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Background job administration

The background work process handle by the long running jobs. The background work

process that process can be executed without the user interaction.


Scheduling the background job is – SM36,
Job name should start either Z or Y.
Maximum 32 characters are allowed in the name.

Job Start conditions

1) Immediate

2) Date/time

3) After job

4) After event

5) At operation mode

Background job steps

1) ABAP program: It is a standard program (or) customized program which will execute by

variant. Variant: It is a program selection criterion to provide the inputs during the runtime (or)

execution of the program.

2) External command: It is used for pre-defined input by system administrator.

3)External program: It is used for direct command input by system administrator

Overview of the jobs SM37

Here we can check the status of jobs.

Job statuses are

1) Scheduled: Whenever job is defined in that time job status scheduled.

2) Released: Whenever we specify date & time to schedule job.

3) Ready: When the time is elapsed.

4) Active: Job status is running.

5) Finished: All the job steps are complete successfully.

6) Cancelled: There was an error and job has been terminated, as mentioned in the job log.

If it is cancelled job, Double click on the job and check the job log. And find the reason why it is

happened.

If it is long running active job with approval of user/manager cancel the job.

Select the job->Job->cancel active job.

If we want suspend all the background jobs are using BTCTRANS1 report

If we want resume all the background jobs are using BTCTRANS2 report