Running an SAP Job Using a Job Definition File - UNIX

Running a Job on an SAP System Using a Universal Connector Job Definition File - UNIX

This example illustrates running a job on an SAP system using a Universal Connector job definition file.

Executing this sample will:

1

Submit a new job to an SAP system.

2

Start the job.

3

Wait for the job to complete.

4

Return the job log.

5

Return the spool list.

 

The following figure illustrates the job definition file.


The following figure illustrates the command to run the job.

Command Line Options

Command line options used in this example are:

Command Options

Description

-dest

Named set of connection parameters (destination) 'CF5'. These connection parameters are used for communications with the SAP system.

The "destinations" are stored in file saprfc.ini, which must be in the current directory, or its full path must be specified in environment variable RFC_INI.

-client

SAP client number that the Universal Connector will communicate with.

-userid

Remote user ID with which to execute the command.

-pwd

Password for the user ID.

-sub

Specification that Universal Connector will issue the SUBMIT command.

-start

Specification that Universal Connector will instruct the SAP system to start the submitted job.

-wait

Specification that Universal Connector will monitor the started job until it completes.

-joblog

Specification that Universal Connector will return the SAP log for the started job.

-spoollist

Specification that Universal Connector will return any spool lists created by the started job.

Components

Universal Connector for SAP for UNIX