SAP APO CIF Monitoring

qRFC Ping

This connection test is twofold: First the availability of the connection to the APO clients is tested in the APO system itself, and then the so-called external CIF connections (RFC lines) of the R/3 systems that are connected to APO are tested. The collector automatically recognizes all of the connections that need to be tested and requests them periodically based on a user-definable interval (the default is 5 minutes). A red alert is generated if a connection failure is found.

qRFC Queue Length

Among other things, the number of entries per destination queue provides an indication of the APO system's processing speed. If there are problems processing a queue, the jobs may be assigned to another queue. Threshold values that determine the number of queue entries that are required to generate a yellow or red alert are specified in a customization table. The collector is scheduled to run at user-definable intervals (the default is 5 minutes).

qRFC Queue State

A queue that is being processed can show a number of statuses. The collector checks if a queue has a failure status, in which case a red alert is generated.

 

qRFC Runtime

The runtime of a queue's job also provides an indication of the APO system's processing speed. If a queue's currently active job exceeds a pre-defined runtime (e.g. APO's upload program has fallen into an endless loop or the process has halted) a yellow or red alert will be generated based on the settings. By default, a yellow alert is generated is the job's runtime exceeds 5 minutes and a red alert is generated if the job's runtime exceeds 15 minutes. Both of these threshold values are user-definable.

Logging/Debugging

The collector checks the current logging and debugging settings of the user that is registered in the RFC connection for all CIF connections. Logging and debugging default values can be individually defined for each user. A red alert is generated as soon as the actual value deviates from the default.

Consistency of the SAP Core Interface (CIF)

The collector checks the consistency of the SAP Core Interface. For the check, the data collector examines the APO-specific tables for  inconsistencies. If inconsistencies will be found the data collector generates alerts providing information about how many inconsistencies have been found and which logical systems (SAP R/3) are affected.