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.

Create 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, click the PHD tab and set a schedule for the retrieval of performance history data. You can also retrieve performance history data for an RFC Destination using the Collect Performance History Data action. See the Retrieve performance history data topic for details.

Prepare 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

Run 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.