C-LANG Statements › EXPIRATION Statement—Specify the Number of Days Before the Spool Request is Deleted

EXPIRATION Statement—Specify the Number of Days Before the Spool Request is Deleted

The EXPIRATION statement specifies the number of days before the spool request is deleted.

Supported Job Types

This statement is optional for the following job types:

• SAP Batch Input Session
• SAP Data Archiving
• SAP R/3

Syntax

This statement has the following format:

EXPIRATION days

days

Specifies the number of days before the spool request is deleted. The value corresponds to the SAPGUI Spool options, Spool retention per field on the Background Print Parameters dialog.

Limits: 1-9

Note: If you specify 9 days, the spool request is not deleted.

Notes:

• Use the EXPIRATION statement before the first ABAPNAME statement to set the default value for subsequent steps.
• Use the EXPIRATION statement within the boundaries of the step definition (between two ABAPNAME statements or between an ABAPNAME statement and the end of the job definition) to define the value for that step.

Example: Delete Spool Request After Three Days

This example deletes the spool request for the BTCTEST ABAP from the spool system after three days:

SAPJOBNAME SAPTEST
AGENT SAPHTAGENT
SAPUSER J01PROD
ABAPNAME BTCTEST
   VARIANT TEST
   EXPIRATION 3