If job control is activated, you must create a job request in SAP Solution Manager before a new job can be scheduled in your managed system from the job documentation.
You can create the following types of jobs with job control:
Periodic: You must create job requests when you create periodic jobs, because these are required to go through an approval process.
Ad hoc: Your configuration settings determine whether you must create job requests for ad hoc jobs. For more information, see Ad Hoc Jobs.
You have configured job control. For more information, see Configuring Job Control.
Start the transaction SM36
in your managed system.
A dialog box appears, telling you that you can only create or change jobs in SAP Solution Manager.
Confirm the dialog box
You go to the SAP Solution Manager Job Control
Web Dynpro application.
Job control gets the job data from your managed system and displays it in the SAP Solution Manager Job Control
Web Dynpro application.
In the Planning
step of the Job Control
Web Dynpro application, make the following entries, and then choose Next
:
Specify the RFC connection from the SAP Solution Manager to your managed system.
Note
The system proposes a default RFC connection, which you can change.
Enter a name for the job you want to create.
Choose the type of scheduler you want to use: SAP Scheduler
or External Scheduler
.
Specify the date and time until which the job request is to be valid.
Add new job steps.
In the Request Job
step, make the following entries, and then choose Next
:
Note
This step is not shown for ad hoc jobs unless you have configured them to require approval.
Reason for the job request and priority
Business requirements information
Business process information
Note
The business partner, managed system, and a predefined request short text are automatically provided by the application.
In the Add Attachments
step, you can upload documents to provide more information about the job you want to create. When you are finished, choose Next
.
Save your entries.