Scheduling a Background Job to Delete Buffer Documents

Prerequisites

The person responsible for setting up the report requires authorization for the authorization object Background Processing: Background Administrator (S_BTCH_ADM).

Context

You can create a background job to delete documents you no longer want. This clean-up background job is typically scheduled once a week at a time of low workload.

Procedure

  1. Call transaction SI24 and choose teh activity Start of the navigation pathSettings in the Knowledge Warehouse System Next navigation step Document Management Service Next navigation step Schedule Background Job to Delete Buffered DocumentsEnd of the navigation path (or call transaction SM36, and define a background job).
  2. Enter RSIRIBUF in the field Jobname.
  3. Select job class B.
  4. For the Execution Target field, choose the name of the server or SAP instance where the report is to be executed (optional).
  5. Choose Spool List Recipient.
  6. In the Recipient field, enter the name of the required recipient, select the required attributes, and choose Copy.
  7. Choose Start Condition.
  8. Enter the desired values for the start time (possibly also period values in the case of regular execution), and choose Save.
  9. Choose Step.
  10. Choose ABAP Program.
  11. Enter RSIRIBUF in the Name field in the ABAP Program frame.
  12. In the Variant field, enter SAP&BATCH.
  13. Save your entries for this background job. A message should appear in the SAP GUI status line confirming the successful scheduling of the job.

Results

You have scheduled a background job with periodic repetition for cleaning up obsolete buffer entries.