ERP Jobs

Defines the connection profile for the job.

Rules:

• Characters: 1−30

• Case Sensitive: Yes

• Invalid Characters: Spaces

Variable Name: %%-OAP-INSTANCE

For more information about creating a local connection profile for this job, see Creating a connection profile.

Defines an authorized Oracle E-Business Suite user who has at least one responsibility.

Rule: 1−100 characters

Variable Name: %%OAP-USERNAME

Determines the authorization for accessing data and running programs or requests, or both, as follows:

• Security Group: Indicates the Security group associated with the Responsibility name.

  Variable Name: %%OAP-SECURITY_GROUPNAME

• Application: Indicates the Application short name associated with the Responsibility name.

  Variable Name: %%OAP-RESPAPP

Determines whether the request is a Request Set or Single Request, as follows:

• Request Set: Enables you to submit a pre-defined set of requests.

  Variable Name: %%OAP-SETPROG-P<n>-PROGDESP

• Single Request: Enables you to submit an individual request.

  Variable Name: %%OAP-TASKTYPE

Click to open the More options attributes.

Determines whether the Control-M for Oracle E-Business Suite request log is copied to the Control-M Job output.

Default: Selected

Variable Name: %%OAP-DISPLAY_LOGFILE

Determines whether the Control-M for Oracle E Business Suite request output is copied to the Control-M Job output.

Default: Not Selected

Variable Name: %%OAP-DISPLAY_OUTPUT

Determines whether the job completes even when Control-M for Oracle E-Business Suite request ends with a Warning status.

Default: Not selected

Variable Name: %%OAP-CONVERT_WARNING2OK

Determines whether to track the status of child jobs. If not selected, only the status of the parent job is tracked.

Default: Selected

Variable Name: %%OAP_WAITCHILD

Determines whether the ending status of the job is set according to the worst completion status of all the child requests. If not selected, the job status is determined by the ending status of the parent job.

Default: Not selected

Variable Name: %%OAP-SUBSTATUS

Defines the profile internal Name and Value.

Name and Value Rules:

• Characters: 1−214
• Case sensitive: Yes

Variable Names:

• Profile name Single Request: %%OAP-PROFILES-P<n>-USER_NAME

• Profile name Request Set: %%OAP-PROFILES-P<n>NAME

• Profile value: %%OAP-PROFILES-P<n>VALUE

Determines whether to restrict application functionality to authorized users.

Variable Name: %%OAP-USE_MENU_FUNCTION

Defines the concurrent program name that causes the Oracle E-Business Suite server to generate a list in real time that satisfies relevant criteria.

Rules:

• Characters: 1−30 (no spaces)
• Case: Uppercase only
• Invalid characters: Spaces

Variable Names:

• Single Request: %%OAP-PROGNAME

• Request Set: %%OAP-SETPROG-P<n>-PROGDESP

Enables you to set the Operating Unit field.

Rules:

• Characters: 1−100
• Case sensitive: Yes
• Invalid characters: Spaces

Variable Names:

• Single Request: %%OAP-OPERATING_UNIT

• Request Set: %%OAP-SETPROG-P<n>-OPERATING_UNIT

Enables you to specify parameter values for the specified concurrent program.

Variable Names:

• Single Request:

  • %%OAP-PARMS-P<n>NAME

  • %%OAP-PARMS-P<n>VALUE

• Request Set:

  • %%OAP-SETPROG-P<n>-PARMS-P<n>-NAME

  • %%OAP-SETPROG-P<n>-PARMS-P<n>-VALUE

Determines whether parameter values are validated.

Variable Name: %%OAP-PARAM_VALIDATION

Defines the Job output language.

Variable Name: %%OAP-LANGUAGE

Defines the text description of a request.

Rules:

• Characters: 1−214
• Case sensitive: Yes

Variable Name: %%OAP-DESCRIPTION

Defines various tasks performed after completion of the job.

Determines the template options for your job.

Variable Names:

• Template name

  • Single Request: %%OAP-LOUT-P<n>-NAME

  • Request Set: %%OAP-SETPROG-P<n>-LOUT-P<n>-NAME

• Language

  • Single Request: %%OAP-LOUT-P<n>-LANG

  • Request Set: %%OAP-SETPROG-P<n>-LOUT-P<n>-LANG

• Type

  • Single Request: %%OAP-LOUT-P<n>-TYPE

  • Request Set: %%OAP-SETPROG-P<n>-LOUT-P<n>-TYPE

Defines the workflow role names that Control-M notifies, in a text string.

Determines print output options.

Variable Names:

• Single Request: %%OAP-PRINTERS-P<n>NAME

• Request Set: %%OAP-SETPROG-P<n>PRINTERNAME

Determines whether to restrict application functionality to authorized users.

Variable Name: %%OAP-USE_MENU_FUNCTION

Enables you to select concurrent programs in the request set as follows:

• Program Display Name: Indicates the Program long name associated with the concurrent program.

  Variable Names:

  • Single Request: %%OAP-PROGDESP

  • Request Set: %%OAP-SETDESP

• Program Name: Indicates the Program short name associated with the concurrent program.

  Variable Names:

  • Single Request: %%OAP-PROGNAME

  • Request Set: %%OAP-SETNAME

• Application Name: Indicates the Application short name associated with the concurrent program.

  Variable Name: %%OAP-APPNAME

• Application Display Name: Indicates the Application long name associated with the concurrent program.

  Variable Name: %%OAP-APPDESP

Determines whether parameter values are validated.

Variable Name: %%OAP-PARAM_VALIDATION

Defines the concurrent program name that causes the Oracle E-Business Suite server to generate a list in real time that satisfies relevant criteria.

Rules:

• Characters: 1−30
• Case: Uppercase only
• Invalid characters: Spaces

Variable Names:

• Single Request: %%OAP-PROGNAME

• Request Set: %%OAP-SETPROG-P<n>-PROGDESP

Enables you to set the Operating Unit field.

Rules:

• Characters: 1−100
• Case sensitive: Yes
• Invalid characters: Spaces

Variable Names:

• Single Request: %%OAP-OPERATING_UNIT

• Request Set: %%OAP-SETPROG-P<n>-OPERATING_UNIT

Defines the Values and Descriptions for the parameters of the concurrent program.

Variable Names:

• Single Request:

  • %%OAP-PARMS-P<n>NAME

  • %%OAP-PARMS-P<n>VALUE

• Request Set:

  • %%OAP-SETPROG-P<n>-PARMS-P<n>-NAME

  • %%OAP-SETPROG-P<n>-PARMS-P<n>-VALUE

Determines whether parameter values are validated.

Variable Name: %%OAP-PARAM_VALIDATION

Defines the Job output language.

Variable Name: %%OAP-LANGUAGE

Defines various tasks performed after completion of the job.

Determines the template options for your job.

Variable Names:

• Template name

  • Single Request: %%OAP-LOUT-P<n>-NAME

  • Request Set: %%OAP-SETPROG-P<n>-LOUT-P<n>-NAME

• Language

  • Single Request: %%OAP-LOUT-P<n>-LANG

  • Request Set: %%OAP-SETPROG-P<n>-LOUT-P<n>-LANG

• Type

  • Single Request: %%OAP-LOUT-P<n>-TYPE

  • Request Set: %%OAP-SETPROG-P<n>-LOUT-P<n>-TYPE

Defines the workflow role names that Control-M notifies, in a text string.

Variable Names:

• Single Request: %%OAP-NOTIFCATIONS-Nn-NAME

• Request Set: %%OAP-SETPROG-P<n>-NOTIFY-N001-DISP_NAME

Determines print output options.

Variable Names:

Single Request: %%OAP-PRINTERS-P<n>NAME

Request Set: %%OAP-SETPROG-P<n>PRINTERNAME

Defines a set of connection attributes between Control-M for PeopleSoft and a PeopleSoft application server.

Rules:

• Characters: 1−50
• Case sensitive: Yes
• Valid characters: Spaces and . -_0-9 a-z A-Z

Variable Name: %%PS8-CON_PROFILE

For more information about creating a local connection profile for this job, see Creating a connection profile.

Defines an email message subject line that is sent by the Job.

Rule: 1−50 characters.

Variable Name: %%PS8-EMAIL_SUBJECT

Defines the message text displayed in the body of an email message.

Rule: Must not exceed 250 characters.

Variable Name: %%PS8-EMAIL_TEXT

Determines whether to attach the web report to the email sent at the completion of this Job. This parameter is set only when the Type parameter for the request is Web.

Variable Name: %%PS8-EMAIL_WEB_REPORT

Determines whether to attach the log file to the email sent at the completion of this Job.

Variable Name: %%PS8-EMAIL_ATTACH_LOG

Defines the output format for all job processes

Variable Name: %%PS8-OUTDESTFORMAT

Defines the name of the scheduled process.

Rules:

• Characters: 1−12
• Case: Uppercase only
• Invalid characters: Spaces

Variable Name: %%PS8-PRCSNAME

Defines the name of the scheduled Job.

Rules:

• Characters: 1−12
• Case: Uppercase only
• Invalid characters: Spaces

Variable Name: %%PS8-PRCSTYPE

Defines the type of process for the process or Job definition.

Rules:

• Characters: 1−30
• Case sensitive: Yes

Variable Name: %%PS8-PRCSTYPE

Defines when a Job reruns from a specific process number, which has previously failed

Variable Name: %%PS8-FAILEDSTEP

Defines run control attributes, which are associated with a process or Job.

Rules:

• Characters: 1−30 characters
• Case sensitive: Yes

Variable Name: %%PS8-RUNCONTROLID

Defines the name of the PeopleSoft server used for running the process or Job.

Rules:

• Characters: 1−8
• Case sensitive: Yes
• Invalid characters: Spaces

Variable Name: %%PS8-SERVERNAME

Defines the output destination type of a process or a Job

Variable Name: %%PS8-OUTDESTTYPE

Defines the PeopleSoft user ID name used for the process or Job.

Rules:

• Characters: 1−30
• Case sensitive: Yes
• Invalid characters: Spaces

Variable Name: %%PS8-USERID

Refers to user defined parameters that are available for the PeopleSoft process or Jobs.

Rule: 1−214 characters

Variable Name: %%PS8-USERDEF1-20

Defines the connection profile for the job.

Rules:

• Characters: 1−30

• Case Sensitive: Yes

• Invalid Characters: Spaces

Determines one of the following tasks that the job performs:

• Process Chain

• Info Package

Variable Name: %%SAPR3-JOB_MODE

Defines a unique BW-generated ID of a Process Chain.

Rule: 1−30 characters

Variable Name: %%SAPR3-ProcessChain_ID

Defines a description of a Process Chain or Info Package.

Rule: 1−60 characters

Variable Names:

• %%SAPR3-ProcessChain_Desc

• %%SAPR3-InfoPackage_Desc

Determines how the Process Chain reruns if the job fails, as follows:

• Restart from point of failure: Reruns the job from its point of failure.

• Rerun from start: Reruns the job from the start of the job.

Click to open the More options attributes.

Determines whether the first run of the Process Chain prepares for the next run.

This is useful for reruns when large Process Chains are scheduled.

Determines whether to consider the status of the overall Process Chain.

Determines whether to add the Process Chain logs to the job outputA tab in the job properties pane in the Monitoring domain that shows the output of a job, which indicates whether a job ended OK, and used, for example, with jobs that check file location.

Determines whether to detect and monitor jobs that were spawned by the current SAP job.

Determines the properties of the detected job for one of the following jobs definitions:

• Parent [current] job definition

• A specific job definition

Detected spawned jobs of the current job are extracted to Control-M with identical properties to the specified job.

Determines whether to start any spawned job with a Scheduled status.

Determines whether a job completes its execution only after all child jobs complete.

Determines whether to wait for all child jobs to complete.

The parent job does not end OK if any child job fails.

Defines a unique BW-generated Info Package ID.

Rule: 1−30 characters

Variable Name: %%SAPR3-InfoPackage_TechName

Defines the connection profile for the job.

Rules:

• Characters: 1−30
• Case: Uppercase only
• Case Sensitive: Yes
• Invalid Characters: Spaces

Determines which of the following tasks the job performs:

• Write job

• Detect delete job

• Detect store job

Defines the name of the job to be monitored or submitted.

Rule: 1−32 characters

Variable Name: %%SAPR3-DETECT_CHILD_JOBNAME

Related Variable: %%SAPR3-GROUP-ORDID

Defines name of the archiving object.

Rules:

• Characters: 1−10
• Case: Uppercase only
• Invalid Characters: Spaces

Variable Name: %%SAPR3-DA_ARC_OBJ

Defines the variant parameters. Click , to the right of the field, to see the attributes.

Determines the user.

Defines the Job output language.

Variable Name: %%OAP-LANGUAGE

Defines the variant for the specified ABAP program or archiving object.

Rules:

• Characters: 1−10
• Case: Uppercase only

Determines the variant value for the specified ABAP program or archiving object.

Variable Names:

• %%SAPR3-STEP-S<xx>-VAR-P<yyy>-MODIFY

  Valid Values:

  • X: Variant parameter value is modified on the next job run

  • N: Variant parameter value is not modified on the next job run

• %%SAPR3-STEP-S<yy>-VAR-P<xxx>-TYPE

  Valid Values:

  • Simple

  • Range

  • Selection

• %%SAPR3-STEP-S<yy>-VAR-P<xxx>-VALUE

  • Specifies the value of the variant parameter

  • Only available when %%SAPR3-STEP-S<yy>-VAR-P<xxx>-TYPE is set to Simple or Selection

• %%SAPR3-STEP-S<yy>-VAR-P<xxx>-LOW

  • Specifies the low value of the variant parameter

  • Only available when %%SAPR3-STEP-S<yy>-VAR-P<xxx>-TYPE is set to Range

• %%SAPR3-STEP-S<yy>-VAR-P<xxx>-HIGH

  • Specifies the high value of the variant parameter

  • Only available when %%SAPR3-STEP-S<yy>-VAR-P<xxx>-TYPE is set to Range

• %%SAPR3-STEP-S<yy>-VAR-P<xxx>-OPTION

  • Only available when %%SAPR3-STEP-S<yy>-VAR-P<xxx>-TYPE is set to Range or Selection

  Valid values:

  • When %%SAPR3-STEP-S<yy>-VAR-P<xxx>-TYPE is set to Range:

    • BT: Interval

    • NB: Outside range

  • When %%SAPR3-STEP-S<yy>-VAR-P<xxx>-TYPE is set to Selection:

    • EQ: Single value

    • NE: Not equal to

    • GT: Greater than

    • LT: Less than

    • GE: Greater than or equal to

    • LE: Less than or equal to

    • CP: Include pattern

    • NP: Exclude pattern

• %%SAPR3-STEP-S<yy>-VAR-P<xxx>-SIGN

  • Only available when %%SAPR3-STEP-S<yy>-VAR-P<xxx>-TYPE is set to Range or Selection

  Valid values:

  • I: Include

  • E: Exclude

Click to open the Advanced attributes.

Determines which printer to use.

Rules:

• Characters: 1−4

• Case: Uppercase only

• Invalid characters: Spaces

Variable Name: %%SAPR3-STEP-S<nn>-PRINT_DEST

Determines the number of copies to print.

Rule: A 3-digit number between 001 and 255

Variable Name: %%SAPR3-STEP-S<nn>-PRINT_COPIES

Determines one of the following spool printing options:

• Archive: Prints the spool to an archive.

• Print: Prints the spool to the output device.

• Print & Archive: Prints the spool to the output device and to an archive.

Variable Name: %%SAPR3-STEP-S<nn>-PRINT_ARCHMODE

Determines when the job prints, as follows:

• Print out immediately

• Print later

• Send to SAP spooler

Variable Name: %%SAPR3-STEP-S<nn>-PRINT_IMMED

Determines the number of days until a print job expires.

Rules:

• Number of days: 1−8
• Do Not Delete: Last option

Variable Name: %%SAPR3-STEP-S<nn>-PRINT_EXPIRATION

Determines whether to request a new spool.

Variable Name: %%SAPR3-STEP-S<nn>-NEW_LIST_ID

Determines whether to delete the report after printing.

Variable Name: %%SAPR3-STEP-S<nn>-PRINT_RELEASE

Determines the print layout format. Click , to the right of the field, to see available options.

Rules:

• Characters: 1−16
• Case: Uppercase only
• Invalid characters: Spaces

Variable Name: %%SAPR3-STEP-S<nn>-PRINT_LAYOUT

Determines the maximum number of rows per page, as follows:

• Use ABAP program default: Uses the program default.

• Custom rows number: Determines the maximum number of rows.

  Rule: A number between 1 and 90

Variable Name: %%SAPR3-STEP-S<nn>-PRINT_NUMLINES

Determines the maximum number of characters in an output line, as follows:

• Use ABAP program default: Uses the program default.

• Custom columns number: Determines the maximum number of columns.

  Rule: A number between 1 and 255

Variable Name: %%SAPR3-STEP-S<nn>-PRINT_NUMCOLUMNS

Defines the recipient name of the job output.

Rules:

• Characters: 1−12
• Case sensitive: Yes

Variable Name: %%SAPR3-STEP-S<nn>-PRINT_RECIPIENT

Defines the spool department.

Rules:

• Characters: 1−12
• Case sensitive: Yes

Variable Name: %%SAPR3-STEP-S<nn>-DEPT

Determines whether to print the SAP cover page, as follows:

• Default setting

• Print

• Do not print

Variable Name: %%SAPR3-STEP-S<nn>-PRINT_BANNER

Determines whether to print the OS cover sheet, as follows:

• Default setting

• Print

• Do not print

Variable Name: %%SAPR3-STEP-S<nn>-PRINT_HOST_BANNER

Determines whether each selection has a cover page.

Variable Name: %%SAPR3-STEP-S<nn>-PRINT_BANNER_PAGE

Defines the spool list name.

Rules:

• Characters: 1−12
• Case: Uppercase only

Variable Name: %%SAPR3-STEP-S<nn>-LIST_NAME

Defines the spool list titles.

Rules:

• Characters: 1−68
• Case sensitive: Yes

Variable Name: %%SAPR3-STEP-S<nn>-LIST_TEXT

Defines the user with print authorization.

Rules:

• Characters: 1−12
• Case sensitive: Yes

Variable Name: %%SAPR3-STEP-S<nn>-PRINT_AUTH

Determines whether to check for an incomplete archiving session for a specific archiving object.

An incomplete archiving session is one for which not all Delete Jobs ended successfully.

Variable Name: %%SAPR3-DA_CHECK_SESSIONS

Determines whether to check for a Write Job that exists with the specific variant for the archiving object defined for this job.

Variable Name: %%SAPR3-DA_CHECK_VARIANT

Defines which application server the external program runs on.

Rules:

• Characters: 1-20
  The (full) format must be used: hostname_SYSID_sysnumber

• Case: Uppercase only
• Case Sensitive: Yes
• Invalid Characters: Spaces

Variable Name: %%SAPR3-TARGET_SERVER

Related Variable: %%SAPR3-SERVER_OR_GROUP_TYPE

Determines the job submission priority (in SAP) using one of the following options:

• A - High Priority

• B - Medium Priority

• C - Low Priority

Determines when the job should run, as follows:

• ASAP

• Immediate

Determines whether to detect and monitor jobs that were spawned by the current SAP job.

Determines the properties of the detected job for one of the following job definitions:

• Parent [current] Job definition

• A specific Job definition

Defines the template for new created detected SAP type jobs.

The selected job must exist in the same folder as the current job.

Rule: 1-32 characters

Variable Name: %%SAPR3-DETECT_CHILD_JOBNAME

Related Variable: %%SAPR3-GROUP-ORDID

Defines the name and path of the file the spool should be copied to.

Rules:

• Characters: 1-214
• Case Sensitive: Yes
• Invalid Characters: Spaces

Variable Name: %%SAPR3-SPOOL

Defines the connection profile for the job.

Rules:

• Characters: 1−30

• Case Sensitive: Yes

• Invalid Characters: Spaces

Variable Name: %%SAPR3-ACCOUNT

Determines one of the following tasks that the job performs:

• Create a new job: Create and run a new SAP job.

• Copy an existing job: Copy an existing SAP job for multiple runs of identical jobs.

• Run a pre-defined SAP job: Run a job that was previously defined in the SAP server.

• Monitor a scheduled SAP job: Monitor a job that is scheduled to run on the SAP server.

• Run batch input session: Run a batch input session.

• Activate/Deactivate SAP profile: Activate or deactivate an event or Interception SAP profile.

• Trigger an SAP event: Cause a specific SAP background event to occur.

• Watch for an SAP event: Run a job that waits for an event to occur on the SAP server.

Variable Name: %%SAPR3-JOB_MODE

Related Variable: %%SAPR3-DA_JOB_TYPE

Defines the name of the job to be created, copied, run, or monitored.

Rule: 1−32 characters

When copying, running, or monitoring a job, you can find the SAP job name by clicking to the right of the field. In the dialog box, you can filter for the following attributes.

• User name

• Job status

• Job name

Determines one of the following execution targets the job runs on:

• Server

• Group

Rules:

• Characters: 1−20

• Case sensitive: Yes

• Invalid characters: Spaces

Defines the name of the execution target.

Determines one of the following job submission priorities in SAP:

• A - High Priority

• B - Medium Priority

• C - Low Priority

Determines when the job should run, as follows:

• ASAP

• Intermediate

• After Event

Defines the type and number of job steps the new SAP job performs.

You can add and define each step by clicking the to the right side of the field.

Rules: 1−99 steps

Determines one of the following step program types:

• ABAP: See ABAP Attributes for the attribute descriptions.

• External Program: See External Program Attributes for the attribute descriptions.

• External Command: See External Command Attributes for the attribute descriptions.

Determines whether an SAP R/3 job reruns from its point of failure.

If this is not selected, the next field—Rerun from step—must be defined.

Determines which step to rerun the SAP R/3 job from when Rerun from point of failure is not selected.

Rule: 1−99 steps

Click to open the More options attributes.

Determines one of the following actions for the SAP job spool:

• Don't copy: Does not copy the spool anywhere.

• Copy to output: Copies the spool to the output fileA tab in the job properties pane in the Monitoring domain that shows the output of a job, which indicates whether a job ended OK, and used, for example, with jobs that check file location.

• Copy to file: Copies the spool to the file name defined in the next field—File.

After selecting one of the above copy options, you have the option to save the spool in PDF format.

Defines the file name for the copied SAP job spool when Copy to file is selected in the Spool attribute, above.

Determines whether the SAP job spool is copied to a PDF file.

Determines one of the following actions for the SAP job log:

• Don't copy: Does not copy the job log anywhere.

• Copy to output: Copies the job log to the output fileA tab in the job properties pane in the Monitoring domain that shows the output of a job, which indicates whether a job ended OK, and used, for example, with jobs that check file location.

• Copy to file: Copies the job log to the file name defined in the next field—File.

Defines the text file name for the copied SAP job log when Copy to file is selected in the Job log attribute, above.

Determines whether the completion of the job depends on the SAP application status.

Determines whether to detect and monitor jobs that were spawned by the current SAP job.

Determines which of the following templates are used to create spawned jobs:

• Parent [current] job definition: Uses the current job as the template.
• A specific job definition: Uses the job defined in the next field—Job name—as the template.

Defines the job whose properties must be identical to the properties of the detected spawned jobs of the current job.

Variable Name: %%JOBNAME

Determines whether to check the status of each spawned job and to start any spawned jobs that have a Scheduled status.

Determines whether a job completes its execution only after all child jobs complete.

Determines whether to wait for all child jobs to complete.

The parent job does not end OK if any child job fails.

Determines one of the following recipient types for the print job:

• External address

• Shared distribution list

• Private distribution list

• Fax number

• Telex number

• Internet address

• X.400 address

• Remote mail address

Variable Name: %%SAPR3_RECIP_TYPE

Related Variables:

• %%SAPR3_RECIPIENT

• %%SAPR3_RECIP_COPY

• %%SAPR3_RECIP_BLIND_COPY

• %%SAPR3_RECIP_EXPRESS

• %%SAPR3_RECIP_NO_FORWARDING

Defines the recipient of the print job.

Rule: 1−214 characters

Variable Name: %%SAPR3_RECIPIENT

Related Variables:

• %%SAPR3_RECIP_TYPE

• %%SAPR3_RECIP_COPY

• %%SAPR3_RECIP_BLIND_COPY

• %%SAPR3_RECIP_EXPRESS

• %%SAPR3_RECIP_NO_FORWARDING

Determines one of the following attributes for the spool list recipient delivery:

• No copy

• Copy

• Blind copy

Determines whether the delivery is made immediately.

Determines whether the delivery is forwarded.

Determines one of the following unique SAP jobs:

• First scheduled

• Last scheduled

• First

  This selection is only available in the Copy an existing job action.

• Last

  This selection is only available in the Copy an existing job action.

• Specific job

  This selection is only available in the Monitor a scheduled SAP job action.
  

Defines the unique SAP job ID number when Specific job is selected in the Job count attribute.

Defines the name of the newly created job.

Determines when the job should run, as follows:

• ASAP

• Intermediate

• After Event

  Selecting After Event displays two attributes, Event and Parameter, described below.

Determines which event the job should run after, or which event should be triggered or watched for.

Defines the event parameter.

Defines a read-only field that displays the job steps to be performed as part of a SAP job.

Retrieves SAP job documentation from the Solution Manager.

Defines which application server the external program runs on.

Rules:

• Characters: 1-20
  The full format must be used: hostname_SYSID_sysnumber

• Case: Uppercase only
• Case Sensitive: Yes
• Invalid Characters: Spaces

Variable Name: %%SAPR3-TARGET_SERVER

Related Variable: %%SAPR3-SERVER_OR_GROUP_TYPE

Determines which of the following batch input types are run:

• Session

• Pattern

Defines the batch input session name when Session is selected in the Type attribute, above.

Rule: 1−12 characters

Variable Name: %%SAPR3-JOBNAME

Defines the batch input session Queue Identification (QID) number when Session is selected in the Type attribute, above.

Rules: 20-digit number

Variable Name: %%SAPR3-QID

Defines a filter for one or more sessions that you can execute for batch input mode when Use Batch Input Pattern is selected.

Rules:

The following wildcards are used:

• ? means any single character.
• * means any character.

Variable Name: %%SAPR3- BI_PATTERN_NAME

Determines one of the following profile types:

• Interception

• Event History

Selecting either of the above profile types lets you choose one of the following options:

• Activate

  Selecting Activate displays two attributes—Profile ID and Profile description—described below.

• Deactivate

Defines the profile ID.

Defines the text description of a profile ID.

Determines one of the following time periods that a job waits for an event to occur on the SAP server:

• No limit: The job waits indefinitely.

• Stop after: The job waits for a set period of time.

  Rules:

  • Hours: 0−99

  • Minutes: 0−59

• Stop at: The job waits for a set time and number of days.

  Rules:

  • Time: Any hour and minute in a 24-hour period.

  • In: 0−30 days

Determines whether an alert should be sent when the job reaches its set time limit.

Determines one of the following severity levels for the timeout alert:

• Regular

• Urgent

• Very urgent

Defines the event ID variable for a detected event.

Defines the name of the ABAP program.

ABAP is a language used within the SAP system.

Rules:

• Characters: 1−40

• Case: Uppercase only

• Invalid characters: Special characters

Variable Name: %%SAPR3-STEP-S<nn>-PROGRAM

Defines the authorized step owner.

Rules:

• Characters: 1−12

• Case: Uppercase only

• Invalid characters: Spaces

Variable Name: %%SAPR3-STEP-S<nn>-OWNER

Determines the language of the ABAP step.

Rules:

• Characters: 1 alphanumeric character.

  D for German

  d for Serbo-Croatian

• Case sensitive: Yes

• Invalid characters: Spaces and special characters

Variable Name: %%SAPR3-STEP-S<nn>-LANGU

Determines one of the following variant types used in the ABAP program:

• Variant: Specify a preexisting variant that you select in the next attribute—Variant name.

• Temporary Variant: Specify temporary variant values for the specified ABAP program.

Defines the variant for the specified ABAP program or archiving object.

Rules:

• Characters: 1−14

• Case: Uppercase only

Variable Name: %%SAPR3-STEP-S<nn>-VAR-NAME

Determines the variant value for the specified ABAP program or archiving object.

Variable Names:

• %%SAPR3-STEP-S<xx>-VAR-P<yyy>-MODIFY

  Valid Values:

  • X: Variant parameter value is modified on the next job run.

  • N: Variant parameter value is not modified on the next job run.

• %%SAPR3-STEP-S<yy>-VAR-P<xxx>-TYPE

  Valid Values:

  • Simple

  • Range

  • Selection

• %%SAPR3-STEP-S<yy>-VAR-P<xxx>-VALUE

  • Specifies the value of the variant parameter.

  • Only available when %%SAPR3-STEP-S<yy>-VAR-P<xxx>-TYPE is set to Simple or Selection.

• %%SAPR3-STEP-S<yy>-VAR-P<xxx>-LOW

  • Specifies the low value of the variant parameter.

  • Only available when %%SAPR3-STEP-S<yy>-VAR-P<xxx>-TYPE is set to Range.

• %%SAPR3-STEP-S<yy>-VAR-P<xxx>-HIGH

  • Specifies the high value of the variant parameter.

  • Only available when %%SAPR3-STEP-S<yy>-VAR-P<xxx>-TYPE is set to Range.

• %%SAPR3-STEP-S<yy>-VAR-P<xxx>-OPTION

  • Only available when %%SAPR3-STEP-S<yy>-VAR-P<xxx>-TYPE is set to Range or Selection.

  Valid values:

  • When %%SAPR3-STEP-S<yy>-VAR-P<xxx>-TYPE is set to Range:

    • BT: Interval

    • NB: Outside range

  • When %%SAPR3-STEP-S<yy>-VAR-P<xxx>-TYPE is set to Selection:

    • EQ: Single value

    • NE: Not equal to

    • GT: Greater than

    • LT: Less than

    • GE: Greater than or equal to

    • LE: Less than or equal to

    • CP: Include pattern

    • NP: Exclude pattern

• %%SAPR3-STEP-S<yy>-VAR-P<xxx>-SIGN

  • Only available when %%SAPR3-STEP-S<yy>-VAR-P<xxx>-TYPE is set to Range or Selection.

  Valid values:

  • I: Include

  • E: Exclude

Defines a free text description of the ABAP step program.

Click to open the Advanced attributes.

Determines which printer to use.

Rules:

• Characters: 1−4

• Case: Uppercase only

• Invalid characters: Spaces

Variable Name: %%SAPR3-STEP-S<nn>-PRINT_DEST

Determines the number of copies to print.

Rule: A 3-digit number between 001 and 255

Variable Name: %%SAPR3-STEP-S<nn>-PRINT_COPIES

Determines one of the following spool printing options:

• Archive: Prints the spool to an archive.

• Print: Prints the spool to the output device.

• Print & Archive: Prints the spool to the output device and to an archive.

Variable Name: %%SAPR3-STEP-S<nn>-PRINT_ARCHMODE

Determines when to print the job output, as follows:

• Print out immediately

• Print later

• Send to SAP spooler

Variable Name: %%SAPR3-STEP-S<nn>-PRINT_IMMED

Determines the number of days until a print job expires.

Rules:

• Number of days: 1−8
• Do Not Delete: Last option

Variable Name: %%SAPR3-STEP-S<nn>-PRINT_EXPIRATION

Determines whether to request a new spool.

Variable Name: %%SAPR3-STEP-S<nn>-NEW_LIST_ID

Determines whether to delete the report after printing.

Variable Name: %%SAPR3-STEP-S<nn>-PRINT_RELEASE

Determines the print layout format. Click , to the right of the field, to see available options.

Rules:

• Characters: 1−16
• Case: Uppercase only
• Invalid characters: Spaces

Variable Name: %%SAPR3-STEP-S<nn>-PRINT_LAYOUT

Determines the maximum number of rows per page, as follows:

• Use ABAP program default: Uses the program default.

• Custom rows number: Determines the maximum number of rows.

  Rule: A number between 1 and 90

Variable Name: %%SAPR3-STEP-S<nn>-PRINT_NUMLINES

Determines the maximum number of characters in an output line, as follows:

• Use ABAP program default: Uses the program default.

• Custom columns number: Determines the maximum number of columns.

  Rule: A number between 1 and 255

Variable Name: %%SAPR3-STEP-S<nn>-PRINT_NUMCOLUMNS

Defines the recipient name of the job output.

Rules:

• Characters: 1−12
• Case sensitive: Yes

Variable Name: %%SAPR3-STEP-S<nn>-PRINT_RECIPIENT

Defines the spool department.

Rules:

• Characters: 1−12
• Case sensitive: Yes

Variable Name: %%SAPR3-STEP-S<nn>-DEPT

Determines whether to print the SAP cover page, as follows:

• Default setting

• Print

• Do not print

Variable Name: %%SAPR3-STEP-S<nn>-PRINT_BANNER

Determines whether to print the OS cover sheet, as follows:

• Default setting

• Print

• Do not print

Variable Name: %%SAPR3-STEP-S<nn>-PRINT_HOST_BANNER

Determines whether each selection has a cover page.

Variable Name: %%SAPR3-STEP-S<nn>-PRINT_BANNER_PAGE

Defines the spool list name.

Rules:

• Characters: 1−12
• Case: Uppercase only

Variable Name: %%SAPR3-STEP-S<nn>-LIST_NAME

Defines the spool list titles.

Rules:

• Characters: 1−68
• Case sensitive: Yes

Variable Name: %%SAPR3-STEP-S<nn>-LIST_TEXT

Defines the user with print authorization.

Rules:

• Characters: 1−12
• Case sensitive: Yes

Variable Name: %%SAPR3-STEP-S<nn>-PRINT_AUTH

Defines the SAP ArchiveLink Storage system ID.

Rules:

• Characters: 2

• Case sensitive: Yes

• Invalid characters: Spaces between text.

  Trailing blank spaces are permitted.

Variable Name: %%SAPR3-STEP-S<nn>-ARCH_ID

Defines the archive information.

Rules:

• Characters: 1−3
• Case sensitive: Yes

Variable Name: %%SAPR3-STEP-S<nn>-ARCHIVE_INFO

Defines the archive object type.

Rules:

• Characters: 1−10
• Case sensitive: Yes

Variable Name: %%SAPR3-STEP-S<nn>-ARCHIVE_SAPOBJECT

Defines an archive object document type.

Rules:

• Characters: 1−10
• Case sensitive: Yes

Variable Name: %%SAPR3-STEP-S<nn>-ARCHIVE_OBJECT

Defines the name of the external program.

Rules:

• Characters: 1−128
• Case sensitive: Yes

Variable Name: %%SAPR3-STEP-S<nn>-PROGRAM

Defines the authorized step owner.

Rules:

• Characters: 1−12, uppercase only

• Invalid characters: Spaces

Defines the parameters for the external program.

Rules:

• Characters: 1−214
• Case sensitive: Yes

Variable Name: %%SAPR3-STEP-S<nn>-VAR-NAME

Defines which server the external program runs on.

Rules:

• Characters: 1−32
• Case sensitive: Yes
• Invalid characters: Spaces

Variable Name: %%SAPR3-STEP-S<nn>-TARGET_HOST

Determines whether SAP waits for the external program to end before starting the next step or exiting.

Variable Name: %%SAPR3-STEP-S<nn>-WAIT_FOR_TERM

Determines whether SAP logs external output in the job log.

Variable Name: %%SAPR3-STEP-S<nn>-LOG_STDOUT

Determines whether SAP logs external errors in the job log.

Variable Name: %%SAPR3-STEP-S<nn>-LOG_STDERR

Determines whether SAP activates traces.

Variable Name: %%SAPR3-STEP-S<nn>-ACTIVATE_TRACE

Defines the name of the external command.

Rules:

• Characters: 1−128
• Case sensitive: Yes

Defines the authorized step owner.

Rules:

• Characters: 1−12

• Case: Uppercase only

• Invalid characters: Spaces

Defines the parameters for the external command.

Rules:

• Characters: 1−214
• Case sensitive: Yes

Defines which server the external command runs on.

Rules:

• Characters: 1−20
• Case sensitive: Yes
• Invalid characters: Spaces

Defines the operating system.

Rules:

• Characters: 1−10
• Case sensitive: Yes

Variable Name: %%SAPR3-STEP-S<nn>-OPERSYS

Determines whether SAP waits for the external command to end before starting the next step or exiting.

Variable Name: %%SAPR3-STEP-S<nn>-WAIT_FOR_TERM

Determines whether SAP logs external output in the job log.

Variable Name: %%SAPR3-STEP-S<nn>-LOG_STDOUT

Determines whether SAP logs external errors in the job log.

Variable Name: %%SAPR3-STEP-S<nn>-LOG_STDERR

Determines whether SAP activates traces.

Variable Name: %%SAPR3-STEP-S<nn>-ACTIVATE_TRACE