Cisco Cisco Workload Automation 6.3 User Guide

Working with SAP Jobs

Managing User-Submitted SAP Jobs

The following table displays the code statuses used when displaying parent-child relationships in a job tree. 

The 

 tab of a job without child jobs displays only the steps that comprise the job but if the job is a parent job, it 

is divided into a 

 tab and a 

 tab. Click on the 

 tab to see the job tree of the parent-child-grandchild 

relationships.

As with any other CWA job, you can view job output on the 

 tab of the 

 dialog. The job log and 

spooled output are consolidated for the parent job and its descendents. 

Be aware that there may not be any visible output from an SAP job because either the job does not produce output, the 
job completed abnormally or the job was configured (on the 

 tab) to discard job output. 

Managing User-Submitted SAP Jobs

A dynamic production environment requires a way to manage jobs that are submitted outside of CWA. While end users 
may run unscheduled jobs, high volumes of these jobs will impact the timely completion of the day’s production schedule. 
On the other hand, the production manager must ensure enough flexibility exists in the system to accommodate the 
inevitable unscheduled jobs that occur during a production day. The need for balancing system resources between 
scheduled and unscheduled jobs is heightened by the limitations on the number of available background work processes 
in SAP.

To improve manageability, CWA’s queue management facility supports a queue filter that can be configured to monitor 
an SAP instance for jobs submitted by users or programs and assign them to a designated queue where they can be 
managed. By intercepting such jobs and directing them to designated queues, the launching of them can be regulated 
with priorities and limits of both jobs and queues, to manage resources better.

Color

SAP Status

CWA Status

Green

F

Completed Normally

Red

A

Completed Abnormally

Yellow

R

Active

Gray

S

Scheduled