batch job scheduling based on Event AND for the job to complete

[shirley_te]

I am trying to schedule a background job based on an event AND based on the job finishing itself.

Example:

Job name: Send_Message

After Event: SAP_NEW_PROCESS Message

Program: Program xxxx

I want that the Send_Message job only runs when the Event SAP_NEW_PROCESS message happens AND the Send_Message job is not running.

Right now, I could only schedule it based on the event SAP_NEW_PROCESS Message which means that everytime this event happens the job runs and I end up having the job "Send_Message" in multilple intances where the others will immediately cancel since the first job is still running and so I end up with a lot of Cancelled job when it is not necessary to run them all when there is already 1 instance of the Job running.

How do I set it up in SAP?

[andreas_mann3]

do sth like this:

create a pre-job JOB_0 , which analyse whether your job, JOB_1, is running

If not -> trigger event E1 and JOB_1

A.

[shirley_te]

Thanks but I am new to SAP having to set up a batch job.

The Event "SAP_NEW_PROCESS_MESSAGES" is a standard SAP Event. We used that such that when a new transaction comes in, the batch job will run but we don't want to run the batch job if the same batch job is already running.

YOu mentioned that I should set up Job_0. Do I need to create an ABAP prorgram to check if JOB_1 is running? How do I set up Job_0? What is the trigger for my Job_0 to run?

You also said that I set up Job_1 and trigger that based on the outcome of Job_0 AND at the same time be triggered by the event "SAP_NEW_PROCESS_MESSAGES". How do I set up this Job_1 so that it can be triggered by both Job_0 and a new transaction coming in(SAP_NEW_PROCESS_MESSAGES).

if you can provide me the step by step guide as I am new to this and I only know basic.

The current set up I have is

Job_1

Job Start:

After Event

Event: SAP_NEW_PROCESS_MESSAGES

Step 1: program to run RCOCB002

I was thinking following your suggestion is this:

Job_0

Job Start

After Event

Event: SAP_NEW_PROCESS_MESSAGES

Step 1: program to run - What will be my program to run?

Job_1

Job_Start

After Event

Event: What will be my trigger for Job_1 and how do I set it up?

Step 1: program to run RCOCB002

Edited by: Shirley Te on Mar 10, 2010 3:25 PM