

ThresholdNotification

UserAccountData

Add as many lines as needed to run the reports you want.
For example, to run the StockingPointOutput and StockingPointTip reports, you would add these two lines:

ADD||GenerateReports|ReportName|StockingPointOutput
ADD||GenerateReports|ReportName|StockingPointTip

When the model completes, you can access the reports from the UI through the Reports > Published Reports > Published Reports menu.  Make sure to select the correct supply chain from the selectors in the left column.

Hope that helps!

Chris
SAP Global Service and Support

[Former Member · Accepted solution]

Chris,

It is very helpful. Really appreciate your help.

Zhongren Gu