FAQs - RSA7

Question 1:
What does the number in the 'Total' column in Transaction RSA7 mean?
Answer:
The 'Total' column displays the number of LUWs that were written in the delta queue and that have not yet been confirmed. The number includes the LUWs of the last delta request (for repeating a delta request) and the LUWs for the next delta request. An LUW only disappears from the RSA7 display when it has been transferred to the BW System and a new delta request has been received from the BW System.

Question 2:
What is an LUW in the delta queue?
Answer:
An LUW from the point of view of the delta queue can be an individual document, a group of documents from a collective run or a whole data packet from an application extractor.

Question 3:
Why does the number in the 'Total' column, in the overview screen of Transaction RSA7, differ from the number of data records that are displayed when you call up the detail view?
Answer:
The number on the overview screen corresponds to the total number of LUWs (see also question 1) that were written to the qRFC queue and that have not yet been confirmed. The detail screen displays the records contained in the LUWs. Both the records belonging to the previous delta request and the records that do not meet the selection conditions of the preceding delta init requests are filtered out. This means that only the records that are ready for the next delta request are displayed on the detail screen. The detail screen of Transaction RSA7 does not take into account a possibly existing customer exit.

Question 4:
Why does Transaction RSA7 still display LUWs on the overview screen after successful delta loading?
Answer:
Only when a new delta has been requested does the source system learn that the previous delta was successfully loaded into the BW System. The LUWs of the previous delta may then be confirmed (and also deleted). In the meantime, the LUWs must be kept for a possible delta request repetition. In particular, the number on the overview screen does not change if the first delta is loaded into the BW System.

Question 5:
Why are selections not taken into account when the delta queue is filled?
Answer:
Filtering according to selections takes place when the system reads from the delta queue. This is necessary for performance reasons.