Defining a Control-M for SAP Business Objects job

This procedure describes how to define a Control-M for SAP Business Objects job, which enables you to run SAP Business Objects jobs and reports on an SAP Business Objects server.

Before You Begin

Ensure that you have met the following requirements:

• A configured SAP Business Objects connection profile, as described for the Connection profile management.
• Successful completion of Accessing the SAP Business Objects job properties pane.

To define a Control-M for SAP Business Objects job:

1. From the Connection Profile field, click .

   The Connection Profile Selection dialog box appears.

2. Select the connection profile that you want to use to run a SAP Business Objects job or report, and click OK.

   The System and User fields are populated.

3. From the Report Name field, click .
4. Select the report that you want to run.
5. The Report CUID and Report type fields are populated. If there are any parameters associated with this report, they appear, as well as, the Instance title and Report owner.
6. For each parameter, type a value, as described in Parameter types.

   You are not able to set values for Publication type report parameters.

   The multiple values separator symbol is a semicolon (;). For example, 123;456 or abc;xyz. A minimum value and maximum value of a range is separated by a pipe symbol (|). For example, Date(2006,06,01)|Date(2006,06,30) or 1.99|10.99.

7. In the Instance attributes area, do the following:
   • In the Instance title field, accept the default or type a different name for the report.
   • In the Report owner field, accept the default, or click Browse and select a different report owner.
   • In the Output formats field, accept the default output format from SAP Business Objects or click , and select an output format.

   If you are generating a Publication report, you cannot override the output format.

8. In the Output destinations field, accept the default, or click and select one of the following report distribution options:
   • Inbox: Distributes the report to a SAP Business Objects inbox
   • File System: Specifies the name and location of the report on the file system and the action to take when saving a file that already exists
   • Email Recipients: Specifies the recipients and contents of the email.

   For more information about defining a job in the properties pane, see Using Control-M Workload Automation.