Background processing thru submit

Question

Dear All,
I am using Job_open, Submit <> via Jobname <> and job_close option. but still I am unable to execute the report in background as the same doesn't get schedule. I wanted to konw how the name of the job should be specified as it is not creating any job with the name i am providing.
regards
ag

Answer 1

Hello Friend,
Try this code for example.
Say you have two programs prog-1 and prog-2 may or may not have same selection-screen parameters. And you are calling prog-1 from prog-2.
Write the below code in prog-2.
Select-options:...................
DATA:   jobnam TYPE btcjob value 'JOB1',
             job_released TYPE c,
             cnt LIKE tbtcjob-jobcount,
             stpn LIKE tbtcjob-stepcount,
             strim TYPE c VALUE 'X',
             p_params like pri_params.
initialization.         
start-of-selection.
CALL FUNCTION 'JOB_OPEN'
  EXPORTING
   JOBNAME                = jobnam
   SDLSTRTDT              = sy-datum
   SDLSTRTTM              = sy-uzeit
   JOBCLASS               = 'A'
IMPORTING
   JOBCOUNT               = cnt
EXCEPTIONS
   CANT_CREATE_JOB        = 1
   INVALID_JOB_DATA       = 2
   JOBNAME_MISSING        = 3
   OTHERS                 = 4
  CALL FUNCTION 'GET_PRINT_PARAMETERS'
    EXPORTING
      expiration             = 8
      immediately            = ' '
      new_list_id            = 'X'
      no_dialog              = 'X'
      release                = 'X'
    IMPORTING
      out_parameters         = p_params
    EXCEPTIONS
      archive_info_not_found = 1
      invalid_print_params   = 2
      invalid_archive_params = 3
      OTHERS                 = 4.
  SUBMIT prog-1 TO SAP-SPOOL
  SPOOL PARAMETERS p_params
  WITHOUT SPOOL DYNPRO
  VIA selection-screen
  USER sy-uname
  VIA JOB jobnam NUMBER cnt AND RETURN.
CALL FUNCTION 'JOB_CLOSE'
       EXPORTING
            jobcount             = cnt
            jobname              = jobnam
            strtimmed            = 'X' 
       IMPORTING
            job_was_released     = job_released
       EXCEPTIONS
            cant_start_immediate = 1
            invalid_startdate    = 2
            jobname_missing      = 3
            job_close_failed     = 4
            job_nosteps          = 5
            job_notex            = 6
            lock_failed          = 7
            OTHERS               = 8.
end-of-selection.
Hope this is helpful, if so reward.
Regards,
Vijay