Batch process with user interface

[Former Member]

Hi Gurus

i have a requirement in which a batch process gets driven by a user interface which will have the options to be selected for ex " gas .electricity,water" and if either of them gets selected the batch program will get triggered fetching data from the table developed.i need a bit of clarification if the user interfca e should be created seperated and batch process seperate and integrate it or if the batch program itself can have its own screen.

Pls clarify

Thanks

[paul_bakker2 · Accepted solution]

Hi,

What you're asking is more an ABAP question than IS Utilities.

One way to achieve this is to create background jobs from your interface. Use the function modules JOB_OPEN and JOB_CLOSE.

For example:

* Open a new job
  CALL FUNCTION 'JOB_OPEN'
    EXPORTING
      DELANFREP              = ' '
      JOBGROUP               = 'ZHTER129'
      JOBNAME                = v_print_job_name
    IMPORTING
      JOBCOUNT               = v_print_job_nr
    EXCEPTIONS
      CANT_CREATE_JOB        = 1
      INVALID_JOB_DATA       = 2
      JOBNAME_MISSING        = 3
      OTHERS                 = 4.

  IF SY-SUBRC <> 0.
*     if anything went wrong delete the job
    CALL FUNCTION 'BP_JOB_DELETE'
      EXPORTING
        JOBCOUNT                       = v_print_job_nr
        JOBNAME                        = v_print_job_name.

     message e000(zb) with 'Unable to create job for'
                           'print utility ZHTER129'
                          'return code = ' sy-subrc.
  ENDIF.

* Submit the dunning print utility ZHTER129 via background job
  SUBMIT ZHTER129
            WITH P_LAUFD = p_laufd
            WITH P_LAUFI = p_laufi
            VIA JOB v_print_job_name
            NUMBER v_print_job_nr
            AND RETURN.

  if sy-subrc ne 0.
    message e000(zb) with 'Unable to submit to'
                          'print utility ZHTER129'
                          'return code = ' sy-subrc.
  endif.


    CALL FUNCTION 'JOB_CLOSE'
      EXPORTING
        JOBCOUNT                          = v_print_job_nr
        JOBNAME                           = v_print_job_name

hope this helps

Paul Bakker