Scheduling background jobs by triggering events

By Joyjit Ghosh, IBM India

Step1: Create event from transaction SM62.

Give event name and description and press save button

Step2: Create a program that triggers this event by calling the FM ‘BP_EVENT_RAISE’. 

*&---------------------------------------------------------------------*
*& Report  Z_TRIGGER_EVENT                                             *
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*&                                                                     *
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*&---------------------------------------------------------------------*

REPORT  Z_TRIGGER_EVENT                         .

CALL FUNCTION 'BP_EVENT_RAISE'
  EXPORTING
    eventid                      = 'Z_TRIGGER_JOB' 
 EXCEPTIONS
   BAD_EVENTID                  = 1
   EVENTID_DOES_NOT_EXIST       = 2
   EVENTID_MISSING              = 3
   RAISE_FAILED                 = 4
   OTHERS                       = 5
          .
IF sy-subrc <> 0.
 Write: 'Event failed to trigger'.
else.
 Write: 'Event triggered'.
ENDIF.

Step3: Configure the background job from transaction SM36. 

In the initial screen give job name and job class and press “Start condition” button.

In the popup screen press “After event” button and give the event name and then press save button.

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