batch jobs

[Former Member]

what is the meaning of batch job? is there any difference between batch job and background job?

[Former Member]

Hi Pavan,

There is not much difference between batch and background jobs.

For more information on background jobs check the below site.

http://help.sap.com/saphelp_nw2004s/helpdata/en/89/561e3ee5169a0be10000000a114084/content.htm

Cheers!!

VEnk@

[Former Member]

Hi pavan,

We use batch jobs to handle BDCs. You can run a batch job via sm35 in the foreground or background (although there would be little need to run it in the foreground). However, if there are errors, viewing in the foreground helps identify the issues.

Good luck.

SL

[Former Member]

Batch job are the jobs created with sessions. You can process those sessions in SM35. These are not direct update methods.

Where as the background jobs are the jobs running in the background with out user interaction. Once you schedule the job for the background job it will run with out user interaction according to the given schedule.

You can run the batch jobs also in background.