JOB_NAME - USAP configuration option

Description

The JOB_NAME option specifies the name 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

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

START JOB

Name of an existing SAP job to start.

RUN INFOPACKAGE
START INFOPACKAGE

Job name suffix to be given to the SAP batch job that processes the InfoPackage request.

WAIT for JOB

Name of a started SAP job.

BDCWAIT

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

ABORT

Name of an existing SAP job to abort.

PURGE JOB

Name of an existing SAP job to purge.

DISPLAY JOBLOG
DISPLAY SPOOLLIST
DISPLAY STATUS
DISPLAY JOBDEF

Name of an existing SAP job to select.

DISPLAY SELECT

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

GENERATE JOB DEFINITION FILE

Name 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

-j jobname



(tick)


(tick)

Command Line, Long Form

-jobname jobname



(tick)


(tick)

Environment Variable

USAPJOBNAME=jobname



(tick)



Configuration File Keyword

n/a






Value

jobname is the name of the SAP job.

Command Usage

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