Defining a Background Job to Run After an Event Overview

Chapter 30: Defining a Background Job to Run After an Event

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Overview
This chapter describes how to schedule a background job to start running after a specific event. This means that you can specify an event which will trigger your job to begin. Events are triggered by ABAP/4 programs, by external programs, and by the R/3 System itself. An acts as an indicator that a certain stage has been reached in the R/3 System or in another program. event

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1. To begin, follow the menu path: Tools Administration Jobs Define job. Alternative:
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2. Enter a Job name. 3. Enter a Job class.

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4. Click on the Start date button.

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5. Click the After event button. 6. Enter the name of the Event on which the starting of this job should depend. Click the Possible Entries icon for a selection of events already in your system. 7. If the event requires a parameter, enter it in the Parameter field. 8. If you want the job to run periodically, click once in the Periodic job checkbox. 9. Save your work with the Save icon at the bottom of the screen to continue.
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10. Click on the Steps button to define steps for this job. 11. After the steps have been defined, click the Save icon again to save the definition and create the job.
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To view this type of background job in the overview, the Or start after event check-box must be checked (see Viewing Background Jobs ).

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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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