Unicode support on SAP

Starting with SAP version 4.7 (R/3 Enterprise), Unicode is used on all layers of the SAP system:
  • UTF-8, UTF-16, and UTF-32 on the database
  • UTF-16 on the application server and graphical user interface

r3batch uses the UTF-8 code page internally. Because it communicates with SAP at the application server layer, it uses UTF-16 when communicating with Unicode-enabled SAP systems.

To use Unicode support, the following conditions must be met:
  • Access method for SAP must run on a supported operating system. See the SAP support section in the IBM Workload Scheduler Detailed System Requirements. The product does not support Unicode on the other operating systems where it can be installed.
  • The SAP systems that communicate with r3batch must be running Unicode-enabled SAP versions.

If these conditions are not met, you cannot use Unicode support and must make sure that r3batch, the Dynamic Workload Console, and the target SAP system code page settings are aligned. Use the options related to national language support described in SAP supported code pages .