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Program running in the back ground

Former Member — Sun, 16 Dec 2007 06:35:42 GMT

Hi all

a program is running in the back ground, How do we know that what is going on in the program?

Thanks

Srini

Re: Program running in the back ground

Former Member — Sun, 16 Dec 2007 06:45:19 GMT

Hi Sreenivas,

Check the link below, its got good info. on how to analyse background progarms:

http://www.wilsonmar.com/sap_admin.htm

You could also debug background progarms, check the below link:

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Cheers,

Chaitanya.

Re: Program running in the back ground

Former Member — Sun, 16 Dec 2007 06:46:39 GMT

Hi,

Use function module BP_JOBLOG_READ, result is an internal table of structure TBTC5,

Analyze this internal table, looking for message S550(00) at the beginning of a step.

Regards

Re: Program running in the back ground

Former Member — Sun, 16 Dec 2007 08:33:45 GMT

Dear Srini,

As I understand you want to know the status of a program which is running in the background. This can be done using SM50 or SM37. SAP updates teh tables TBTCO whenver your background job status change. However if SAP is shutdown, the current jobs might not be updated ontime to the table. (e.g. a background job was shown as Active (SM37), in fact the real status should be 'Cancelled'.)

Best Regards,

Rajesh.

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Re: Program running in the back ground

Former Member — Sun, 16 Dec 2007 17:03:34 GMT

Hello,

You can make use of the transaction SM37 select the background job whose status you want to know and check the job log , it would give the step at which the job is in case of multiple programs run under a single job .

You can also make use of the transaction SM50 which would give you the exact statement at which the control is at at that given point of time .

Regards,

Sowmya.

Re: Program running in the back ground

Former Member — Sun, 16 Dec 2007 18:08:47 GMT

Hi,

Once the job is scheduled, you can see the status of the program in SM37. In SM37 give the job name and give the user name or else u can use * in the user name field, and select the date range. It will display the result, in that you can find the status of the report.

If report status is active, it means to say the job is in progress.

If staus is cancelled, it is cancelled.

If staus is ready it is ready to go to the active mode, which is in process.

Thanks,

Sriram Ponna.