KB 073 – Adding SM37 batch job logs

KB073 – Adding batch job logs and spool to the data sent from tcode SM37

Batch job logs can be sent from SAP to Splunk so long as there is a batch job filter that matches the batch job name you want to monitor the logs for. Wildcards are supported.

Open the Administrator -> Metric Filter -> SM37 job filter

KB 073 – Adding SM37 batch job logs

KB 073 - Adding SM37 batch job logs

Add in a jobname (wildcards are supported, ‘*’ means all jobs) and check either

  • Finished(Log) – All finished jobs that match the Job name filter have their logs sent to Splunk
  • Cancelled(Log) – All cancelled jobs that match the Job name filter have their logs sent to Splunk
  • Finished(Spool) – All finished jobs that match the Job name filter have their spool sent to Splunk
  • Cancelled(Spool) – All cancelled jobs that match the Job name filter have their logs sent to Splunk

KB 073 - Adding SM37 batch job logs

Please find sample of Splunk events below:

Job log (EVENT_SUBTYPE=LOGS)

KB 073 - Adding SM37 batch job logs

Job spool (EVENT_SUBTYPE=SPOOL)

KB 073 – Adding SM37 batch job logs

In both cases above SEQNUM field can be used as a line index to build the output in right order.

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