Enable your Workload Automation on Cloud agent to run SAP R/3 jobs

Once you have requested a Workload Automation Trial and completed the agent installation on a computer on the same network as your SAP system, you have to do few actions to enable the communication between the agent and your SAP system. 

​Here is a step by step guide to achieve this:

1. Create a RFC user ID in SAP R/3 that Workload Automation agent will use for batch processing
2. Install the new SAP NetWeaver RFC Library: download the new SAP NetWeaver RFC library  (SAP note 1025361) and copy it into <AGENT_INSTALL_DIR>/TWS/methods where AGENT_INSTALL_DIR is the installation path of your Workload Automation agent
3. In the same directory create a text file named <my_option_file>_r3batch.opts containing connection information to your SAP system. Here is a template for you:

 For more information about options file click here.

Your environment is now able to connect to your SAP and you can start scheduling your SAP  R/3 with Workload Automation. Watch the video to see how.
 
Test the connection in your Dynamic Workload Console: 

You can also use an unique agent to connect to multiple environments, for example a test and production environment. Just use different options files.

​Maria Elena Massino
Software Engineer
​Workload Automation
mariaelena.massino@hcl.com

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Maria Elena Massino is a Software Engineer on the Workload Automation development team located in HCL Rome Hub. She has worked on the WA development team since 2004 and has acquired significant experience on all the different components of the family: Dynamic Workload Console, Workload Scheduler z/OS connector, Workload Scheduler for z/OS and distributed. She is also responsible of the globalization process of these products. Further, Maria Elena worked on the Workload Automation on Cloud offering, initially as the Beta program leader, and later she developed the Applications in the Application Catalog. She has a Math background and she is currently coordinating the HighCreativityLabs project for HCL Italy to teach coding to students of primary and secondary schools.