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SAP CPS/BPA by Redwood
“SAP® Business Process Automation by
Redwood (SAP BPA) gives you the power
to connect and automate business and IT
processes across your entire enterprise
landscape.“
www.redwood.com
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Job Scheduling – Idea
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Replace manual scheduling on every system
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Central place for scheduling
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One scheduling entity for all system
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Ability to schedule on SAP and non SAP
systems (external scheduling)
System 1
System 2
System 3
Job A
Job L
Job E
Job K
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Build complex scenarios with dependencies
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Standard vs. Extended (External) Scheduling – Process View
Standard Scheduling
External Scheduling
Solution Manager
Solution Manager
SAP BPA by Redwood
SAP Systems
Any System
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External Scheduling Tool: SAP BPA by Redwood
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External Scheduling Tool
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Real-Time and event based
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Build complex chains
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Automate entire business & IT processes
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Automatically/manually react upon job
issues with operator messages
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SMSE Certified
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Standard vs. Extended (External) Scheduling – Example
ABAP Job with 3 Steps
Process Chain with 3 Steps
Step B
Job A
Job F
Step G
Step L
Job L
Job in SAP
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Job B
Job in Non-SAP
Job M
Job N
OS Job
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Standard vs. Extended (External) Scheduling – List View
Standard Scheduling
External Scheduling
Solution Manager
External Tool: BPA
SAP Jobs
Any Job Type
Simple Schedule
Complex Schedule
Simple Jobs
Cross System Jobs
WebDynPro
Modern Java Engine
Limited dependencies
Complex dependencies
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OEM vs. Chargeable Version of BPA in comparison
OEM
Chargeable
Schedule SAP jobs
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Mono-system process chains in SAP systems
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Business Automation Enabler with SAP Solution Manager
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Basic load balancing (queues only)
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Processes in any system
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OS level processes
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Multisystem process Chains
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Display and monitoring of parent-child-relationships
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Business automation enabler with any scenario
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Complex Load balancing
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Time zone handling
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Dynamic mass activities
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Import/Export
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Scripting
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Job Management Best Practice with BPA: Request new Job
Job Request:
Add Job
Job Documentation
Schedule in SAP BPA by Redwood
Job A
Job F
Monitoring in Solution Manager
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Job L
Reporting
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Scheduling in External Scheduler: SAP BPA by Redwood
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Scheduling in External Scheduler: Process Chains in SAP BPA
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Technical Architecture
NetWeaver JAVA
SAP NetWeaver JAVA
JXBP
Process
Server
Web UI
SAP Application
(As of NW 7.3)
Process
Server
SAP BPA
Process
Server
Process
Server
Process
Server
BWSCH
SAP Data Services
SAP NetWeaver BW
SAPNetWeaver
NetWeaverAS
ABAP
SAP
ABAP
XBP
SAP Business Objects
SAP Application
(All releases)
non SAP system
Platform
Agent
Application
OS
JAVA scheme in DB
BPA Job Repository
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Contact information:
jobmanagement@sap.com
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