"No List Available" in spool.

Question

Hi All,
I am generating a report in foreground using SQ01 is SAP Query and I am getting proper data in ALV format.But whenever I am running it in background , after completion of the program ,I am getting an error message " No List Available " Although it is taking the same time to run as that of it takes in forefround. 
Could you please help me ?
Regards
Jeetu

Answer 1

Hi,
It seems you are doing SUBMIT JOB instead of JOB_SUBMIT. The control is coming back to the calling program before the spool is executed.
Include the following logic, which won't come back to the calling program unless the background job is COMPLETED or CANCELLED.
FORM get_spool_details .
CLEAR : w_spool_number.
REFRESH : i_jobsteplist.
CHECK WHETHER STATUS OF JOB IS COMPLETED OR CANCELLED
WHILE 1 = 1.
GET THE JOB STEPLIST WHICH HAS THE SPOOL NUMBER
CALL FUNCTION 'BP_JOB_READ'
EXPORTING
job_read_jobcount = w_jobcount
job_read_jobname = w_jobname
job_read_opcode = '35'
JOB_STEP_NUMBER =
IMPORTING
job_read_jobhead = wa_jobhead
TABLES
job_read_steplist = i_jobsteplist
CHANGING
RET =
EXCEPTIONS
invalid_opcode = 1
job_doesnt_exist = 2
job_doesnt_have_steps = 3
OTHERS = 4
IF sy-subrc <> 0.
MESSAGE ID sy-msgid TYPE sy-msgty NUMBER sy-msgno
WITH sy-msgv1 sy-msgv2 sy-msgv3 sy-msgv4.
ENDIF.
IF STATUS OF JOB IS COMPLETED(F) OR CANCELLED(A)
READ THE JOBSTEPLIST & GET THE SPOOL NUMBER
IF wa_jobhead-status = 'A' OR wa_jobhead-status = 'F'.
READ TABLE i_jobsteplist INTO wa_jobsteplist INDEX 1.
CHECK wa_jobsteplist-listident <> space.
w_spool_number = wa_jobsteplist-listident.
EXIT.
ENDIF.
ENDWHILE.
If you want the spool content into an internal table, then use the following FM :
CALL FUNCTION 'RSPO_RETURN_ABAP_SPOOLJOB'
EXPORTING
rqident = w_spool_number
FIRST_LINE = 1
LAST_LINE =
TABLES
buffer = i_buffer
EXCEPTIONS
no_such_job = 1
not_abap_list = 2
job_contains_no_data = 3
selection_empty = 4
no_permission = 5
can_not_access = 6
read_error = 7
OTHERS = 8
IF sy-subrc <> 0.
MESSAGE ID SY-MSGID TYPE SY-MSGTY NUMBER SY-MSGNO
WITH SY-MSGV1 SY-MSGV2 SY-MSGV3 SY-MSGV4.
ENDIF.
Best regards,
Prashant