2.2.9 Providing a SAP user for job control
To control R/3 jobs, JP1/AJS3 for EAP uses RFC, which is the SAP Corporation communication protocol used to execute the external management interface defined on the SAP system side. For this reason you need to provide in advance, on the SAP system side, a user to be used by JP1/AJS3 for EAP.
This section describes the user type, password, and role that need to be provided on the SAP system side.
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(2) Characters that can be specified in the password
To define the password you can use numbers (from 0 to 9), alphabetic characters (a to z, A to Z), and the following single-byte symbols:
!@$%&/()=?'`*+~#-_.:{[]}<>|
(3) Required roles
The following roles are required for a user for job control.
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Role object (S_RFC) for logging on from an external system
Assign a built-in role value (S_RFC_ALL).
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Role object (S_XMI_PROD) for logging on to an external management interface
Assign a role value for which a value in the following table is set, or a built-in role value (S_XMI_ADMIN).
Table 2‒9: Roles required for role objects (S_XMI_PROD) Role item
Description
Value
EXTCOMPANY
Company name of external management tool
HITACHI
EXTPRODUCT
Program name of external management tool
JP1
INTERFACE
Interface ID
*
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Role object (S_BTCH_ADM and S_BTCH_NAM) for executing jobs
Assign the built-in role value (S_BTCH_ADM) for the S_BTCH_ADM role object, and the built-in role value (S_BTCH_ALL) for the S_BTCH_NAM role object.
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Role object (S_PROGRAM) for executing the ABAP program
Assign the built-in role value (S_ABAP_ALL) as the role object value.
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Role object (S_BTCH_JOB) for executing background jobs
Assign the built-in role value (S_BTCH_JOB) as the role object value.