Release Schedules

An Release Schedule defines a list of days and times when releases should be imported automatically.

When an Release Schedule is assigned to a Release, ActiveControl automatically creates a background job in the Domain Controller that will import associated business task/transport requests.

These background jobs should not be maintained or deleted from directly within SAPGUI.

ActiveControl ensures that the background job always executes according to the current version of the Release schedule. This includes deleting the aforementioned background job if the Release schedule is no longer assigned to the Release.

Configuration

Release Schedules are maintained by ActiveControl Administrators via the Release Schedules app tile. There are three steps to creating an Release Schedule:

1. Each Schedule has a description and optionally the user ID that the import should be scheduled under.
2. The timings are allocated to the Schedule, and then dragged to the right-hand window.
3. Any restrictions can be allocated to the Schedule.

Figure: Release Schedule configuration screen.

*Basis Technologies recommend to use a dedicated batch user in your Domain Controller for handing Transport Schedules. This batch user – which we typically call AC_BATCH – needs to have /BTI/TE:CTS_ADMIN_USER, /BTI/TE:CTS_RFC and /BTI/TE:COMP_ADMIN_ROLE roles assigned to it.

*As well as the AC_Batch user, it is also necessary for an RFC to be created in the Domain Controller, that points back at itself. (eg TRANSPORT EXPRESS [SID], where SID is the System ID of the Domain Controller.