Configure packet count to control the number of packets the PowerCenter Integration Service reads from SAP before stopping. For example, if you enter 10 for Packet Count, the PowerCenter Integration Service reads the first 10 packets from the SAP source and then stops. The packet Size property in the ALE configuration determines the number of IDocs the PowerCenter Integration Service receives in a packet.

If you enter a Packet Count value, and you configure the session to use pipeline partitioning, the outbound IDoc session can run on a single node only. The PowerCenter Integration Service that runs the session cannot run on a grid or on primary and backup nodes.