Adding an Infopackage Job Step

Note: If you are creating an SAP job with a BW infopackage, the job can only consist of a single job step. The job that runs an infopackage generates a CCMS job and a request that is processed. The job can only complete successfully if both of these complete successfully.

To add an infopackage job step:

1. Click Add Step on the SAP Steps tab of the SAP Job Definition dialog , and then click the Infopackage (BW) option to display the SAP Job Step Details dialog.

   

   These text fields are completed by default:

   • Job Name – The name given the job during its initial definition.

   • Sap Job Step – This number corresponds to the current step sequence number.

   • Step Type – The option selected (Infopackage.)

2. Choose an infopackage by either its name or descriptive text. As there may be thousands of defined infopackages, it is recommended to use the wildcard * to create a mask to filter down to a more manageable number of possibilities. Whether you are searching in the Infopackage Name list or the Descriptive Text list, a number denoting the quantity of matches to the search is displayed in parentheses ( ) to the right of the Descriptive Text pane. Selecting an infopackage displays it in the Details pane.

   Note: By default, TA assigns a job name to the selected infopackage that is the same as the TA job name (plus the required BI_BTCH prefix and a <JobID> suffix that is filled in at runtime). Though the prefix and suffix cannot be altered, the part of the name referring to the TA job can either be changed, left blank or unchanged. If unchanged or left blank, it will be defaulted to first 16 characters of a job name when definition is saved.