topic work processor in Application Development and Automation Discussions https://community.sap.com/t5/application-development-and-automation-discussions/work-processor/m-p/3021009#M714214 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>what is use of work processor, how we will use and how many types</P></BODY></HTML> Thu, 25 Oct 2007 17:05:44 GMT Former Member 2007-10-25T17:05:44Z work processor https://community.sap.com/t5/application-development-and-automation-discussions/work-processor/m-p/3021009#M714214 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>what is use of work processor, how we will use and how many types</P></BODY></HTML> Thu, 25 Oct 2007 17:05:44 GMT https://community.sap.com/t5/application-development-and-automation-discussions/work-processor/m-p/3021009#M714214 Former Member 2007-10-25T17:05:44Z Re: work processor https://community.sap.com/t5/application-development-and-automation-discussions/work-processor/m-p/3021010#M714215 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>A process that processes a particular SAP request.</P><P></P><P>To process SAP requests from several front ends, an SAP application server has a dispatcher, which collects the requests and forwards them to work processes for execution.</P><P></P><P>There are the following types of work process:</P><P></P><P></P><P>Dialog </P><P>For executing dialog programs</P><P></P><P>Update </P><P>For asynchronous database updates</P><P></P><P>Background (batch) </P><P>For executing background jobs</P><P></P><P>Enqueue </P><P>For executing lock operations</P><P></P><P>Spool </P><P>For print formatting</P><P></P><P>Work processes can be assigned to dedicated application servers. In the service overview (SM51), you can see which work process types are provided by the individual servers.</P><P></P><P>Rgds,</P><P>Naren</P></BODY></HTML> Thu, 25 Oct 2007 17:12:10 GMT https://community.sap.com/t5/application-development-and-automation-discussions/work-processor/m-p/3021010#M714215 Former Member 2007-10-25T17:12:10Z