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Scheduling Job Integrations with IBM Workload Automation
Integration with SAP
Access method for SAP
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.
Roles and responsibilities

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Scheduling Job Integrations with IBM Workload Automation
- Job integrations to extend workload scheduling capabilities
- Access methods
- Integration with SAP
  - Introducing IBM Workload Scheduler for SAP
    Improve SAP operations and enable business growth with IBM Workload Scheduler.
  - Access method for SAP
    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.
    - Scheduling process for the agent workstation hosting the r3batch access method
    - Roles and responsibilities
    - Configuring user authorization (Security file)
    - Configuring the SAP environment
      You must configure the SAP environment before using the SAP access method.
    - Configuring the SAP access method
      This section provides detailed information about the SAP options file creation.
    - Defining SAP jobs
      You must define some jobs to be able to run jobs on an SAP workstation from IBM Workload Scheduler.
    - Managing SAP jobs
      This section describes how to manage SAP jobs.
    - Defining SAP jobs dynamically
      This section describes how to create and submit SAP jobs dynamically without creating or referencing predefined job templates.
    - Defining conditions and criteria
      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.
    - Using the BDC Wait option
      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.
    - Job interception and parent-child features
      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.
    - Using Business Information Warehouse
      Business Information Warehouse (BIW) is a data warehouse solution tailored to SAP.
    - Job throttling feature
      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.
    - Exporting SAP factory calendars
      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.
    - Defining internetwork dependencies and event rules based on SAP background events
      This section describes how to define internetwork dependencies and event rules for IBM Workload Scheduler based on SAP background events.
    - Defining event rules based on IDoc records
      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.
    - Defining event rules based on CCMS Monitoring Architecture alerts
      Use CCMS functions to check the performance of the various SAP system components, diagnose potential problems, and be alerted about error and warning conditions.
    - National Language support
      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.
    - Troubleshooting
      Learn what to do if you get any problems while installing or using IBM Workload Scheduler access methods or plug-ins.
  - Scheduling jobs on IBM Workload Scheduler from SAP Solution Manager
    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.
IBM® Workload Scheduler
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Roles and responsibilities

In a typical enterprise, different users contribute to the implementation and operation of the product. Roles and responsibilities in IBM Workload Scheduler for SAP describes the roles and responsibilities of all users in the process model, showing the tasks they perform.

Table 1. Roles and responsibilities in IBM Workload Scheduler for SAP
User role	User task
IBM Workload Scheduler administrator	Creating the IBM Workload Scheduler RFC user Creating the authorization profile for the IBM Workload Scheduler user Copying the correction and transport files Importing ABAP/4 function modules into SAP
IBM Workload Scheduler configurator	Changing the IBM Workload Scheduler RFC user ID password Migrating from previous versions Print parameter and job class issues Defining the configuration options Connecting to the SAP system Creating SAP Standard R/3 jobs from the Dynamic Workload Console Using the BDC Wait option Implementing job interception Defining user authorizations to manage SAP Business Warehouse InfoPackages and process chains Setting and using job throttling Exporting SAP factory calendars Setting National Language support options
IBM Workload Scheduler developer	Editing a standard SAP job Task string to define SAP jobs Displaying details about a standard SAP job Verifying the status of a standard SAP job Deleting a standard SAP job from the SAP database Balancing SAP workload using server groups Defining SAP jobs dynamically Managing SAP Business Warehouse InfoPackages and process chains Defining an IBM Workload Scheduler job that runs an SAP PI Channel job Prerequisite steps to create SAP BusinessObjects BI jobs
IBM Workload Scheduler developer	Defining internetwork dependencies and event rules based on SAP background events Defining event rules based on IDoc records Defining event rules based on CCMS Monitoring Architecture alerts
IBM Workload Scheduler operator	Rerunning a standard SAP job Mapping between IBM Workload Scheduler and SAP job states Raising an SAP event Killing an SAP job instance Displaying details about a process chain job