Defining a Background Job to Run Immediately

Overview

Chapter 28: Defining a Background Job to Run Immediately

Contents
Overview ................................................................................................................................................................................................. 28–1
Defining the Background Job Attributes ............................................................................................................................................... 28–1
Scheduling the Background Job............................................................................................................................................................ 28–2
Defining the Step .................................................................................................................................................................................... 28–3

Overview
When you schedule a background job to run immediately, the job is released, the scheduling server sends
a message to the central background processing server, and the job begins right away.

Defining the Background Job Attributes

1. Follow the menu path: Tools → →
Administration → Jobs → Define job. 1

Alternative:

2. Enter a descriptive name of your

choice in the Job name field.
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Be sure that other users will be able to 3
recognize the job and its function by
the name you choose. 4

3. Because we want this job to run

immediately, give it highest
priority by entering A in the Job
class field.
4. Leave the Target host field blank.
5. Click the Start date button to
schedule the job.

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There are three types of job classes: A, B, and C. A has the highest priority, meaning that jobs
with the A classification are handled first in a queue. If the Job Class field is left blank, the job is
assigned Job class C, and handled last.

Scheduling the Background Job

1. Click the Immediate button to start
the job right away. 1

2. Click the Save icon to continue.

3. Click the Steps button to proceed to

the Create Step 1 screen.

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Defining the Step

A job Step specifies a program that is to be run by a background job. A background job must have at least
one job Step. Define the Step as follows:
1. Click the ABAP/4 button.
2. Enter the program name (for
example, RFKABL00 ).
3. If the program has a variant, click 1
the Variant List button.

If you are not sure whether or not the

program has a variant, you can click
the Variant list button to find out. If
there are no variants, you can skip to
step number 6. 3

4. Select the variant by placing the

cursor next to the Variant name.
5. Click Choose.
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6. Click the Save icon.

7. Your job will be displayed in the

Step List. Click the Back icon in the 7
menu bar.

8. Click the Save icon to create the

background job.
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DO NOT click the save icon a second

time or you will create two
background jobs. Be careful!!

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9. Enter the transaction /nSM37 to 9

view the background job status
and job log.
10. Leave the default wildcard (*) in
the Job name field and click the
Enter icon to view all background
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jobs.

11. Scroll to the bottom of the list to see

the job you just created.
12. Double click on the job name to
view the job log.
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Job Overview Screen Terminology:

Scheduled: The job has been scheduled to run at a certain date and time, weekly or monthly.

Released: This term signifies that the job will start when triggered by a job, event, or
operation mode.

Ready: A job listed as Ready is on hold, waiting for an appropriate SAP System resource.

Active: The job is running.

Finished: Exactly what it says –the job is done!

Canceled: The job in question has been stopped before completion by the user, or it has
stopped because of an error.

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For further details refer to…

R/3 System Administration Made Easy

Viewing Background Jobs (Ch. 34)

R/3 Basis Knowledge Products

System Management → Reference → Implementation → Job Scheduling System → Planning Jobs

R/3 System Online Help

Basis Components → System Administration → Computer Center Management System →

Background Processing → Managing and Scheduling Background Jobs

Basis Courses

Advanced R/3 Administration (BC305)

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