Control-M for SAP IBP

SAP Integrated Business Planning (IBP) is a cloud-based application used for supply chain planning, including demand forecasting, inventory management, and operations planning.

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

  • Trigger SAP IBP planning runs and extract planning data with scheduled API calls.

  • Manage SAP IBP credentials in a secure connection profile.

  • Connect to any SAP IBP endpoint.

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

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

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

  • Attach an SLA job to the SAP IBP jobs.

Setting up Control-M for SAP IBP

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

Before You Begin

  • Verify that Java is installed, as described in Control-M External Java Installation.

  • Verify that Automation API is installed, as described in Setting Up the API.

  • Verify that Agent version 9.0.21.300 or higher is installed.

Begin

  1. Do one of the following:

    • Install: Run one of the following provision image commands:

      • Linux: ctm provision image SAP_IBP_plugin.Linux

      • Windows: ctm provision image SAP_IBP_plugin.Windows

    • Upgrade: Run the following command:

      ctm provision agent::update

  2. Create a SAP IBP connection profile in Control-M SaaS or Automation API, as follows:

  3. Define a SAP IBP job in Control-M SaaS or Automation API, as follows:

To remove this plug-in from an Agent, see Removing a Plug-in. The plug-in ID is SIB062025.

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