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Function documentationCentral Job Overview

 

The Central Job Overview enables you to view detailed information about ABAP jobs and externally scheduled jobs. You can select and view job data over the complete lifecycle, similar to the Job Overview (transaction SM37). If the externally scheduled job is part of a job chain, hierarchical job chain information is also displayed. To provide this overview, data is collected directly from the managed system and the external scheduler.

The Central Job Overview can be launched from the Job Management work center, under Common Tasks.

Prerequisites

  • You use SAP Central Process Scheduling (SAP CPS) 8.0 or later. Only SAP CPS/SAP BPA is supported by default. Other external schedulers may be connected on a project basis.

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    The latest version of SAP CPS was renamed SAP Business Process Automation by Redwood 9.0 (SAP BPA) in March 2015. For more information, see SAP Note 2005087Information published on SAP site.

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  • The administrator has performed the managed system configuration in SAP Solution Manager Configuration.

  • The administrator has configured the Central Job Overview and the remote database connection to the external scheduler. For more information, see the Central Job Overview Configuration Guide at Start of the navigation path http://service.sap.com/instguidesInformation published on SAP site Next navigation step SAP Components Next navigation step SAP Solution Manager Next navigation step <current release> Next navigation step Additional Guides - Job & BI Monitoring End of the navigation path.

  • Your browser supports SAPUI5.

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    To make the application UI refresh correctly with Internet Explorer 9 and above, adjust the browser cache settings as follows:

    1. Go to Start of the navigation path Tools Next navigation step Internet Options End of the navigation path

    2. On the General tab, under Browsing History, choose Settings.

    3. Under Check for newer versions of stored pages:, choose Every time I visit the web page.

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Features

Selecting Jobs

Select jobs using the filter area at the top of the screen.

  • Select jobs using standard Job Overview selection criteria. Specify the managed system and then filter jobs by name, user, status, scheduled time, after event, and program.

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    If you enter a user name or after event, the search will only return ABAP jobs.

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  • Save and reuse filter variants for frequently viewed jobs.

Viewing Results

Search results are displayed below the filter area.

  • If a found job is part of a job chain, the job chain is displayed in the results area. You can drill down to see the job chain hierarchy.

  • Click on the job ID to view detailed information, including basic information, job log, job steps with variant details, spool list number (click to start an ITS session and view the spool list), child jobs, and scheduling details.

  • At the chain header level, you can view CPS-specific scheduling parameters, such as the requested start time, end date, submit frame, and event information (wait event, raise event).

  • Sort and filter the results list.

  • Export the results list to a CSV file.

  • In the hierarchy view of job chains, you can toggle the display between all jobs or ABAP jobs only.