SAP Data Archiving Job

The following table describes the SAP Data Archiving Job type attributes:

Attribute

Description

Connection Profile

Defines the name of the Control-M for SAP connection profile.

Control-M rules:

  • 1-30 characters (capital letters only)
  • Invalid characters: Blanks
  • Case sensitive

Action

Determines the task that the Job performs.

SAP Job Name

Defines the name of the Job to be monitored or submitted.

Control-M rule: 1-32 characters.

Variable Name: %%SAPR3-DETECT_CHILD_JOBNAME

Related Variable: %%SAPR3-GROUP-ORDID

Archiving Object

Defines name of the archiving object in SAP Data Archiving Jobs.

Control-M rules:

  • 1-10 characters
  • Uppercase only
  • Invalid characters: Blanks

Variable Name: %%SAPR3-DA_ARC_OBJ

Variant Name

Defines the variant for the specified ABAP program or Archiving Object.

Control-M rules:

  • 1-14 characters
  • Uppercase only

Variant Values

Defines a variant value for the specified ABAP program of Archiving Object.

Check Sessions

Determines whether to check for an incomplete archiving session for a specific archiving object. An incomplete archiving session is one for which not all Delete Jobs ended successfully.

Variable Name: %%SAPR3-DA_CHECK_SESSIONS

Check Variants

Determines whether to check for a Write Job that exists with the specific variant for the archiving object defined for this Job.

Variable Name: %%SAPR3-DA_CHECK_VARIANT

Target Server

Defines the application server on which the external command runs.

Control-M rules:

  • 1-20 characters
  • The (full) format must be used: hostname_SYSID_sysnumber
  • Case sensitive
  • Invalid characters: Blanks

Variable Name: %%SAPR3-TARGET_SERVER

Related Variable: %%SAPR3-SERVER_OR_GROUP_TYPE

Session Number

Indicates the archiving session number in SAP.

Control-M rule: 6 digit number

Variable Name: %%SAPR3-DA_SESSION_NUMBER

Job Class

Defines the Job submission priority (in SAP).

Control-M rule: 1-32 characters

Print parameters

Defines printer parameters for an SAP Data Archiving Job.

Start Condition

Determines whether the Job should run with the ASAP option, immediately, or after event.

Detect Spawned Jobs

Determines whether to detect and monitor Jobs that were spawned by the current SAP Job.

Job Name

Defines the template for new created detected SAP type Jobs. The selected Job must exist in the same Folder as the current Job.

Control-M rule: 1-32 characters

Variable Name: %%SAPR3-DETECT_CHILD_JOBNAME

Related Variable: %%SAPR3-GROUP-ORDID

Detect and Create By

Determines the properties of the detected Job

Copy Spool to

Defines the name and path of the file to which the spool should be copied.

Control-M rules:

  • 1-214 characters
  • Case sensitive
  • Invalid characters: Blanks

Variable Name: %%SAPR3-SPOOL

Job Status

Defines the Job completion status.

Job Type

Defines the nature of the SAP Job in Active Job mode (Read-only fields)

Step Type

Defines the type of step to be performed. Uppercase only.

Variable Name: %%SAPR3_STEP-S<nn>-STEP_TYPE