Overview

Universal Connector creates Command ID jobs by appending a job step to the user's SAP job being defined to the system. This appended job step is the Universal Connector Command ID Job Step.

Pre-XBP 2.0 CFT Mode

In pre-XBP 2.0 CFT mode, the Universal Connector Command ID Job Step executes the external program echo. A string containing the command ID is inserted in the parameter field of the job step. The echo command is lightweight, does not interfere with the original job, and results in the command ID being printed to the joblog.

Secure CFT Mode

In secure CFT mode, the Universal Connector command ID job step executes an ABAP program. The ABAP program defined to the command id step is user configurable with the covetable parameter. Any ABAP program can be specified. The Universal Connector internal default ABAP program to use is BTCTEST. BTCTEST is a standard SAP ABAP program that should be available on all SAP systems. It does no real processing and can be considered a dummy program that does not interfere with job processing and places little overhead on the system.