Template Process Definitions

You can use a template Process Definition as a base for creating other Process Definitions. A template Process Definition might have a number of settings and parameters already specified, in order to speed up the creation of new Process Definitions.

Note: You cannot submit template Process Definitions.

To view template Process Definitions, navigate to Definitions > Process Definitions and select the Template Process Definitions filter.

SAPR3 Process Definition Templates

The SAP Connector can optionally use Process Definition templates when it imports SAP CCMS jobs. You can set any properties on the Process Definition, but Name and Description will be overwritten with the imported name, and the parameter default values will be filled with the values of the imported CCMS job.

Any parameters you create will be filled in. If an SAP job has, for example, print parameters, and these parameters are not set on the template Process Definition, the parameter values of the SAP job are ignored. This means that when you submit the newly created Process Definition, the resulting SAP job will not be comparable to the job in SAP.

You can use the SAP_AbapRun Process Definition to create SAPR3 Process Definition templates. Remove any unused parameters, because these take up space in the underlying database. Set a keep clause and optionally a restart behavior.

Although you can use a SAPR3 Process Definition template with no parameters, it will create a Process Definition with just one parameter named JOBCOUNT, and will thus not be usable, because the following parameters are required for submitting CCMS jobs.

Parameter Name	Data Type	Direction
JOBCOUNT	String	Out
JOBNAME	String	In
ABAP_PROGRAM_NAME	String	In

You can use a SAPR3 Process Definition template by specifying its name in the TEMPLATE_JDNAME (Template JobDefinition Name) parameter of SAP_ImportCcmsJobs.