To use job control, configure the following:
RFC destinations for RFC connections
During the job control process, SAP systems communicate in both directions via RFC connections. The managed system receives the information to call the Job Control
Web Dynpro application from SAP Solution Manager. In SAP Solution Manager, the Job Control
Web Dynpro application receives the job and user information from the managed system.
The following RFC connections are required for these communication paths:
From SAP Solution Manager to the managed system
From the managed system back to SAP Solution Manager
For RFC connections to work, you must set up RFC destinations in your managed systems and in SAP Solution Manager.
User-specific assignment of business partners
To authorize users of your managed systems to create job requests, you must assign business partners to them in SAP Solution Manager.
User-specific activation or deactivation of job control
To specify which users job control is active for, you must set up criteria profiles in Criteria Management
.
You have activated the Job Scheduling Management Web Dynpro applications (for example, the Job Request
and Job Management Work Center
Web Dynpro applications) in Customizing for SAP Solution Manager
under .
The user who accesses SAP Solution Manager from the managed system is authorized for Job Scheduling Management.
The user who accesses the managed system from SAP Solution Manager is authorized to access job data.
To be able to establish RFC connections from SAP Solution Manager to your managed systems, you must first set up RFC destinations in your managed systems. For more information, see Managed Systems Configuration.
To be able to establish RFC connections from your managed systems back to SAP Solution Manager, you must first set up RFC BACK destinations in SAP Solution Manager.
Note
Before you can set up RFC destinations in SAP Solution Manager, you must already have created a (back) RFC connection to SAP Solution Manager. You do this in SAP Solution Manager Configuration
(transaction solman_setup
) in the Basic Configuration
scenario under Technical Systems
.
Proceed as follows:
Open the Job Management
work center.
Choose the Administration
view.
To check whether an RFC BACK destination is set up for a managed system:
Under BACK Destination
, choose Check Back Destination
.
A dialog box appears.
Select the managed system and client (optional), and then choose Check
.
A message at the top of the Administration
view shows whether an RFC BACK destination is already set up.
To set up a new RFC BACK destination:
Under BACK Destination
, choose Define Back Destination
.
A dialog box appears.
Select the managed system and client (optional).
In the Destination
field, select a name for the RFC BACK destination.
Save your entries.
An RFC destination for a communication connection from the managed system to the currently open system (SAP Solution Manager) is now defined and can be used by the transactions SM36
and SM37
to communicate with SAP Solution Manager.
To authorize users of your managed systems to create job requests, you must assign business partners to them in SAP Solution Manager.
Proceed as follows to do this automatically, using the report BP_GEN
:
In the Job Management
work center, choose the Administration
view.
Under Business Partner
, choose Generate Business Partner
.
For information about how to execute the report, see Create Users or Business Partners Automatically.
Note
Before you can activate or deactivate job control for users, you have to complete the following configuration steps:
Setting Up RFC BACK Destinations
Assigning Business Partners to Users
To specify which users job control is active for, you set up criteria profiles for your managed systems in the SAP Solution Manager Criteria Management
application, and then assign users to these profiles.
Note
Criteria Management
can only be called by background processing administrators (S_BTCH_ADM
role).
Proceed as follows:
In the Job Management
work center, choose the Administration
view.
Under Criteria Management
, choose Maintain Criteria Profiles and Users
.
A dialog box appears.
Select the managed system and client (optional).
Save your entries.
The ABAP Program Execution
application starts.
Start the transaction for Criteria Management
(CRIT
).
The Criteria Management
dialog box appears.
To create a new profile, choose the Criteria Profile
and then choose the GUI icon with the quick info Add
.
A dialog box appears.
Select the criteria type for creating (or requesting) jobs using SAP Solution Manager and enter a meaningful name for the profile, for example, Job Control Activation.
Confirm with OK
.
The criteria profile is created, and appears in the list.
Double-click the entry for the new criteria profile.
The criteria for the criteria profile are displayed on the right side of the screen.
To assign clients and users to the criteria profile, choose the GUI icon with the quick info Add
.
A dialog box appears.
Enter a description for the criterion. Choose the client, and specify the users the criteria profile should apply to.
Note
You can use wildcards (*) in the User
field to add multiple users to a criteria profile.
Save your entries.
The criterion is created for the criteria profile.
Note
To create more profiles with the same criteria type, repeat steps 6 to 12. In this way, you can create several profiles for the same criteria type for different clients or user groups.
To activate the profiles created for job control, select the profiles in the list, and choose (Activate
).
Job control is active for all users assigned to the active profile. When these users start the transaction SM36
, they are automatically forwarded to SAP Solution Manager job control.
Job control is inactive for all other users.
For more information about job control, see SAP Note 1383398.