STEPUSER Statement—Specify the SAP System User the ABAP Runs Under

The STEPUSER statement specifies the user under whose authorization the ABAP program runs.

Supported Job Types

This statement is optional for the following job types:

Syntax

This statement has the following format:

STEPUSER user_name

user_name

Specifies the name of the user under whose authorization the ABAP program runs.

Limits: Up to 16 valid SAP characters; case-sensitive

Notes:

Enclose values that contain delimiters (such as spaces) in double quotation marks.
Use the STEPUSER statement before the first ABAPNAME statement to set the default value for subsequent steps.
Use the STEPUSER 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.
The STEPUSER statement overrides the SAPUSER statement.

Example: Specify the User for an ABAP Program

This example runs the BTCTEST ABAP under the authority of the user14 user ID:

SAPJOBNAME SAPTEST
AGENT SAPHTAGENT
STARTMODE I
ABAPNAME BTCTEST
   STEPUSER user14
   VARIANT TEST
   SAPTARGETSYSTEM tst005