SAP Landscape Management 3.0, Enterprise Edition

Creating Operation Templates

You create operation templates where you either combine operations available for execution as per your needs on entities specified or you create operation templates for an SAP HANA process or a custom process available for execution on entities specified.

Prerequisites

Context

In an operation template, you cannot combine:

  • Custom processes with SAP HANA processes

  • Custom processes or SAP HANA processes with other operations

Procedure

  1. Choose Start of the navigation pathAutomation Studio Next navigation step Operation TemplateEnd of the navigation path.
  2. Choose Create.
  3. On the General tab, provide the following information:

    Field

    Description

    Name

    Enter a name for the operation template.

    Description

    Enter a description to provide more information about the operations contained in the template.

    Ignore Inter System Dependencies

    Decide whether to ignore inter system dependencies that you have defined.

    For more information, see Defining Intersystem Dependencies.

    Ignore Validations

    Decide whether to ignore validations you set up for validating the host and instance configuration data that is actively acquired via the host and instance agents, respectively.

    For more information, see Setting Up Validations for Landscape Entities.

    Allow execution if notes exist
    Decide whether to allow the operation template execution if notes exist. You have the following options:

    • Set a new note

    • Ignore existing notes

    Ignore Host Check

    Decide whether to check the host for recommended requirements of the instance.
  4. On the Steps tab, define the operation template:
    1. Select the New Step icon displayed.
    2. In the Current Operation area, specify the operation.
    3. In the Entities area, choose Add an entity.
    4. Select the entities required.
    5. Review and change the parameters if required. For all parameters that have a default value assigned, the Use default option is selected by default.
    6. If required, and you have not selected a custom process or an SAP HANA process, add further operations to the operation template.
    7. If required, refine the dependencies between the steps.

  5. Save the operation template.

Results

You can now schedule the operation template under Start of the navigation pathAutomation Studio Next navigation step ScheduleEnd of the navigation path and manage the operation template under Start of the navigation pathAutomation Studio Next navigation step Operation TemplateEnd of the navigation path.

Next Steps

You have now the following options:

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