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SAP CPS runs in AS Java of SAP NetWeaver AS. The system where it runs is called the SAP CPS server system. It connects to the remote systems where jobs should be executed.

SAP CPS provides the Scheduler user interface running on the SAP CPS server system. It is the central point of control for the all the jobs in the job scheduling landscape. By using the Scheduler UI, you schedule jobs on the SAP CPS server system. When the start conditions for a job or job chain are fulfilled, SAP CPS executes it in the respective remote system.

Integration

By using a set of external SAP interfaces, SAP CPS integrates with:

The remote SAP systems where jobs should run and be monitored

The SAP system for Central Monitoring where it reports monitoring data.

Integration for Job Execution and Monitoring

SAP CPS integrates with remote AS ABAP systems, including SAP Business Information Warehouse (BW) systems, by using the following external interfaces:

  • BC-XBP (External Background Processing) Allows SAP CPS to execute and monitor jobs and job chains in the remote AS ABAP systems. XBP provides SAP CPS with all the capabilities of the conventional AS ABAP scheduling infrastructure, such as job scheduling and starting, job interception and monitoring, and so on.

  • BW-SCH (Business Information Warehouse - Job Scheduling) Allows SAP CPS to schedule BW InfoPackages and process chains in the BW system.

You have to explicitly connect the SAP CPS server system to the remote systems when you want to execute and monitor jobs, InfoPackages and process chains.

SAP CPS uses Remote Function Calls (RFC) to connect to the remote systems.

All data that is necessary for triggering activities in the system landscape, such as job definitions, event information, and so on, is persisted in the job repository in the SAP NetWeaver database.

Two-Way Integration for Monitoring Data

SAP CPS can read monitoring data from the remote systems where jobs are executed and report it to the SAP system for Central Monitoring. This two-way integration is enabled by the following external interfaces:

  • BC-XAL (External Interface for Alert Management) Allows SAP CPS to read or set the properties and values of monitoring attributes, as well as read or confirm alerts in the remote systems.

  • BC-XMW (External Monitoring Write) Allows SAP CPS to transfer monitoring data to the Computing Center Management System (CCMS).

Integration for Job Monitoring

For more information about the components of SAP CPS, see the Administration Guide, Getting Started.