JOB_ID - USAP configuration option

Description

The JOB_ID option specifies the job ID of an SAP job.

The type of job depends on the command being used, as shown in the following table.
 

Command

Type of Job

RUN JOB
SUBMIT JOB
MASS ACTIVITY WAIT

ID of an existing SAP job to use as a model for the new job definition.

MODIFY JOB

ID of an existing SAP job to be modified. The job ID can be specified on the command line or in the job definition file.
 
The command line job ID will override the job definition file job ID when both are present.

START JOB

ID of an existing SAP job to start.

WAIT for JOB

ID of a started SAP job.

BDCWAIT

ID of a started SAP job. It must be a single step job that executes ABAP program RSBDCSUB.

ABORT

ID of an existing SAP job to abort.

PURGE JOB

ID of an existing SAP job to purge.

DISPLAY JOBLOG
DISPLAY SPOOLLIST
DISPLAY STATUS
DISPLAY JOBDEF

ID of an existing SAP job to select.

DISPLAY_SELECT

Either a complete job ID or a job ID mask used to select SAP jobs that match the mask. A mask contains an asterisk (*) to represent 0 or more characters of a job ID.

GENERATE JOB DEFINITION FILE

ID of an existing SAP job to select as the model job.

Usage

Method

Syntax

IBM i

HP NonStop

UNIX

Windows

z/OS

Command Line, Short Form

-b jobid



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Command Line, Long Form

-jobid jobid



(tick)

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Environment Variable

USAPJOBID=jobid



(tick)

(tick)


Configuration File Keyword

n/a






Value

jobid is the ID of the SAP job.

Command Usage

The JOB_ID option is used in the Universal Connector commands listed under Description, above.