Creating a connection profile

This procedure describes how to create a SAP Business Objects connection profile in the Control-M Configuration Manager, which enables you to define a SAP Business Objects job in Control-M Workload Automation.

To create a connection profile:

  1. From Control-M Configuration Manager, select Control-M for SAP Business Objects on the host that you want to manage, right-click and select Connection Profile Management.

    The Control-M for SAP Business Objects -Connection Profile Management dialog box appears.

  2. Click Add.

    The Add Connection Profile dialog box appears.

  3. In the Connection Profile Name field, type the name of the connection profile that you want to add, and then click Next.

    The connection profile name must begin with a letter and without any blanks or special characters.

  4. For each field, type the required value, as described in Control-M for SAP Business Objects connection profile parameters.
  5. Click Next.

    The Add Connection Profile- File System Users dialog box appears.

  6. To add users to access network locations when the report instance output destination is set to File System in the SAP_BO job properties, click Add.

    The Add File System Users dialog box appears.

  7. Type the file system username and password, and then click OK.

    The user is added to the File System User table.

  8. Repeat step 7 as required, and then click Next.

    The Add Connection Profile- Advanced Account Configuration dialog box appears.

  9. For each field, type the required value, as described in Control-M for SAP Business Objects Advanced Account Configuration parameters.

    The Add Account - Summary dialog box appears.

  10. Review the connection profile details, and click Test.

    If the test completed successfully, the connection profile is validated and you can now define a SAP Business Objects job, as described in Defining a Control-M for SAP Business Objects job. If the test failed, review the error message and test it again.

  11. Click Finish.

    The connection profile is added to the Control-M for SAP Business Objects -Connection Profile Management dialog box.

Parent Topic

Connection profile management