Scheduling Folders and Structures Manually

Use

You can schedule folders with all contained structures or single structures for export with this procedure. The scheduled folders or structures are processed when the required processes are available.

Prerequisites

You have activated the services for creating display formats installed and configured.

The info objects for the folder are released.

Procedure

Scheduling Folders for Export

To schedule folders for export:

  1. Start transaction SI88.

  2. Choose the context parameters using the value help.

  3. For Type, use F4 help to select A if you want to export all structures of the selected folders.

  4. Define the Variant using the F4 help.

  5. Define the Priority using the F4 help.

  6. Choose Select Contents.

    The Selection of Contents dialog appears.
  7. Select one of the available options: By default, Search is selected.

    The Choose Area dialog box appears.

  8. Choose the area where the folders to be exported can be found.

    The Find Folder dialog box appears.

  9. Enter suitable search criteria and start the search by choosing Execute.

    The Folder Selection dialog box appears.

  10. Select the folders.

    The selected folders are displayed in an Info Object List.

  11. Select the folders to be exported and release the request.

Scheduling Structures for Export

To schedule structures for export:

  1. Start transaction SI88.

  2. Choose the context parameters using the value help.

  3. For Type, use the F4 help to select the value S to export selected structures only.

  4. Choose the Variant using F4 help.

  5. Define the Priority using the F4 help.

  6. Choose Select Contents.

    The Selection of Contents dialog appears.
  7. Choose one of the available options: By default, Search is selected.

  8. The Choose Area dialog box appears.

  9. Choose the area where the folders to be exported can be found.

    The Find Folder dialog box appears.

  10. Enter suitable search criteria and start the search.

    The Folder Selection dialog box appears.

  11. Select the folders.

    The structures of the selected folders are displayed in an Info Object List

  12. Select the structures to be exported and release the request.

Result

The selected folders or structures are scheduled for export.

To monitor the creation of the display formats, choose Open Exports.