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Enable XBP 2.0 or 3.0 Functionality

To take full advantage of the capabilities of your SAP Basis release 4.6B or later with Redwood Server it is strongly advised to enable XBP 2.0 Parent/Child and Interception. An ABAP program named INITXBP2 is available on SAP Basis release 4.6B with the latest Support Packages from SAP, later releases usually have these features enabled by default with the latest Support Packages from SAP. This program only needs to be executed once to enable XBP 2.0, which will allow you to enable parent-child-relationships for SAP jobs and SAP job interception. However, parent-child-relationships will not be visible in SAPGUI. Always use the processes monitor in Redwood Server to see parent-child-relationships.

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If you have three options for job interception, then you have XBP 3.0. XBP 3.0 offers better job interception support among other improvements, see Understanding the Different XBP Interface Releases for more information.

You can also use the process definition SAP_MaintainXbpOptions to inspect and set XBP 2.0 or 3.0 settings.

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You can force the use of a specific XBP release, if it is available in the SAP system, by specifying the SynchronizationMode registry entry. This is especially handy on older NetWeaver 7.0 systems, which do not correctly report the available XBP version.

Prerequisites

An SAP System with SAP Basis release 4.6B with the latest Support Packages.

Procedure

Setting and inspecting XBP settings with INITXBP2

  1. Open transaction SE38.
  2. Fill INITXBP2 into the program field.
  3. Choose Execute to run the program.
  4. Make sure Interception and Parent-Child Function are set to on.
  5. Choose Execute to save the settings.

Inspecting XBP Settings with SAP_MaintainXbpOptions

  1. Navigate to "Definitions > Processes".
  2. Choose Submit from the context-menu of the process definition SAP_MaintainXbpOptions.
  3. Select the target SAP System, select Show for Interception action and Parent/Child action.
  4. Choose Submit and inspect the output of the corresponding process.

Enabling XBP 2.0 Features with SAP_MaintainXbpOptions

  1. Navigate to "Definitions > Processes".
  2. Choose Submit from the context-menu of the process definition SAP_MaintainXbpOptions.
  3. Select the target SAP System, select Enable for Interception action and Parent/Child action.
  4. Choose Submit and inspect the output of the corresponding process, to verify if the settings were applied.

Enabling XBP 3.0 Features with SAP_MaintainXbpOptions

  1. Navigate to "Definitions > Processes".
  2. Choose Submit from the context-menu of the process definition SAP_MaintainXbpOptions.
  3. Select the target SAP System, select Enable with XBP 3.0 features for Interception action.
  4. Choose Submit and inspect the output of the corresponding process, to verify if the settings were applied.

See Also

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