How to transfer our execution from online to background processing

[Former Member]

HI

I have a report in which i have to call the same report using SUBMIT statement as a background process. can anyone help me?

Regards

Aditya

[Jelena]

Here is a code fragment that I used for a report to force the execution in background (even when users don't select background process). It has a selection screen and stuff but when the users attemt to run it in the foreground, it just schedules itself in a background job. When it runs in the background job (sy-batch = 'X'), then the main code is executed.

START-OF-SELECTION.

  IF sy-batch IS INITIAL.

* Open a job
    jobname = sy-repid.
    CLEAR jobcount.

    CALL FUNCTION 'JOB_OPEN'
      EXPORTING
        jobname  = jobname
      IMPORTING
        jobcount = jobcount.

    IF sy-subrc <> 0.
      MESSAGE ID sy-msgid TYPE sy-msgty NUMBER sy-msgno
              WITH sy-msgv1 sy-msgv2 sy-msgv3 sy-msgv4.
    ENDIF.

    SUBMIT <your program name here>
           WITH ...
           VIA JOB jobname
           NUMBER jobcount
           AND RETURN.

* Close the job and run immediately
    CALL FUNCTION 'JOB_CLOSE'
      EXPORTING
        jobcount  = jobcount
        jobname   = jobname
        strtimmed = 'X'.            " Start immediately

    IF sy-subrc = 0.
      MESSAGE 'Job started' type 'I'.
    ELSE.
      MESSAGE ID sy-msgid TYPE sy-msgty NUMBER sy-msgno
              WITH sy-msgv1 sy-msgv2 sy-msgv3 sy-msgv4.
    ENDIF.

  ELSE.

    " do all stuff here

  ENDIF.

[Former Member]

I'm afraid, it might lead to a dead lock!!!?

[Former Member]

I solved the issue but the above answer is not working

[Jelena]

What exactly did not work and how did you solve the problem then?

Thank you.