Freeze Handler Snippet for SAP® Solution

Reusable snippet for time-boxing SAP interactions in case SAP processing freezes

This is a sequence for time-boxing individual SAP interactions (or SAP-related workflows) in case SAP processing freezes and the workflow stops advancing.

Using this package can help you work around the situations where the SAP client is stuck in an infinite loop (processing constantly, but not returning any result) and your workflow is waiting for a response. Since the SAP interaction happens asynchronously, under normal circumstances the UiPath robot will just wait indefinitely until SAP returns a response.

Using the freeze handler can help you define a custom timeout for invoking a specific workflow in your process. Once that timeout is reached, the saplogon.exe process is terminated.

This package is part of a suite of reusable components and snippets: 

• UI Automation Login for SAP
• Command Line Login for SAP
• Visible Rows Counter for SAP
• Freeze Handler Snippet for SAP

This package contains reusable workflows for performing a Login to SAP GUI using UI automation and the SAP Logon application.

Using this package can help you accelerate your development on SAP related processes. It will offer an out-of-the-box solution for logging into SAP, and you can also use the UI interactions as a reference for how to interact efficiently with various types of SAP screens

NOTE: Installation Guidelines for Snippets can be found here

Accelerate development by using this ready-made component for time-boxing SAP interactions in case SAP processing freezes. Drag and drop the SAPFreezeHandler snippet from your Library pane directly inside your workflow, in a place where you would like to invoke the workflow you would like to time-box. Change the EDIT THIS:-prefixed invoke on the left side of the Parallel flow with the actual invoke of the interaction you would like to time-box. Change the value of the timeoutMinutes variable (in the Variables pane) to the number of minutes you would like to wait before deciding the workflow timed out and SAP should be killed.