Creating Job Chains with Parameter Handling

The SAP jobs of a job chain require parameters, there are two parameter classes, scheduling parameters and job parameters.

Scheduling parameters define the status of the job chain at submit time, the queue and the priority of the job.

For SAP jobs, the queue defines the SAP System where the job runs.

Job parameters have three directions, IN, OUT and IN/OUT.

Job chain parameters have the following levels:

job chain level parameters, which are filled at submit time and can be common to one or more jobs.
job level parameters, which are individual.

Note Note

The data type must always match when you map parameters. For example, most SAP type job definitions have string parameters.

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Note Note

The Display Order of parameters is also the order in which parameters are resolved. If you use Redwood Expression Language to define a parameter based on the value of another parameter, the parameter in the expression must have a lower Display Order than the parameter it defines or the latter will not get resolved.

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Procedure

Choose Definitions → Job Chains in the Navigation bar.
Choose New from the context menu.
Choose the Job Definition tab and fill in a name for the job chain, choose Save.
On the Job Chain tab, choose the name of the job chain.
Choose Add Step from the context menu, notice that a new step with the caption Step 1 has been added.
Choose Add Job from the context menu of Step 1.
Choose Job 1 and enter the part of the job definition name into the Job Definition field.
Choose the desired job definition out of the list of available job definitions.
Under Scheduling, enter a parameter for Queue.
If job level parameters are required:
1. Choose the appropriate job.
2. Fill in the desired value in Expression.
If job chain level parameters are required:
1. Choose the appropriate job chain parameter under Reference
Choose Save to save the changes made to the job chain.