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SAP Solutions and Job Scheduling with the Automation Engine

If you are running SAP solutions and need an effective job scheduling solution, consider the Automation Engine. Enabling the fast, seamless integration of SAP applications into enterprise scheduling, the Automation Engine supports all SAP applications, including SAP R/3, mySAP Business Suite, and SAP NetWeaver, as well as industry-specific solutions for telecommunications, banking and more. As a result, IT processes in any SAP application can be centrally managed and monitored seamlessly alongside the rest of your global operation.

Because it is specially designed as an Enterprise Scheduler, AE does not require middleware components such as a JAVA Application Server and provides top scheduling functionality for your whole IT infrastructure. The system is directly linked to the SAP NetWeaver component SAP Web Application Server, accelerating the design and implementation of jobs for SAP applications. Reports, variables, and other necessary parameters are made available via the Automation Engine's easy-to-use, intuitive graphical user interfaceA graphical user interface (GUI) is a human to machine interface based on windows, icons and menus which can be operated by a computer mouse in addition to a keyboard. In contrast to command line interface (CLI). (GUI). Problems resulting from manual errors, typos, or outdated report lists are effectively eliminated. Jobs are created using a simple drag & drop functionality, and visualized graphically to ensure clarity and simplify management and control.

In addition to offering SAP users total job scheduling automation, the Automation Engine further increases the productivity of SAP business solutions. By centrally tracking and automating background jobs and processes of SAP solutions, the Automation Engine ensures that performance is improved by optimizing background processing and reducing system interruptions and errors.