Keywords for Job Header Statement

Keywords for Job Header Statement

The following table identifies:

  • Keywords for a Job Header statement
  • Maximum length of the associated values
  • Specification for whether or not the values are required
  • Any restricted value sets.

The first keyword in each table is the keyword required to start the corresponding statement.

Keyword

Length

Required

Restricted Values / Description

JOBNAME

32

Yes


TARGET_SERVER

20

No


JOBCOUNT

8

No

This keyword is useful only for the modify command. In all other cases, it is ignored; it will not cause a syntax error.

JOB_CLASS

1

No

A, B, C


This keyword is only valid if at least one of the following requirements is met:

  1. Job definition file is being used with an SAP 46C system with support package SAPKB46C44.
  2. Job definition file is being used with an SAP 610 system with support package SAPKB61033.
  3. Job definition file is being used with an SAP 620 system with support package SAPKB62023.

The following keywords represent SAP job start conditions.




SDLSTRTDT

8

No

YYYYMMDD

SDLSTRTTM

6

No

HHMMSS

LASTSTRTDT

8

No

YYYYMMDD

LASTSTRTTM

6

No

HHMMSS

PREDJOB

32

No


PREDJOBCNT

8

No


EVENTID

32

No


EVENTPARM

64

No


CHECKSTAT

1

No

'X' = Check job status for subsequent job start.

' ' = Do not check job status for subsequent job start.

PERIODIC

1

No

'X' = Job is periodic.

' ' = Job is not periodic.

CALENDARID

2

No


PRDMINS

2

No

00-99

PRDHOURS

2

No

00-99

PRDDAYS

3

No

00-999

PRDWEEKS

2

No

00-99

PRDMONTHS

2

No

00-99

WDAYNO

2

No

00-99

WDAYCDIR

1

No

Work day relative to:

'1' = Beginning of month.

'2' = End of month.

PRDBEHAV

1

No

Start Date Restrictions:

' ' = Always execute job.

'D' = Do not execute job on Sundays or holidays.

'B' = Move job to previous day.

'A' = Move job to next work day.

NOTBEFORE

8

No

YYYMMDD

The following keywords represent SAP spool list recipient (XBP 2.0 format). The values for these keywords must be supplied in internal format.




LOGSYS

10

No


OBJTYPE

10

No


OBJKEY

70

No


DESCRIBE

10

No


The following keywords represent an SAP spool list recipient (XBP 3.0 format). The values for these keywords are specified in a format that more closely matches the job definition interface of the SAP Front End GUI. This is a user friendly replacement for the XBP 2.0 format above.




RECIPIENT

241

No

Recipient Address

REC_TYPE

1

No

Recipient type. The following recipient types are supported:

  • 'B' = SAP Office user name
  • 'P' = personal distribution list
  • 'C' = shared distribution list
  • 'F' = fax number

COPY

1

No

Send copy.

BLIND_COPY

1

No

Send Blind copy.

EXPRESS

1

No

Send express.

NO_FORWARDING

1

No

No forwarding is allowed (for external recipients only).

DELIVER

1

No

Report send status (for external recipients only). The following values are possible:

  • " " = use system default.
  • "A" = always report send status.
  • "E" = report send status only in case of an error.
  • "N" = never report send status.

NO_PRINT

1

No

Printing not allowed.

MAILSTATUS

1

No

Report status by email (for external recipients only). The following values are possible:

  • " " = Use system default.
  • "A" = Always send status e-mail.
  • "E" = Send status e-mail only in case of error.
  • "N" = Never send status e-mail.