Jobs in a Process Chain

Hi All,
I have a scenario where 5 jobs needs to be executed one after the other in a PC.
3 are getting executed correctly. 4th job is failing and due to this PC is shows failed status.
If i restart the Process chain. I dont want the first 3 jobs to execute again. It should start with 4th job .
Do i need to goto SM37 and cancell the first 3 jobs after scheduling the PC or is it something to do with Proces type maintenece?
Regards
Satish

Hi,
Iam wondering why you wnat to start the process chain all over again. If your first 3 steps have run successfully, and your 4th step faield for some reason, you can just fix the issue and then continure the process chain from there as provided by the above link.
If that is what you want and all the processes are IP's then you need to create a IP group and then re reun the IP group by de selecting the first 3 IP's to run the 4th onwards.
Regards,
Srini

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Job 29006 - CCMS job BI_PROCESS_ODSACTIVAT (GBD/100) Actions
Description CCMS job BI_PROCESS_ODSACTIVAT (GBD/100)
Job Id 29006
Parent Job 29005 - BW Process X0DMMB52_ACTIVATE (GBD/100)
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Comment This job represents a monitored SAP batch job. The SAP batch job runs under control of the SAP batch system.
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Files
Name Size
log 23895 Details u2026
Queue GBD_Queue
Process Server GBD_ProcessServer
Forced Process Server GBD_ProcessServer
Priority 50
Start time Requested: Sep 12, 1:43:19 PM, Actual: Sep 12, 1:43:19 PM (0:00:00:000 difference)
Requested Start Time Type User Set
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Scheduled Start Sep 12, 1:43:19 PM
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Remote Information
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Remote Status Finished
Remote Id J/RFCUSER/BI_PROCESS_ODSACTIVAT/13430000
Remote Event RSPROCESS
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Remote Run Start Sep 12, 1:43:19 PM
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JOBCOUNT 13430000   Details u2026
CLIENT 100   Details u2026
SAP_USER_NAME RFCUSER   Details u2026
SHOWLOG Y   Details u2026
SHOWSPOOL Y   Details u2026
DELETE_JOB N   Details u2026
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