Executing Program in Background- ALV Grid Output Program - Output in Background for a Report_Program

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Executing Program in Background:ALV Grid Output Program - Outputin Background for aReport/Program

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Summary

This document depicts the execution of the report or program in a background and viewing its output. Thismethod is important once you want to execute a heavy report in terms of processing so better to put it on theserver rather than your machine and continue with the other work.

As well configuring the Spool attributes accordingly for your report or program and provide ease of accessingthe import reports of transactions. Feel free to share this document to all freshers and beginners in SAPtechnology.

Author: Gaurav Patwari

Company: Torrent Power Ltd.

Created on:30 September 2009

Author Bio

By education I am B.E. Information Technology, I am working as a Chief SAP ABAPDeveloper & SAP XI Consultant as well as SAP HCM Functional team member with Torrent

Power Ltd. Indias one of the best Power Industry. My current technical work includesdevelopment with following ABAP, ABAP HR, ABAP Objects, Smartforms, BDC, BAPI, SAPEnterprise Portal, SAP Web dynepro for Java and developing various SAP XI scenarios for3rd party system.
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Table of Contents

Executing Program in Background Having ALV Grid as Output ........................................................................ 3

1. Enter Report Transaction Code ............................................................................................................... 3

2. Enter the selection criteria in the selection screen .................................................................................. 3

3. Normal Output of your Report .................................................................................................................. 4

4. Enter Your Report T-Code Again ............................................................................................................. 4

5.

The Background Print Parameters .......................................................................................................... 5

6. Spool Request Attributes ......................................................................................................................... 6

7. Note Down the Job Name ........................................................................................................................ 8

8. SM37 - Simple Job Selection ................................................................................................................... 8

9. Execute for Your job ................................................................................................................................ 9

10. Check Status of your Job. ........................................................................................................................ 9

11. Click on ABAP List ................................................................................................................................. 10

12. Output of Job on Execution Completion ................................................................................................ 10

Related Content ................................................................................................................................................ 11

Disclaimer and Liability Notice .......................................................................................................................... 12


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1. Enter Report Transaction Code

Enter the transaction code for which you wanna run the report.

2. Enter the selection criteria in the selection screen

Provide all the inputs

Execute normally and check the outputs.


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3. Normal Output of your Report

Check the Output for the report.

Now suppose it takes longer time for the execution and want to check the output for the same. So what wecan do is we can run in the background.

How will the output displayed in background? Check it out, how's it possible?

4. Enter Your Report T-Code Again

Provide the inputs for the selection screen and go to Program menu -> Click on Execute in Background


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5. The Background Print Parameters

The Background print parameters dialog box appears. Click on properties button to set spool request.


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6. Spool Request Attributes

Expand the Spool request from the Spool request attributes dialog box and click on the spool request name,

double click it. Then to finish click on button

Click to continue.


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9. Schedule the job.

Click on and the above screen will change to below shown screen, then click on and jobwill be scheduled on name of the program.


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7. Note Down the Job Name

Above show message will be displayed.

8. SM37 - Simple Job Selection

Go to transaction SM37, below show screen will be displayed.


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9. Execute for Your job

Simple Job selection screen will be shown as shown in figure below, click on .

10. Check Status of your Job.

Check for your report in the below listed screen and check for the job status as finished, once job is finished

to check for output click on as show in the screen below.


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11. Click on ABAP List

Click on the icon show in the below figure to view the output for your report.

12. Output of Job on Execution Completion

You will see the output as shown below it will be a basic list only whatever your output format is will beconverted to basic list output as show in below figure.

Note: For, comparing two report output you can compare the Figure of step 15 with Step 4.


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