Getting Started

The following sections introduce you to the first few actions as a new user of IT-Conductor FLUXâ„¢.

Prerequisites

  • Sign in to IT-Conductor and download the FLUXâ„¢ transport package. This package contains all the necessary components required to integrate FLUXâ„¢ with your SAP system. If you’re already registered with IT-Conductor, click here to download the package.

Figure 1: IT-Conductor FLUXâ„¢ Transport

  • Import the FLUXâ„¢ transport package into your SAP system using standard SAP transport management procedures.

Note: To be able to import exported data after a System Refresh, the FLUXâ„¢ transport must either be in the Production System or re-imported into the currently refreshed System.

  • Use Tcode SE38 to run program BTCTRNS1 to suspend all SAP background jobs before executing FLUXâ„¢ on your SAP environment. Once all post System Refresh tasks are completed, run BTCTRNS2 to reschedule the background jobs.

How to install the FLUXâ„¢ License Key

Once you’ve imported the FLUX™ transport package into your SAP system, you’ll have to install the license key. The license key is an alphanumeric code that you should receive in your email upon signing up for IT-Conductor. If you need help finding your FLUX™ license key, please get in touch with our support email.

Figure 2: Mail Containing the FLUXâ„¢ Product Key

  1. Go to your SAP system where FLUX™ will be executed and run tcode ZFLUX. If it’s your first time using FLUX™, you’ll get an information message.

Figure 3a: Invalid License Key Message

  1. Click on the checkmark to proceed.

Figure 3b: Invalid License Key Message

  1. Click the Settings icon to install the license.

Figure 4a: IT-ConductorFLUXâ„¢ Settings

  1. Enter the path for Export Data Directory. FLUXâ„¢ automatically creates the default /usr/sap/trans/ITCONDUCTOR directory. However, you may specify a different directory for data here.

  2. Click on Product Key.

Figure 4b: IT-Conductor FLUXâ„¢ Settings - Product Key

  1. Enter the key from the email attachment and click on the checkbox.

Figure 5: Enter Product Key
Figure 6: License Key Updated Message

Export Configuration

  1. In your SAP landscape, type the Tcode zFLUX to access the FLUXâ„¢ Configuration Cockpit.

Figure 7: IT-Conductor FLUXâ„¢ Configuration Cockpit

  1. Click on Create New Configuration.

Figure 8: Create New Configuration

  1. Add a description for the configuration. Then click on Proceed to continue.

Figure 9: Enter Configuration Description and Data Directory

Note: The export data directory defaults to /usr/sap/trans/ITCONDUCTOR and it is reserved exclusively for FLUXâ„¢. Only FLUX-generated files should be stored here. You may change the directory if needed, but its path must not exceed 130 characters

  1. Select the packages that you’d like to import.

Figure 10: Add Packages to a Configuration

Note: Importing the USER package functions similarly to using transaction codes SCC8/SCC7, exporting and importing all client-specific data under the SAP_ALL profile (excluding change documents). If SCC8/SCC7 is already being used during the System Refresh, you may continue using them at your discretion, but it is strongly recommended to export the USER package beforehand as a backup of all user data.

As part of the USER package import post-processing, the following programs are automatically executed via batch job:

  1. RSUSR405 – Resets all user buffers across all clients.

  2. RSADRCK2 – Cleans up and synchronizes company address data between systems.

  1. Click the Save button. This will create a new configuration item on the FLUXâ„¢ Configuration Cockpit.

  2. Double-click to view the selected packages in the newly created item. You can still modify the packages in the configuration, name, and directory by clicking on 'Change Configuration Description and Directory'. While they can be re-exported and re-imported, the packages within the Configuration cannot be changed once it has been exported.

Figure 11: Change Configuration Descriotion and Data Directory

  1. Once you’re sure of the packages you want to export, double-click on the configuration and click on the Export Selected Configuration button.

Figure 12: Export Configuration

Note: Please make sure that no other FLUX™ configuration packages or background jobs are running while these packages execute in dialog mode. See ‘Export/Import Jobs Still Running’ Error for more information.

  1. In the pop-up window, click Yes.

Figure 13: Confirm Export

Note: For best practice, export all configuration packages before the System Refresh, even if you do not plan to import them all afterward. Be aware that importing all packages post refresh can be time-consuming.

  1. Check the status of the export by double-clicking on the configuration. The status of each package will turn green when it is done exporting.

Figure 14: Export Status

Note: Please make sure that all the packages in the configuration are exported before starting the import. You may also view the log for each package by clicking on the green status box.

Figure 15: Export Log

Import Configuration

  1. To import the packages, double-click on the same configuration and click on Import Selected Configuration

Figure 16: Import Packages

  1. Click Yes on the pop-up window to continue. This will start the import.

Figure 17: Confirm Import

Note: If you’re importing the VARIANTS and BATCHJOBS configuration packages, they must be included in the same configuration and imported first after a System Refresh. This ensures their history is not overwritten during the FLUX™ import process. See VARIANTS and BATCHJOBS Packages Import Errors for more information.

  1. Wait for a few minutes until the status of all the packages turns green.

Figure 18: Import Status

  1. Verify the logs by clicking on the green box of that package.

Figure 19: Import Log

  1. You may also check these logs against Tcode SM37.

Figure 20: IT-Conductor FLUXâ„¢ Background Jobs on SM37

  1. To download the logs, go back to the FLUXâ„¢ Configuration Cockpit, select a configuration, and click on the Zip and Download All Log Files button.

Figure 21: Zip and Download Log Files on IT-Conductor FLUXâ„¢

Note: The Application Log keeps records for a maximum of 2 days.

Figure 22: Download Log Files

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