IT-Conductor Flux™

IT-Conductor FLUX™ is an SAP-native Post Copy Automation (PCA) tool designed to address the evolving needs of SAP customers in today’s complex IT environments. Unlike traditional solutions that demand extensive OS-level access, FLUX™ operates entirely within the SAPGUI, ensuring smooth integration with your existing SAP setup and full compliance with SAP RISE deployments.

With FLUX™, IT-Conductor brings you a highly efficient and user-friendly tool that streamlines the replacement of SAP technical data, making it particularly valuable in environments with restricted OS-level access. Using SAP's Background Job Processing and R3Trans technology, FLUX™ delivers robust performance and reliability, making system refreshes easier and more efficient.

How it works?

IT-Conductor FLUX™ operates by importing a transport package into the SAP system, which includes all the necessary components for managing Post Copy Automation (PCA) tasks within the SAPGUI. After the transport is imported, users can access the FLUX™ cockpit to configure settings like package file locations and export/import parameters. FLUX™ simplifies the export and import process using SAP's R3TRANS, ensuring accurate data handling and comprehensive monitoring and logging for transparency and troubleshooting.

Figure 1: IT-Conductor FLUX process diagram

Pre-Requisites

• Visit the IT-Conductor website to download the FLUX™ transport package. This package contains all the necessary components to integrate FLUX™ with your SAP system.

• Import the FLUX™ transport package into your SAP system using standard SAP transport management procedures.

Export and Import Process

1. In your SAP landscape, type in Tcode zFLUX to access the FLUX Configuration Cockpit

Figure 2: Tcode zFLUX

2. Click on Enter Configuration Description and Data Directory and add a description for the execution.

3. Click on Proceed to continue.

Figure 3: Configuration description and data recovery

Note: The export data directory is filled by default in /usr/sap/trans/ITCONDUCTOR.

4. Select the packages that will be imported from the list

Figure 4: Select packages for import

5. Click the Save button. This will create a new configuration item on the FLUX Configuration Cockpit.

6. Double-click to View the selected packages in the newly created item.

Figure 5: New Configuration item

7. Once you’ve selected all the necessary packages to import, click on the Export Selected Configuration button.

Figure 6: Export selected configuration

8. In the popup window, click Yes.

Figure 7: Export selected configuration - confirmation window

9. Check the execution process by clicking on the View button.

Figure 8: Job execution process

Note: The status of each job will turn green when done executing. You may also view the log for each package

Figure 9: Job log

10. On the configuration item view, click on Import Selected Configuration and select the packages that will be imported back into the system.

Figure 10: Import selected configuration

11. Click Yes on the pop-up window to continue. This will start the execution of the import jobs.

Figure 11: Import selected configuration - Confirmation window

Figure 12: Finished import

Figure 13: Job execution process

Note: When the status import shows yellow, it means the job is still in progress. Once it’s finished, it will turn green.

Figure 14: Job log record

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