This chapter provides an overview of the extraction of data from application systems for use in Process Performance Manager. The extracted data can be imported into Process Performance Manager with no changes using the PPM XML import interface and processed by using suitable fragment and mapping definitions. The XML import interface is described in detail in the PPM Data import manual.
Via XML configuration files, the PPM CSV-2-PPM, JDBC-2-PPM and SAP-2-PPM process extractors are adapted to the source system from which the data is to be extracted.
The following general representation illustrates the basic functioning of data extraction from source systems, the subsequent data transformation and the output in XML output files.
Source system connection
The source system connection is created by specifying a system configuration containing the required access data for the source system to be extracted, e.g., system number, access type, and access password of the source system user.
You need to ensure that the specified source system user has appropriate access authorization to extract the relevant data fields.
Attribute transformation (optional)
If required, source system attributes can be modified before being imported into the PPM system and attribute types can be added and transformed. An appropriate XML configuration needs to be created for attribute transformation.
XML output
The extracted data is written to output files in a PPM-compatible XML format.
Data source (optional)
All XML files required for the extraction as well as the output file(s) can be specified in an XML file.