Background Processing

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Background Processing
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Objectives
The participants will be able to:
Describe how the SAP system handles background processing.
Create variants for ABAP programs. Create, schedule, and analyze a job using transactions SM36 and SM37. Explain the purpose of background processing.
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Background Processing
Phases of Background Processing.
Passing Data to Subsequent Job Steps.

Scheduling Job within ABAP Program.
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Work Processes
Transaction SM50
Dispatcher
Background
Dialog
Update
Enqueue
Spool
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The Background Work Process
Background Job A Step #1 Step #2

Defining a background job (SM36)
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Phases of Background Processing
Job Scheduling
Job Processing
Job Overview
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Scheduling a Background Job
Transaction SM36
Job Scheduling
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Creating Step for Background Job

Steps
Job Scheduling
ABAP
External program
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Start Criteria for Background Job

Job Scheduling
Start Condition
Immediate
Date/Time
After Job
After Event
Jobs can be scheduled to run immediately or at a particular date/time.
Jobs can be scheduled to run after another job has been completed.
Jobs can be scheduled to run after an event has been triggered/raised.
If you start a job based on a date/time or an event, you can schedule the job to run at regular intervals, not just at a particular time.
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Scheduling a Periodic Job

Job Scheduling
Start date
Period values
Periodic job
By checking the Periodic Job option, you can specify that the job run at regular intervals.
With the Period Values pushbutton, you can schedule the job to run hourly, daily, weekly, monthly, etc.
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Scheduling Job After Another Job

Job Scheduling
Start date
After Job
After clicking on the After Job pushbutton, you must specify the name of the job that must be completed before this job will run.
X Start status-depend.
If you check the Start status-depend. option, this job will run only if the specified job ends successfully.
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Scheduling Job After an Event

Job Scheduling
Start date
After Event
After clicking on the After Event pushbutton, you must specify the name of the event that must be raised before this job will run. You can distinguish between different occurrences of a particular event by specifying a parameter. If you check the Periodic Job option, the system starts a new job each time the specified event is raised.
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Triggering/Raising Events
To trigger/raise an event from within an ABAP program, you must call the BP_EVENT_RAISE function module.
CALL FUNCTION BP_EVENT_RAISE EXPORTING EVENTID = <event name> EVENTPARM = TARGET_INSTANCE = EXCEPTIONS BAD_EVENTID =1 EVENTID_DOES_NOT_EXIST =2 EVENTID_MISSING =3 RAISE_FAILED =4 OTHERS = 5.
The only required exporting parameter is the name of the event to raise.
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Job Scheduling
Job Processing
Job Overview
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Processing a Background Job
Scheduler
Job
Dispatcher
Job Background
Job Processing
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Application Server Work Processes
8 Online
Job Processing
Transaction SM50
1 Spool
3 Background
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Job Log
Scheduler
Entries from start and end modules. All messages issued by job steps and system.
Start Module
PRINT SPOOL
Job Step #1 Job Step #2 Job Step #3
Job Processing
List All WRITE statement output from job step.
End Module
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Job Scheduling
Job Processing
Job Overview
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Job Overview
Transaction SM37
Job Status
Job Overview
Spool List
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Job Analysis Using Job Log

Job Overview
System and Program Messages
You can use this Job Log to analyze each step of a finished or cancelled background job.
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Job Analysis Using Job Spool
Display Report
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Other Background Processing Topics
Passing Data to Subsequent Job Steps
Scheduling Job within ABAP Program
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Scheduling Job within ABAP Program

Open Background Job JOB_OPEN
JOB_SUBMIT is called for each step that is to be added to the job
Insert Job Step JOB_SUBMIT
Close Background Job JOB_CLOSE

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JOB_OPEN
JOB_OPEN Exporting: jobname = <job name>
Background Job <job name>
<job #>
Importing: jobcount = <job #>
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JOB_SUBMIT
JOB_SUBMIT
Exporting: authcknam = <user> jobcount = <job #> jobname = <job name> report = <report> variant = <variant>
Background Job` <job name>
<job #>
Exporting: authcknam = <user> jobcount = <job #> jobname = <job name> report = <report> variant = <variant>
Step #1
Step #2
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JOB_CLOSE
JOB_CLOSE
Background Job
<job name>
Exporting: jobcount = <job #> jobname = <job name> sdlstrtdt = <start date> sdlstrttm = <start time> strtimmed = <flag1>
<job #>
Step #1 Importing: job_was_released = <flag2>
Step #2
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ABAP Program Example
Open Job Submit Step
Close Job
REPORT YDI00001. DATA: JOBNUM LIKE TBTCJOB-JOBCOUNT. PARAMETERS: JOBNAME LIKE TBTCJOB-JOBNAME, PROGRAM LIKE SY-REPID, VARIANT LIKE RALDB-VARIANT, USER LIKE SY-UNAME. CALL FUNCTION JOB_OPEN EXPORTING JOBNAME = JOBNAME IMPORTING JOBCOUNT = JOBNUM. CALL FUNCTION JOB_SUBMIT EXPORTING AUTHCKNAM = USER CHECK JOBCOUNT = JOBNUM SY-SUBRC JOBNAME = JOBNAME REPORT = PROGRAM VARIANT = VARIANT. CALL FUNCTION JOB_CLOSE EXPORTING JOBCOUNT = JOBNUM JOBNAME = JOBNAME.
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Passing Data to Subsequent Job Steps

Background Job Step #1 ... EXPORT <obj1 objn>TO DATABASE <dbtable> ID <id1>. EXPORT < obj1 objn>TO DATASET <filename> ID <id2>.
DBTABLE
id1
data1
FILENAME id2 data2
Step #2 ... IMPORT < obj1 objn> FROM DATABASE <dbtable>ID <id1>.
IMPORT < obj1 objn> FROM DATASET <filename> ID <id2>.
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Passing Data to Subsequent Job Steps (Contd.)

Background Job Step #1 ... EXPORT <obj1 objn>TO DATABASE <dbtable> ID <id1>. EXPORT < obj1 objn>TO DATASET <filename> ID <id2>.
DBTABLE
id1
data1
FILENAME id2 data2
Step #2 ... IMPORT < obj1 objn> FROM DATABASE <dbtable>ID <id1>.
IMPORT < obj1 objn> FROM DATASET <filename> ID <id2>.
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Using the Database to Pass Data between Job Steps
INDX
MANDT RELID SRTFD
Job Step Background #1 TABLES: INDX. DATA: var1(9) TYPE p DECIMALS 2. ... EXPORT var1 TO DATABASE indx(st) ID 12345
CLUSTR CLUSTD
..
800 800 800 800
SP ST ST TM
SPH_I 12345 ABCL KVERM
254 53 73 97
FF05010102 FF05016876 FF05075372 FF03578902
Step #2 TABLES: INDX. DATA: var1(9) TYPE p DECIMALS 2. ... IMPORT var1 FROM DATABASE indx(st) ID 12345.
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Using the Database to Pass Data between Job Steps (Contd.)
INDX
MANDT RELID SRTFD
Job Step Background #1 TABLES: INDX. DATA: var1(9) TYPE p DECIMALS 2. ... EXPORT var1 TO DATABASE indx(st) ID 12345
CLUSTR CLUSTD
..
800 800 800 800
SP ST ST TM
254 53 73 97
FF05010102 FF05016876 FF05075372 FF03578902
Step #2 TABLES: INDX. DATA: var1(9) TYPE p DECIMALS 2. ... IMPORT var1 FROM DATABASE indx(st) ID 12345.
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Structure of the Data Cluster Table

Key fields to uniquely identify Data Cluster Area Client
MANDT RELID SRTFD
Cluster Length
INDX
SRTF2
Cluster Data
CLUSTR CLUSTD FF0501010254787 FF0501687618710 FF0507110005472 FF0357890541472
...
800 800 800 800
SP ST ST TM
0 0 0 0
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Fields to store information pertaining to cluster data, not automatically updated by export, need to be explicitly set before the export statement
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Structure of the Data Cluster Table (Contd.)

Key fields to uniquely identify Data Cluster Area Client
MANDT RELID SRTFD
Cluster Length
INDX
SRTF2
Cluster Data
CLUSTR CLUSTD FF0501010254787 FF0501687618710 FF0507110005472 FF0357890541472
...
800 800 800 800
SP ST ST TM
0 0 0 0
254 53 73 97
Fields to store information pertaining to cluster data, not automatically updated by export, need to be explicitly set before the export statement
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Demonstration
Creation, scheduling and analyzing a background job using transactions SM36 and SM37.
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Practice
Creation, scheduling and analyzing a background job using transactions SM36 and SM37.
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Summary
Job Scheduling Job Processing Job Overview
Job Log Step #1 Spool List
Step #2
Background
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Questions
What are the various types of work processes present in the R/3 system ?
What are the main phases of background processing ?

What are the main function modules used to create background job through ABAP program ?
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IBM Global Services

Data Interfaces | 7.01

2005 IBM Corporation

IBM Global Services

Data Interfaces | 7.01

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Passing Data to Subsequent Job Steps.

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The Background Work Process

Background Job A Step #1 Step #2

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Phases of Background Processing

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Scheduling a Background Job

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Creating Step for Background Job

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Start Criteria for Background Job

Jobs can be scheduled to run immediately or at a particular date/time.

Jobs can be scheduled to run after an event has been triggered/raised.

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Scheduling a Periodic Job

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Scheduling Job After Another Job

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Scheduling Job After an Event

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Phases of Background Processing

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Processing a Background Job

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Processing a Background Job

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Processing a Background Job

Job Step #1 Job Step #2 Job Step #3