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Procedure documentationScheduling Jobs with the SAP Scheduler (BC-XBP)

 

This procedure schedules a job from the SAP Solution Manager system, in a managed system, via the BC-XBP interface.

Prerequisites

  • Administration has set up a trusted RFC connection between SAP Solution Manager and the target system.

  • You are authorized to call the BC-XBP interface and schedule jobs in the target system.

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  • You have created job documentation and assigned it to a system. For more information, see Systems Tab Page.

  • You have selected the BC-XBP scheduler in the job documentation and have added at least one step. For more information, see General Tab Page.

Procedure

Starting the Job Scheduling Application

  1. Open the job documentation and go to the Systems tab.

  2. Select a system, and then choose Scheduling.

    The scheduling application window appears.

  3. Switch to edit mode to start scheduling a job.

Copying a Job

You can copy data from an existing job in the current system.

  1. Choose an RFC connection.

  2. Specify the selection criteria, for example, job name, user name, or job status, and choose Find.

    The system lists the jobs for the search criteria.

  3. To copy the job configuration, select a job and confirm with Copy.

    The system copies the job configuration.

Scheduling a Job

  1. Choose an RFC connection.

  2. Enter a job name and choose a job class.

  3. Choose the start method, and provide values for the corresponding subelements.

  4. You can add step parameters.

  5. Choose Schedule.

    The job count appears in the display field.

  6. Save your entries.

  7. To release the job in the target system, choose Release.

    You go to the transaction SM37 in the target system.

Changing a Job

You can change the scheduling of a job as long as it has not been completed. Proceed as follows:

  1. Make changes.

    Note Note

    When you change a periodic job, the system searches for the changeable successor and only changes this successor.

    If there is more than one changeable job with the same name, the system does not change any of these jobs.

    End of the note.

  2. Save your entries.

  3. Choose Change.

  4. To release the job in the target system, select Release.

Deleting a Job

You can delete a scheduled job, as long as it has not yet been released. Proceed as follows:

  1. Select an RFC connection.

  2. Choose Delete.

  3. Save your entries.

Displaying Job Status

To display the current status of the job, choose Status.

Displaying Job Logs

When a job has the status Finished, you can display the job log.

Selecting a Job in the Target System

You can view the scheduled jobs by their status in the target system.

  • Choose Job Selection.

    You go to the transaction SM37 in the target system. You can, for example, release a job scheduled with the job documentation.

Analyzing Runtime Errors

To analyze runtime errors, choose Runtime Errors.

You go to the job analysis of transaction ST22 in the target system.

Analyzing Jobs

Prerequisite: You have implemented the current version of the ST-PI plug-in in the SAP Solution Manager system and in the connected managed systems.

To analyze a job in the target system, select Job Analysis.

You go to the transaction ST13 in the target system.

Subsequent Jobs Tab Page

This tab page documents all jobs that follow periodic jobs already scheduled.

Note Note

For the documentation of subsequent jobs, the SAP Solution Manager has to evaluate the parent-child relationship between jobs. For this purpose, you need to activate the Parent-Child Relationship function in the target system using program INITXBP2.

End of the note.

To display the subsequent jobs, proceed as follows:

  1. Search for subsequent jobs. Enter the selection criteria and then choose Search.

  2. Choose the subsequent job from the search results. If more information has been specified for the job, you will see this in the following lists under the search results:

    1. List Jobs Created by the Selected Job

      If the selected job has further scheduled jobs, then this list displays these jobs.

    2. List Successor Jobs of the Selected Job

      If the selected job is part of a job chain, this list displays the job that follows on directly.

Description Tab Page

On this tab page, you can provide a text description of the job scheduling.