(Glue-2208) v3.1 Workflows

A workflow is the combination of multiple SNP Glue™ objects and describes the flow of the data from the source (e.g. SAP table) all the way down the target (e.g. SNP Glue™ table).

Create workflows

Using POST /workflow API is possible to mass generate workflows ready to be executed.

Global parameters

Parameter name	Description	Usage	Type

Parameter name	Description	Usage	Type
SourceObjectName	Array with the list of SAP source objects for which to generate the replication objects	Mandatory	String
SourceObjectType	The type of SAP object to read from. Currently supporting ADSO and SAP tables	Mandatory	"table/view" \| ”ADSO”
glueTableSett	Array with parameters for SNP Glue™ table generation	Optional	JSON object (see below)
ext2Sett	Array with parameters for Extractors 2.0 generation	Mandatory	JSON object (see below)
glueQueueSett	Array with parameters for SNP Glue™ Queue generation	Optional	JSON object (see below)
asyncExec	Execute generation in a background job (Asynchronous)	Optional	Boolean
skipExisting	Skip generation of existing objects	Optional	Boolean

GlueTableSett: SNP Glue™ table generation parameter object

Parameter name	Description	Usage	Type

Parameter name	Description	Usage	Type
prefix	Object prefix	Mandatory	String
suffix	Object suffix	Optional	String
devclass	Package for object	Mandatory	String
storID	Storage ID	Mandatory	String
meaningFields	Meaningful fieldname	Optional	Boolean
meaningValues	Speaking field values	Optional	Boolean
glRequest	Add SNP Glue™ request field	Optional	Boolean
glRequestAsKey	Add SNP Glue™ request as a key	Optional	Boolean
folder	Existing folder name (visible in SAP GUI only - Glue object navigator )	Optional	String
CSVFolderName	File storage folder name	Obligatory in case of file storages	String, default “<GLUE_TABNAME>”
CSVDelimiter	File storage – Delimiter type	Obligatory in case of file storages	String
CSVQuotes	File storage – Put values into quotes	Optional	Boolean
CSVEscaping	File storage – Use extended escaping	Optional	Boolean
CSVHeader	File storage – Include table header	Optional	Boolean
CSVOneFile	File storage – One file extraction	Optional	Boolean
CSVCompress	File storage – Compress file	Optional	Boolean
CSVCompressLevel	File storage – Compression level	Optional	Int
CSVInheriteProfile	File storage - Storage/global default profile	Optional	Boolean
CSVProfileName	File storage - Profile name	Optional	String
CSVChangeTimeField	File storage - Change time field name	Optional	String
CSVDeletionField	File storage - Deletion field name	Optional	String

glueQueueSett: SNP Glue™ Queue generation parameter object

Parameter name	Description	Usage	Type

Parameter name	Description	Usage	Type
prefix	Object prefix, must start with Z	Mandatory	String
suffix	Object suffix	Optional	String, default “_Q“
devclass	Package for object	Mandatory	String
folder	Existing folder name (visible in SAP GUI only - Glue object navigator )	Optional	String
sourceType	Queue structure type	Mandatory	“DDIC” \| “GL_TAB”
sourceObj	Source object ID (if sourceType = “DDIC” source object id will be “0”)	Mandatory	Int

ext2Sett: SNP Glue™ Extractor 2.0

Parameter name	Description	Usage	Type

Parameter name	Description	Usage	Type
prefix	Object prefix, must start with Z	Mandatory	String
suffixFetcher	Fetcher suffix	Optional	String, default “_F“
suffixConsumer	Consumer suffix	Optional	String, default “_C”
suffixProcess	Extraction process suffix	Optional	String, default “_P”
devclass	Package for object	Mandatory	String
folder	Existing folder name (visible in SAP GUI only - Glue object navigator )	Optional	String
sourceType	Source object type	Mandatory	“DDIC“\|“QUEUE” \| “GL_TAB”
sourceID	Source object ID (if sourceType = “DDIC” source object id will be “0”)	Mandatory	Int
targetType	Target object type	Mandatory	“QUEUE” \| “GL_TAB”
targetID	Target object ID	Mandatory	Int
deltaType	Delta type, with generate endpoint only trigger and full are possible, different modes can be enabled using PATCH process endpoint	Mandatory	“FULL“ \| “TRIGGER“
loadType	The default load type, can be changed at execution time	Mandatory	“F“ \| ”D” \| ”I” \| ”L”
keyFieldsFilter	Add key fields as a selection parameter	Optional	Boolean
noActivation	Do not activate objects	Optional	Boolean
useDeduplication	Use deduplication	Optional	Boolean
readDelEntries	Read deleted entries (only for Trigger based extractions)	Optional	Boolean
enableMerge	Enable merge	Optional	Boolean
applyRoutines	Apply field routines	Optional	Boolean

All input parameters are case insensitive.

Example of REST API call:

POST	http://servername:portnumber/dvd/glue/api/v3_1/workflows?sap-client=clientnumber

POST	http://servername:portnumber/dvd/glue/api/v3_1/workflows?sap-client=clientnumber

JSON body:

{
    "SOURCEOBJECTTYPE": "Table/View",
    "SOURCEOBJECTNAME": [
        "SFLIGHT",
        "SBOOK"
    ],
    "GlueTableSett": [
        {
            "id": "1",
            "prefix": "ZTEST_",
            "devclass": "ZTEST",
            "glRequest": "",
            "storid": "BIN_FILE",
            "glRequestAsKey": ""
        }
    ],
    "ext2Sett": [
        {
            "id": "1",
            "prefix": "ZTEST_",
            "devclass": "ZTEST",
            "suffixFetcher": "_F",
            "suffixConsumer": "_C",
            "suffixProcess": "_P",
            "SOURCETYPE": "DDIC",
            "SOURCEOBJ": "",
            "TARGETTYPE": "GL_TAB",
            "TARGETOBJ": "1",
            "deltaType": "FULL",
            "loadType": "F"
        }
    ]
}

Example of the REST API output:

{
    "message": [
        {
            "msgtype": "S",
            "text": "Generating Glue Table 1 for Table/View SBOOK..."
        },
        {
            "msgtype": "S",
            "text": "Glue Table ZTEST_SBOOK generated successfully."
        },
        {
            "msgtype": "S",
            "text": "Generating Extractor2.0 1 ..."
        },
        {
            "msgtype": "S",
            "text": "Extractor2.0 object ZTEST_SBOOK_F generated successfully."
        },
        {
            "msgtype": "S",
            "text": "Extractor2.0 object ZTEST_SBOOK_C generated successfully."
        },
        {
            "msgtype": "S",
            "text": "Extractor2.0 object ZTEST_SBOOK_P generated successfully."
        },
        {
            "msgtype": "S",
            "text": "Generating Glue Table 1 for Table/View SFLIGHT..."
        },
        {
            "msgtype": "S",
            "text": "Glue Table ZTEST_SFLIGHT generated successfully."
        },
        {
            "msgtype": "S",
            "text": "Generating Extractor2.0 1 ..."
        },
        {
            "msgtype": "S",
            "text": "Extractor2.0 object ZTEST_SFLIGHT_F generated successfully."
        },
        {
            "msgtype": "S",
            "text": "Extractor2.0 object ZTEST_SFLIGHT_C generated successfully."
        },
        {
            "msgtype": "S",
            "text": "Extractor2.0 object ZTEST_SFLIGHT_P generated successfully."
        }
    ]
}

Example of Queue generation

JSON body:

{
    "SOURCEOBJECTTYPE": "Table/View",
    "SOURCEOBJECTNAME": [
        "SFLIGHT"
    ],
    "GlueTableSett": [
        {
            "id": "1",
            "prefix": "ZTEST_",
            "devclass": "ZTEST",
            "glRequest": "",
            "storid": "BIN_FILE",
            "glRequestAsKey": ""
        }
    ],
    "GlueQueueSett": [
        {
            "id": "1",
            "prefix": "ZTEST_",
            "SUFFIX": "_Q",
            "devclass": "ZTEST",
            "SOURCETYPE": "DDIC",
            "sourceobj": ""
        }
    ],
    "ext2Sett": [
        {
            "id": "1",
            "prefix": "ZTEST_",
            "devclass": "ZTEST",
            "suffixFetcher": "_F",
            "suffixConsumer": "_C",
            "suffixProcess": "_P",
            "SOURCETYPE": "DDIC",
            "SOURCEOBJ": "",
            "TARGETTYPE": "QUEUE",
            "TARGETOBJ": "1",
            "deltaType": "FULL",
            "loadType": "F"
        },
        {
            "id": "2",
            "prefix": "ZTEST_",
            "devclass": "ZTEST",
            "suffixFetcher": "_QF",
            "suffixConsumer": "_QC",
            "suffixProcess": "_QP",
            "SOURCETYPE": "QUEUE",
            "SOURCEOBJ": "1",
            "TARGETTYPE": "GL_TAB",
            "TARGETOBJ": "1",
            "deltaType": "FULL",
            "loadType": "F"
        }
    ]
}

Example of the REST API output:

Object types:

“DDIC” SAP table/view or ADSO
“GL_TAB” SNP Glue™ table
“QUEUE” SNP Glue™ Queue

Load type

When a process is configured for delta replication, the execution can be run in different modalities:

“F” Full Load (Repair) Without Delta Update
“D” Delta Load
“I” Delta Init Without Data
“L” Delta Init + Full Load

If the job is scheduled in the background (async generation), the HTTP response code will be set to 200 with information about the generated SAP job
“200 Generation scheduled under Job name - ZDVD_GLUE_OBJ_GEN_BTCUSER”

Functionality is implemented in the SAP class /DVD/GL_EXT2_API_GEN_OBJ_V3_1.

Error handling

Every error message is raised via code 400. The reason for the error is also provided; however further investigation might be needed on the SAP side.

Delete workflows

Resource DELETE /workflows serve as a mass deletion function for SNP Glue™ objects.

It supports the following input parameters:

Global parameters

Parameter name	Description	Usage	Type

Parameter name	Description	Usage	Type
ObjectName	Array with the list of SNP Glue™ objects for deletion (SNP Glue™ Tables and Extractor 2.0 objects)	Mandatory	String

All input parameters are case insensitive.

Example of REST API call:

DELETE	http://servername:portnumber/dvd/glue/api/v3_1/workflows?sap-client=clientnumber

DELETE	http://servername:portnumber/dvd/glue/api/v3_1/workflows?sap-client=clientnumber

JSON body:

Example of the REST API output:

Functionality is implemented in the SAP class /DVD/GL_EXT2_API_DELETE_OBJ.

Error handling

Every error message is raised via code 400. The reason for the error is also provided; however, further investigation might be needed on the SAP side.