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Intercepted Jobs

Filter criteria can be defined in the table TBCICPT1 of SAP jobs. These criteria include the specification of a clientA closed environment within an Automation Engine system where you can create and run objects. A client name consists of a 4-digit number that must be indicated when a user logs on to the Automation Engine system. Users and their rights are also defined in clients. A particular Automation Engine object type., jobAn Automation Engine object type for a process that runs on a target system. name and userIn the Automation Engine, a user is an instance of a User object, and generally the user is a specific person who works with Automic products. The User object is assigned a user ID and then a set of access rights to various parts of the Automation Engine system and product suite. These access rights come in the form of Automation Engine authorizations and privileges, Decision user roles and EventBase rights and ARA web application object rights. You can manage all these centrally in the ECC user management functions. See also, Unified user management.. If a user indicated in this table starts a job which meets the specified filter criteria, the job statusThis represents the condition of a task (such as active, blocked, generating). changes to "Scheduled" regardless of the defined start mode (e.g. "Immediately").

The Intercept functionPre-defined run book template in the Automation Engine. One single step only, e.g. Start Windows Service, Copy file,… can be activated in the transaction "SE38" using the program INITXBP2.

Click the  symbol in the "Form" tab of SAP jobs to access the table and maintain its entries (XBP 2.0)or use the Criteria Manager (XBP 3.0).

Table entries can also be changed dynamically using the scriptA particular Automation Engine object type. element R3_MODIFY_INTERCEPTION.

There are two ways of executing intercepted jobs:

  1. Use the RemoteTaskManager to control and monitor intercepted jobs
  2. Use R3_ACTIVATE_INTERCEPTED_JOBS
  3. Use R3_GET_INTERCEPTION to read the table. The result is stored to a file which can be accessed with PREP_PROCESS_FILE.

You can specify the maximum number of jobs which can run parallel when you start intercepted jobs individually with a groupAn Automation Engine object type that integrates tasks so that they can be processed together. being indicated as start type.

AE JCL for SAP

Script Element

Description

R3_ACTIVATE_INTERCEPTED_JOBS

Executes Intercepted jobs under AE control

R3_GET_INTERCEPTION

Reads the filter table for intercepted jobs and stores them in the activation log or a file

R3_MODIFY_INTERCEPTION

Modifies the filter table for intercepted jobs

 

See also:

Form tab

 


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