Examples: SAP Solution Manager

This topic describes typical examples for the SAP Solution Manager Integration.

The SAP Solution Manager integration lets you access functions of the Automation Engine. You can even schedule AE tasks from the Job Management Work Center in the SAP Solution Manager. You can either schedule them directly or out of an SAP job documentation. In doing so, you can integrate the Automation Engine in the SAP Change Management or the Service Desk.

For information about configuring and testing the integration, see SAP Solution Manager.

For the following examples, start the Job Management Work Center (SOLMAN_WORKCENTER transaction) of the SAP Solution Manager.

Searching an AE Job Out of the Solution Manager

1. In the SAP Solution Manager Workcenter, Job Monitoring section, select External Job Scheduler.
2. Define filters according to criteria that should be used for searching AE Jobs. The Isolation group stands for the AE Client.
3. Click Apply to have the Jobs that were found listed in a table.
   
   

Scheduling Tasks from a Job Documentation

The following steps are required in order to schedule objects in the Automation Engine out of an SAP job documentation:

1. Open an SAP job documentation and select a system in the Systems tab.
2. Click the Scheduling tab to see the interface in which you can schedule your tasks.
3. Set the required parameters, such as the AE Client ( Separation Group field), the RFC Connection, Queue object, Priority and the name of the object that should start ( Job Definition field).
   
   
   
   An input assistant is available for selecting the object that should start (Job Definition). All executable objects of the specified AE Client are listed. You can filter for the folder (ID of an application), the object type (Definition Type) or the object name (Job Definition).
   
   
4. Click Schedule/Change Externally in order to schedule the task in the Automation Engine. The AE RunID of the activated task appears in the upper window area.
   
   
5. Click External Notes to add comments to an execution.
6. External Logs shows the Automation Engine reports of the task. No external reports are available.
   
   

Directly Scheduling Tasks

In the Job Management Work Center, use the Schedule Jobs menu item to schedule objects directly in the Automation Engine.

1. In the Scheduler section, select SMSE for the Automation Engine.
2. Select the RFC connection with the corresponding AE Client. The AE Client is shown in the Separation Group section. This means that when you directly schedule tasks for AE, the Separation Group must always be a number (such as 1010). You can ignore the RFC entry for Separation Group GLOBAL.
   
   
3. Set the required parameter for the object that should start (RFC connection, Separation Group, queue, priority and object name). Specify the name of the object that should start in the Job Definition field (you can also use the input assistant for this purpose).
   You can now schedule this task in the Automation Engine by clicking Schedule/Change Externally.
   
   For the start conditions, the Automation Engine generates temporary Calendar objects.
   
   
   
   Notes:
   If you set the Schedule Stopped option, the scheduled task remains in the Automation Engine with the status "Waiting for manual release" until it is manually released.
   You can also change existing schedules subsequently by adjusting them to your requirements and clicking Reschedule to update your Automation Engine