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Data Interfaces: Study Questions

1.

What are the five work processes (tasks) within the system?

2.

In background processing, what is a job? What is a step?

3.

What are the phases of background processing?

4.

Background jobs can be scheduled to start based on what criteria?

5.

What component of the R/3 System initiates the start of background jobs at the
specified time?

6.

What ABAP statements can be used to pass data to subsequent job steps?

7.

What function modules are used to create a background job from within an ABAP
program?

8.

What is the one type of file (dataset) that can be processed by an ABAP program?

9.

How many files can be open at the same time in each session?

10. What ABAP statement is used to open a file on the application server? What are the
options to this statement?

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11. What ABAP statement is used to close a file on the application server?
statement is used to delete a file on the application server?

What

12. What ABAP statement is used to write a record to a file on the application server?

13. What ABAP statement is used to read a record from a file on the application server?

14. What is the difference between text mode and binary mode? Which mode is the
default?

15. What function modules are used to process sequential files on the presentation
server?

16. What is batch input?

17. What is the BDC table? What is the layout (structure) of the BDC table? What ABAP
statement is used to declare the BDC table?

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18. List the three methods that can be used to perform batch input.

19. What three function modules are used to create a batch input session?

20. What processing modes are available when processing a batch input session?
Which one is best for initial testing?

21. What is the update mode when a batch input session is processed?

22. What is the purpose of the RSBDCSUB program?

23. What additions to the CALL TRANSACTION statement are used for batch input?

24. What statement performs an update call (i.e. confirms changes to the database)?

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