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
- Call transaction SI24 and choose teh activity (or call transaction SM36, and define a background job).
- Enter RSIRIBUF in the field Jobname.
- Select job class B.
- For the Execution Target field, choose the name of the server or SAP instance where the report is to be executed (optional).
- Choose Spool List Recipient.
- In the Recipient field, enter the name of the required recipient, select the required attributes, and choose Copy.
- Choose Start Condition.
- Enter the desired values for the start time (possibly also period values in the case of regular execution), and choose Save.
- Choose Step.
- Choose ABAP Program.
- Enter RSIRIBUF in the Name field in the ABAP Program frame.
- In the Variant field, enter SAP&BATCH.
- 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.

