Find Business Functions from Performance History

This workflow uses the performance history data available on the specified SAP system to identify business functions that are related to the transactions that you use. It helps you to determine the business functions you may want to input to the Business Function Impact Analysis workflow.

Creating RFC Destinations

Before you begin, you will need to create an RFC Destination for the SAP system you wish to analyze.

Select the RFC Destination in the LiveCompare hierarchy, and click the PHD tab. Enter a value (n) in the ‘Keep this many months of data:’ field, and click ‘Update Data’ to download the most recent <n> months of performance history data. You may also specify a schedule so that the available performance history data is downloaded at regular intervals. See the Retrieving Performance History Data help topic for details.

Preparing the Workflow

To prepare the Find Business Functions from Performance History workflow, drag its workflow template from the Templates folder into your own workspace, and modify the workflow as follows:

To specify the system to analyze:

1. Select the SAP System parameter and choose ‘Edit RFC Destination’ from its context menu to display the RFC Destination dialog.

2. Select the RFC Destination for the system to analyze, then click ‘Save’.

Save the workflow using the ‘Save’ toolbar button

Running the Workflow

To run the Find Business Functions from Performance History workflow, click the 'Run' toolbar button, choose ‘Run Now’ from the diagram’s context menu, or press F5. The currently running workflow action is marked with an animated display. When the workflow execution has completed, select the Business Functions dataset and choose ‘View Details’ from the context menu to display the results.