Background infinite loop

[Former Member]

Hi,

I am trying to schedule a report to run as background job using FM job_close.However my schedule job is in infinite looping, which means it create infinite jobs in SM37. I am wondering is that I am miss out something on my coding,kindly give me a helping hand on that. Thanks.

FORM JOB.

DATA: lv_name TYPE TBTCJOB-JOBNAME value 'test',

lv_JOBCOUNT TYPE TBTCJOB-JOBCOUNT,

lv_TBTCJOB-AUTHCKNAM TYPE TBTCJOB-AUTHCKNAM .

CALL FUNCTION 'JOB_OPEN'

EXPORTING

• DELANFREP = ' '

• JOBGROUP = ' '

JOBNAME = lv_name

• SDLSTRTDT = NO_DATE

• SDLSTRTTM = NO_TIME

JOBCLASS = 'C'

IMPORTING

JOBCOUNT = lv_JOBCOUNT

• CHANGING

• RET =

EXCEPTIONS

CANT_CREATE_JOB = 1

INVALID_JOB_DATA = 2

JOBNAME_MISSING = 3

OTHERS = 4

.

IF SY-SUBRC <> 0.

MESSAGE ID SY-MSGID TYPE SY-MSGTY NUMBER SY-MSGNO

WITH SY-MSGV1 SY-MSGV2 SY-MSGV3 SY-MSGV4.

ENDIF.

lv_TBTCJOB-AUTHCKNAM = sy-uname.

CALL FUNCTION 'JOB_SUBMIT'

EXPORTING

• ARCPARAMS =

AUTHCKNAM = lv_TBTCJOB-AUTHCKNAM

• COMMANDNAME = ' '

• OPERATINGSYSTEM = ' '

• EXTPGM_NAME = ' '

• EXTPGM_PARAM = ' '

• EXTPGM_SET_TRACE_ON = ' '

• EXTPGM_STDERR_IN_JOBLOG = 'X'

• EXTPGM_STDOUT_IN_JOBLOG = 'X'

• EXTPGM_SYSTEM = ' '

• EXTPGM_RFCDEST = ' '

• EXTPGM_WAIT_FOR_TERMINATION = 'X'

JOBCOUNT = lv_JOBCOUNT

JOBNAME = lv_name

• LANGUAGE = SY-LANGU

• PRIPARAMS = 'MY20'

REPORT = 'ZMMPUPOR00_0407_EDIOUTSTANDING'

VARIANT = 'TEST3'

• IMPORTING

• STEP_NUMBER =

EXCEPTIONS

BAD_PRIPARAMS = 1

BAD_XPGFLAGS = 2

INVALID_JOBDATA = 3

JOBNAME_MISSING = 4

JOB_NOTEX = 5

JOB_SUBMIT_FAILED = 6

LOCK_FAILED = 7

PROGRAM_MISSING = 8

PROG_ABAP_AND_EXTPG_SET = 9

OTHERS = 10

.

IF SY-SUBRC <> 0.

• MESSAGE ID SY-MSGID TYPE SY-MSGTY NUMBER SY-MSGNO

• WITH SY-MSGV1 SY-MSGV2 SY-MSGV3 SY-MSGV4.

ENDIF.

CALL FUNCTION 'JOB_CLOSE'

EXPORTING

• AT_OPMODE = ' '

• AT_OPMODE_PERIODIC = ' '

• CALENDAR_ID = ' '

• EVENT_ID = ' '

• EVENT_PARAM = ' '

• EVENT_PERIODIC = ' '

JOBCOUNT = lv_JOBCOUNT

JOBNAME = lv_name

• LASTSTRTDT = NO_DATE

• LASTSTRTTM = NO_TIME

• PRDDAYS = 0

• PRDHOURS = 0

• PRDMINS = 0

• PRDMONTHS = 0

• PRDWEEKS = 0

• PREDJOB_CHECKSTAT = ' '

• PRED_JOBCOUNT = ' '

• PRED_JOBNAME = ' '

• SDLSTRTDT = NO_DATE

• SDLSTRTTM = NO_TIME

• STARTDATE_RESTRICTION = BTC_PROCESS_ALWAYS

STRTIMMED = 'X'

• TARGETSYSTEM = ' '

• START_ON_WORKDAY_NOT_BEFORE = SY-DATUM

• START_ON_WORKDAY_NR = 0

• WORKDAY_COUNT_DIRECTION = 0

• RECIPIENT_OBJ =

• TARGETSERVER = ' '

• DONT_RELEASE = ' '

• IMPORTING

• JOB_WAS_RELEASED =

• CHANGING

• RET =

EXCEPTIONS

CANT_START_IMMEDIATE = 1

INVALID_STARTDATE = 2

JOBNAME_MISSING = 3

JOB_CLOSE_FAILED = 4

JOB_NOSTEPS = 5

JOB_NOTEX = 6

LOCK_FAILED = 7

OTHERS = 8

.

IF SY-SUBRC <> 0.

• MESSAGE ID SY-MSGID TYPE SY-MSGTY NUMBER SY-MSGNO

• WITH SY-MSGV1 SY-MSGV2 SY-MSGV3 SY-MSGV4.

ENDIF.

ENDFORM.

Beside that, I had problem to save my smartforms to local file, is any expert there can teach me the way?I am using 4.6c system.

[Former Member]

It could be a couple of things:

You don't seem to be looping in the form, but you may be in an infinite loop when calling the form (DO/ENDDO with no exit).

On the other hand, you are submitting report

ZMMPUPOR00_0407_EDIOUTSTANDING. If that happens to be the report of this program, then it is submitting itself over and over again.

Rob

[Former Member]

Hi Rob,

Thanks for your reply.

I think we should submit our report name to the job_submit,right? If this is the case, what should we put? I try not to put in the program and, it will still be creating multiple jobs in sm37.How am I go around with it?

[Former Member]

What is your requirement? Do you want to submit your own program from the same program? Can you not simply define a background job for your program in SM36? If you have to do this from your program, then the flow has to be as follows and you need to add a new parameter say p_back no-display mode.

if p_back = 'X'.
*-- Do the rest of the logic of your program here
else.
  job open.
  submit job with p_back = 'X' via job.
  job close.
endif.

Srinivas

[Former Member]

Hi Srinivas,

My requirement is to schedule the report to run as background job in one program.

[Former Member]

You have a program A. You want to submit another program B in the background via a job. Then you should not get any infinite jobs being created.

You have a program A. User runs it online and gives some input and you then want to transfer the execution of program A to background. Then you will have to use my solution with the p_back no-display option.

You have program A and you want to schedule it as a job. Then use SM36.

Which scenario is yours?

Srinivas