Dispatcher/Taskhandler (BC-CST-DP)

A process that processes a particular SAP request.

To process SAP requests from several front ends, an SAP application server has a dispatcher, which collects the requests and forwards them to work processes for execution.

There are the following types of work process:

• Dialog

For executing dialog programs

• Update

For asynchronous database updates

• Background (batch)

For executing background jobs

• Enqueue

For executing lock operations

• Spool

For print formatting

Work processes can be assigned to dedicated application servers. In the service overview (SM51), you can see which work process types are provided by the individual servers.