The SAP R/3 batch access method enables communication between an external SAP R/3 system and IBM Workload Scheduler and provides a single point of entry for automating the launching of jobs, monitoring the status of jobs and managing exceptions and recovery.
This section describes how to manage SAP jobs.
This section contains links to the IBM® Workload Scheduler Download Documents, System Requirements, and Release Notes.
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Improve SAP operations and enable business growth with IBM Workload Scheduler.
You must configure the SAP environment before using the SAP access method.
This section provides detailed information about the SAP options file creation.
You must define some jobs to be able to run jobs on an SAP workstation from IBM Workload Scheduler.
Browse spool lists on request without having to download the entire spool which can occupy significant space on the file system.
You can rerun a standard SAP job from the start, or from a specific numeric step of the SAP instruction.
This section describes how to create and submit SAP jobs dynamically without creating or referencing predefined job templates.
IBM Workload Scheduler accesses the Computer Center Management System (CCMS) Background Processing components of SAP systems through the BC-XBP interface to provide additional capabilities from the Dynamic Workload Console, one of those being the Criteria Manager.
By using the Batch Data Collector (BDC) Wait option, you can specify that a SAP job launched by IBM Workload Scheduler is not to be considered complete until all of its BDC sessions have completed.
This section describes how the job interception and parent-child features of BC-XBP 2.0 and 3.0 are supported by IBM Workload Scheduler.
Business Information Warehouse (BIW) is a data warehouse solution tailored to SAP.
Learn how the job throttling feature helps you to improve the efficiency of your scheduling on SAP systems and reduce the batch window for your SAP jobs to a minimum.
This section describes how to export SAP factory calendars into a file format that can be processed by the IBM Workload Scheduler composer command line, to add the exported calendar definitions to the IBM Workload Scheduler database.
This section describes how to define internetwork dependencies and event rules for IBM Workload Scheduler based on SAP background events.
You can use IBM Workload Scheduler to monitor Intermediate Document (IDoc) records in SAP systems and forward events to the IBM Workload Scheduler event integration framework.
Use CCMS functions to check the performance of the various SAP system components, diagnose potential problems, and be alerted about error and warning conditions.
The National Language support feature allows you to install SAP on a localized IBM Workload Scheduler workstation and use localized characters for IBM Workload Scheduler job names, job streams, and SAP variants.
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Learn what to do if you get any problems while installing or using IBM Workload Scheduler access methods or plug-ins.
IBM Workload Scheduler and SAP Solution Manager are integrated to allow the IBM Workload Scheduler engine to run the job scheduling tasks available from the Solution Manager user interface.
Welcome to the IBM® Workload Scheduler documentation, where you can find information about how to install, maintain, and use IBM Workload Scheduler. The documentation has been updated for IBM Workload Scheduler Version 10.2.4.
Welcome to the IBM Z Workload Scheduler documentation, where you can find information about how to install, maintain, and use the product. The documentation has been updated for version 10.2 SPE (Revised April 2025).