Manual operations are now a thing of the past! This much anticipated book helps you discover how to automate process chains in your IT systems and optimize the performance of your most important business applications. After a comprehensive technical introduction to the origin of rules-based, decentralized job schedulers, readers learn about the requirements and interfaces, which allow external job schedulers to work with SAP applications, including the key advantages and disadvantages of each of these solutions. You"ll then be introduced to the powerful new centralized job scheduling functionalities provided by SAP NetWeaver with "SAP Central Job Scheduling by Redwood". With practical advice on the installation and deployment processes, and complete details on the objects, principles, and processes used by this solution, the authors ensure that all of your toughest questions are answered. In addition, readers uncover critical architectural details and exclusive technical/operational...