Starting or Repeating a Process or Process Step (SAP Library

Starting or Repeating a Process or Process Step

Use

You start and repeat processes and process steps in the same way. The status indicates whether you need to start or repeat the process.

You may need to start or repeat a process step for the following reasons:

Breakpoint

A process step follows either a conditional or unconditional breakpoint.

Process termination

Process steps can be terminated due to a program or technical error. You can see the reason for the program termination by displaying the job log.

Personnel numbers with errors

Use the spool list and job log to check the process step. Remove the error and repeat the process step.

If a process step or a process is repeated, processing of the following personnel numbers is repeated:

Personnel numbers without the status Successful
Personnel numbers with the status Not selected

You can only repeat processes, process steps, and personnel number sets that were successful if you change the status for the personnel numbers in question.

Prerequisites

You have created a process in the HR Process Workbench.

Procedure

Select the process that you want to start and choose Edit ® Process ® Start/repeat.

Specify whether the process will run immediately or at a later point.

This information refers to starting the selection program.

Immediately: In the personnel number selection screen, either specify a variant or enter the payroll area and payroll period.
At a later point: Enter the start date and time. Choose Continue. Select the variant for starting the personnel number selection program.

If you schedule a process for a later time, you must first create a variant for the selection program. This is possible if, for example, you edit a process model. From the Maintain Process Model <name> screen, choose Goto ® Attributes. From the subsequent dialog box, choose Create variants and create a variant for the selection program.

A process is always executed in the background.

Result

The process is run at a specified time.

You can control the process run using process control.