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Schedule job to kick off report writer?

Posted on Oct 05, 2005 at 08:11 PM 41 Views

User would like to schedule a report writer report (transaction GR55, enter a report group,.....). Is there a simple way to do this? I realize SAP generates a report name (ex: GP3G247NG8VI29S98GVKS5185KM300), but I don't want to schedule using the generated name if I can help it.

Also, I realize that I could just create an ABAP to launch GR55, and kick of the report, but I was hoping there was a better way.

Any ideas?

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    author's profile photo Carlos Vera Baca
    Carlos Vera Baca
    Posted on Oct 05, 2005 at 11:10 PM
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    When I run GR55, choose the Report Group that I want to execute and then choose Execute in BackGround, SAP creates a schedule with the generated name of the report. So I think this is the right way.

    Hope this help.

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  • author's profile photo Andreas Mann
    Andreas Mann
    Posted on Oct 06, 2005 at 05:58 AM
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    Hi,

    use fm G_PROGRAM_NAME to get program name

    than you could create a job with fm's

    1) job_start

    2) submit (PROGRAM_NAME)

    3) job_close

    regards Andreas

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    Posted on Oct 06, 2005 at 11:44 AM
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    Hi Brian,

    The following link should help you. I don't think it is any different for other releases.

    4.6C: http://help.sap.com/saphelp_46c/helpdata/en/5b/d22fc343c611d182b30000e829fbfe/frameset.htm

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  • author's profile photo Brian Vanderwiel
    Brian Vanderwiel
    Posted on Oct 06, 2005 at 12:40 PM
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    Thanks for the replies everyone.

    To clarify, we need to schedule the report via our external scheduling system to run on a certain interval.

    Since we can't guarantee that the generated program name will remain the same, the best solution seems to be a "shell" program that calls G_PROGRAM_NAME, then submits the report. Now I just need to decide what features (how flexible) to put in the shell program.

    Thanks again.

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