Features

Table 1 shows the tasks you can perform with IBM Workload Scheduler for SAP either in a distributed or an end-to-end environment, or both.
Table 1. IBM Workload Scheduler for SAP features
Feature Distributed environment End-to-end
Using IBM Workload Scheduler standard job dependencies and controls on SAP jobs
Listing jobs, defining jobs, variants, and extended variants using the IBM Workload Scheduler interface
Defining jobs and variants dynamically at run time
Scheduling SAP jobs to run on specified days and times, and in a prescribed order
Scheduling SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence (BI) jobs to gain greater control over your SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence (BI) reports through the IBM Workload Scheduler plug-in for SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence (BI).
Scheduling SAP Process Integration (PI) Channel jobs to control communication channels between the Process Integrator and a backend SAP R/3 system.
Scheduling and monitoring job scheduling tasks available from the SAP Solution Manager user interface.
Defining the national language support options
Using the SAP Business Warehouse Support functions
Customizing job execution return codes
Using SAP logon groups for load balancing and fault-tolerance
Using Business Component-eXternal Interface Background Processing (XBP 2.0 and later) interface support to:
  • Collect intercepted jobs
  • Track child jobs
  • Keep all job attributes when you rerun a job
  • Raise events
  • Track child jobs
  • Keep all job attributes when you rerun a job
  • Raise events
Using Business Component-eXternal Interface Background Processing (XBP 3.0) interface support to:
  • Create criteria profiles to log raised events, reorganize the event history, and intercept and relaunch jobs, according to the criteria you specify.
  • SAP application log and application return code
  • Spool list request and display for jobs that have run.
  • Temporary variants
  • Create criteria profiles to log raised events, reorganize the event history, and intercept and relaunch jobs, according to the criteria you specify.
  • SAP application log and application return code
  • Spool list request and display for jobs that have run.
  • Temporary variants
Assigning an SAP job to a server group, for batch processing
Exporting SAP factory calendars and adding their definitions to the IBM Workload Scheduler database
Defining internetwork dependencies and event rules for IBM Workload Scheduler based on SAP events
Defining event rules based on IDoc records
Defining event rules based on CCMS Monitoring Architecture alerts
Rerunning a job that submits a process chain from a specific process, from failed processes, or as a new instance
Displaying the details of a job that submits a process chain
Enabling job throttling