Why do I get a status of 'waiting' when I run a report in the background

[Former Member]

Happy new Year Experts!!

I am working with Ad-hoc query and I run reports in the background. When I go to System > Own Spool Requests the status is always waiting. When I go to SM37 the status is complete. I can open the report from my own spools requests and it is completed.

Thanks.

Regards,

Jeanette

[Former Member]

Hi,

Please follow the link System > Own jobs instead.

Regards,

Dilek

[Former Member]

Hi Dilek,

When I select System > Own Jobs there is nothing listed on this screen. My job is now listed on the System > Own Spool Requests with a status of 'waiting'. Is there a setting somewhere that I need to change? The job is complete and I can open the report and export the information.

[Former Member]

Go to SM36-> Own jobs - double click the job - Select Edit-Steps - DOuble click the step and check print specifications.

Moreover, if you wanna make the job printed on finish, make sure that there is a default printer defined in SU3 - Defaults - Output device field.

Regards,

Dilek

[Former Member]

I think this has to do with the printer you choose when kicking off the job in the background. If background job cannot resolve the printer, I believe it leaves spool in 'waiting'. So either disregard this, or choose a printer that can be resolved by backend. Normally we just leave it.

Kirsten