Running a Job on an SAP System on a Specific SAP Server - UNIX

This example illustrates running a job on an SAP system on a specific SAP Server.

Executing this example will:

1	Submit a new job to an SAP system.
2	Start the job on a specific SAP server.
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.

/* Job Header statement. */
 JOBNAME = "USPRUN3";
 
 /* ABAP Step statement. */
 ABAP_STEP            = "STEP 1"
    ABAP_PROGRAM_NAME = "BTCSPOOL";

The following figure illustrates the command to run the job.

usap -dest CF5 -client 800 -userid sapuid -pwd sappwd 
     -sub jobdefFile -start -targetserver pwdf2643 -wait
     -joblog yes -spoollist yes

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.
-targetserver	Target server for the SAP job to run on.
-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.