Analyzing Work Processes and System Logs
There are two work process types that are of particular interest for background processing:
Background work processes
These are process jobs that are run in the background.
Dialog Work Processes
These process parts of the background processing runtime environment, for example, the time-dependent job scheduler.
For a list of all the parts of the runtime environment and the work process types in which they run, see Analyzing Status, Configuration and Administration Data.Tools for Monitoring the System
It is often necessary to investigate these work processes using the following criteria:
Status (waiting, running,...)
Which program or user ID is running in the work process?
Trace and error information written to the developer traces (dev files) by the work processes
System log entries
Procedure
From the initial screen, choose 
Tools
Administration
Monitor
System Monitoring
Servers
.
To analyze the system log, choose
Goto
System log
.To analyze the work process statuses, choose
Goto
Processes
.The system displays a list of all active work processes on the selected application server. In addition to displaying status information, you can also terminate work processes and programs here and analyze them with the ABAP Debugger.
Sometimes it is necessary to execute an action on a particular application server, such as start a transaction. To do this, you can log onto any application server by choosing
Goto
Remote Logon
.
More Information
Tools for Monitoring the System