C-LANG Statements › LANGUAGE Statement—Specify the Language the ABAP Uses

LANGUAGE Statement—Specify the Language the ABAP Uses

The LANGUAGE statement specifies the language the ABAP uses.

Supported Job Types

This statement is optional for the following job types:

• SAP Batch Input Session
• SAP R/3

Syntax

This statement has the following format:

LANGUAGE language

language

Specifies an alphabetic character representing a valid language for the SAP system. The value corresponds to the SAPGUI ABAP program Language field on the Create Step dialog.

Default: The SAP system default logon language

Examples: E=English, D=German, R=Russian

Notes:

• Use the LANGUAGE statement before the first ABAPNAME statement to set the default value for subsequent steps.
• Use the LANGUAGE 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: Specify the Language the ABAP Uses

This example uses the English language for the BTCTEST ABAP:

SAPJOBNAME SAPTEST
AGENT SAPHTAGENT
SAPUSER J01PROD
ABAPNAME BTCTEST
   VARIANT TEST
   LANGUAGE E