File monitor for S4/HANA instance

[Gabor Huszar]

A client is converting their on-prem SAP instance to S4/HANA and we will be using the SAP plugin to connect to that S4 instance and execute jobs.

Now, as part of that, some files will be created on the S4 instance and I am trying to figure out if we could monitor for files being created there. I don't think it is possible but figured I'd throw the question out there. 

[Dewang Pratap Singh]

No, the SAP plugin for Workload Automation D Series does not natively support file monitoring inside the SAP filesystem or application server. It is mainly designed for interacting with SAP jobs, transactions, and processes using RFC/BAPI interfaces.

What you can do instead:

1. External Agent-Based File Monitoring:

• If the S/4HANA system runs on a Linux or Windows host, you can install a Broadcom WA agent (or use an existing one) on the host OS level.
• Use a standard File Trigger job on that agent to monitor the specific directory where files are being written.
• This only works if the OS-level directory is accessible and not abstracted away within the SAP database or internal storage.

2. SAP-Level Monitoring via Custom Job

• Create an SAP ABAP job or use an existing function module that checks for the presence of certain files (e.g., in the SAP Application Server or logical file paths).
• Trigger this ABAP job via the SAP Plugin from D Series and have it return a status or raise an alert when the file exists.
• This gives you an SAP-native way to detect files, but it’s more manual and requires SAP-side development.