In job control, you create a new job request in the SAP Solution Manager system, before a (periodic) job can be scheduled in your managed system from the job documentation.
The new jobs which job control creates, can be:
Periodic
You must create a job request when you create periodic jobs in job control, because they go through an approval process.
Ad-Hoc
For ad-hoc jobs, it depends on your configuration settings whether you need to create a job request, that is, whether they go through an approval process in the job control or can be scheduled directly by the job control application (see Ad-Hoc Jobs).
You have made the settings required by job control (see Configuring Job Control and Ad-Hoc Jobs).
To create a new job using job control, proceed as follows:
Start the transaction SM36 in your managed system.
Because the job control integrates the transaction SM36 into the job scheduling management process, a dialog box opens. It tells you that you can only create or change jobs in the SAP Solution Manager system.
Confirm the dialog box
You go to the SAP Solution Manager system.
The job control application gets data from your managed system and displays it in the SAP Solution Manager system Job Control Web Dynpro application.
Make the following entries in the Planing step of the Job Control Web Dynpro application:
Specify the RFC connection from the SAP Solution Manager to your managed system.
Note
The system proposes a default RFC connection, which you can overwrite.
Enter a name for the job you wish to create.
Specify the date and time until which the job request is to be valid.
Add new job steps.
Choose Next.
For jobs which require an approval process (e.g. periodic jobs) enter the following in the Request Job step:
Note
For newly-created ad-hoc jobs, whose configuration settings do not require an approval process, this step is not shown.
Reason for the job request and priority
Business requirements information
Business process information
Note
The business partner, the managed system and a predefined request short text are automatically provided by the application.
Choose Next.
You can upload documents in the Add Attachments step.
Save your entries in the Confirm step.