Control-M for SAP Analytics Cloud

SAP Analytics Cloud enables you to consolidate business intelligence, enterprise operational planning, and predictive forecasting within a single cloud environment.

Control-M for SAP Analytics Cloud enables you to do the following:

  • Retrieve an SAP calendar event by ID, clone an existing event for the next cycle, and update the event status.

  • Import data into an SAP Analytics Cloud planning model.

  • Manage SAP Analytics Cloud credentials in a secure connection profile.

  • Connect to any SAP Analytics Cloud endpoint.

  • Introduce all Control-M capabilities to Control-M for SAP Analytics Cloud, including advanced scheduling criteria, complex dependencies, resource pools, lock resources, and variables.

  • Integrate SAP Analytics Cloud jobs with other Control-M jobs into a single scheduling environment.

  • Monitor the status, results, and output of SAP Analytics Cloud jobs.

  • Attach an SLA job to the SAP Analytics Cloud jobs.

Control-M for SAP Analytics Cloud Compatibility

The following table lists the prerequisites that are required to use the SAP Analytics Cloud plug-in, each with its minimum required version.

Component

Version

Control-M/EM

9.0.22.000

Control-M/Agent

9.0.22.000

Control-M Application Integrator

9.0.22.000

Control-M Automation API

9.0.22.000

Control-M for SAP Analytics Cloud is supported on Control-M Web and Control-M Automation API, but not on the Control-M client.

To download the installation files for each prerequisite, see Obtaining Control-M Installation Files.

Setting up Control-M for SAP Analytics Cloud

This procedure describes how to deploy the SAP Analytics Cloud plug-in, create a connection profile, and define a SAP Analytics Cloud job in Control-M Web and Automation API.

Integration plug-ins released by BMC require an Application Integrator installation. However, these plug-ins are not editable and you cannot import them into Application Integrator. To deploy these integrations to your Control-M environment, import them directly into Control-M with Control-M Automation API.

Before You Begin

Begin

  1. Create a temporary directory to save the downloaded files.

  2. Download the SAP Analytics Cloud plug-in from the Control-M for SAP Analytics Cloud download page in the EPD site.

  3. Do the following to install the SAP Analytics Cloud plug-in with the Control-M Automation API provision service:

    1. Log in as an administrator to the Control-M/EM server host and save the downloaded ZIP file to the following location:

      • Linux: $HOME/ctm_em/AUTO_DEPLOY

      • Windows: <EM_HOME>\AUTO_DEPLOY

    2. Log in to the account where Control-M/Agent is installed and run the following provision image command:

      • Linux: ctm provision image SAP_Analytics_Cloud_plugin.Linux

      • Windows: ctm provision image SAP_Analytics_Cloud_plugin.Windows

  4. Create a SAP Analytics Cloud connection profile in Control-M Web or Automation API, as follows:

  5. Define a SAP Analytics Cloud job in Control-M Web or Automation API, as follows:

To remove this plug-in from an Agent, see Removing a Plug-in from the Agent. The plug-in ID is SAC102026.

Change Log

The following table describes changes that were introduced in new versions of this plug-in.

Plug-in Version

Details

1.0.00

Initial version