Where to Specify Job Attributes (SAP Library - Programming with the Background Processing System (BC-CCM-BTC))

Where to Specify Job Attributes

The following table shows for each attribute of a job:

whether the attribute applies to a job as a whole or only to a single job step

Each of the programs in a job forms a separate job step. For each job step, you can make separate specifications for attributes other than the start date and target system for running the job.

where and how the value for each attribute is assigned.

For programming examples of the attributes, please see the next section. Values for most of the attributes are predefined in the ABAP module LBTCHDEF.

Where to Specify Job Attributes

Attribute	Applies to Job or to Job Step	Where to Specify
Job name	Job	JOB_OPEN, parameter JOBNAME
Job number	Job	JOB_OPEN (returned by system), parameter JOBCOUNT
Job priority	Job	Always set by default to class C. No other priority can be set with the background programming interface. You can set other priorities only by hand, in the job-scheduling transaction (SM36, also SM37).
Immediate start	Job	JOB_CLOSE, parameter STRTIMMED
Start and repeat specifications	Job	JOB_CLOSE, various parameters. See the programming samples in Task Overview: Full-Control Job Scheduling
Target system for execution	Job	JOB_CLOSE, parameter TARGETSYSTEM
Automatic deletion after job has run	Job	JOB_OPEN, parameter DELANFREP
Recipient for mailed spool requests generated by job	Job	JOB_CLOSE, parameter RECIPIENT_OBJ
Name of report to run	Job step	JOB_SUBMIT, ABAP SUBMIT
Variant for report	Job step	JOB_SUBMIT, parameter VARIANT, ABAP SUBMIT, parameter USING SELECTION-SET
Values for selection variables	Job step	ABAP SUBMIT, various parameters. See The ABAP User's Guide
Name and operating-specific variant of external command to run	Job step	JOB_SUBMIT, COMMANDNAME and OPERATINGSYSTEM parameters
Name of external program to run	Job step	JOB_SUBMIT, EXTPGM_NAME parameter
Argument string for external program	Job step	JOB_SUBMIT, EXTPGM_PARAM parameter
Target system for external program	Job step	JOB_SUBMIT, EXTPGM_SYSTEM parameter
Control options for external program	Job step	JOB_SUBMIT, various parameters. See Sample Program: Adding a Job Step for an External Command or Program
User for job run-time authorizations	Job step	JOB_SUBMIT, AUTHCKNAM parameter. ABAP SUBMIT
Printing and archiving specifications	Job step	JOB_SUBMIT, ABAP SUBMIT using GET_PRINT_PARAMETERS to supply specifications