Programming Techniques

Use

With the programming interface of the background processing system, you can schedule and manage background jobs from your own programs.

You can use the programming interface to start both ABAP programs and programs that are external to the SAP system.

The programming interface also offers function modules for the following tasks:

• managing jobs (displaying, copying, and deleting jobs)

• checking and triggering events, which can be used to start other background jobs

• displaying the log generated by a background job.

The following sections explain the most important tasks in scheduling and managing background jobs.