Process chain - schedule for certain days

Question

Hello all,
How can I schedule a process chain that :
-should run 3 times per day
-between the 8th and the 12 workingday of a month
Any sugesstions?
Thank you.

Answer 1

Maybe I cna help others with my solution.
So...
I made the chain to run 3 times per day as Debjani advidced me in this thread.
I put 3 jobs, at the hours I wanted, the period daily, without weekends and holidays.
I made a reports that tests the 18-th working day (for example) and some others:
REPORT  Z_DAYS.
TABLES : TFACS.
DATA: GI_CURSOR TYPE CURSOR,
      GI_TABIX  TYPE SY-TABIX,
      GT_TFACS  TYPE TABLE OF TFACS.
DATA: TEXT(50) TYPE C,
      LEN TYPE I,
      IND TYPE I,
      POS TYPE I,
      CNT_ONE TYPE I,
      CNT_ZERO TYPE I,
      DAY_VAR TYPE I,
      IND_VAR(3) TYPE C.
DATA: EVENTID LIKE TBTCJOB-EVENTID.
DATA: EVENTPARM LIKE TBTCJOB-EVENTPARM.
FIELD-SYMBOLS:  <GT_TFACS> TYPE TFACS.
DAY_VAR = SY-DATUM+6(2).
OPEN CURSOR GI_CURSOR FOR
*select data for factory calender Germany (01) and year 2009
SELECT * FROM TFACS
  WHERE IDENT EQ '01' AND JAHR EQ SY-DATUM+0(4).
IF SY-SUBRC NE 0.
  EXIT.
ENDIF.
MOVE 100 TO GI_TABIX.
DO.
  FETCH NEXT CURSOR GI_CURSOR
   INTO TABLE GT_TFACS
   PACKAGE SIZE GI_TABIX.
  IF SY-SUBRC NE 0.
    EXIT.
  ENDIF.
*loop on internal table
  LOOP AT GT_TFACS ASSIGNING <GT_TFACS>.
    TEXT = <GT_TFACS>-MON01.
    LEN = STRLEN( TEXT ).
    WRITE : 'len' , LEN.
    DO LEN TIMES.
      IND = SY-INDEX.
      POS = SY-TABIX.
      IND = IND - 1.
      IND_VAR = IND + 1.
      WRITE: / 'ind', IND_VAR.
      WRITE : 'pos'.
      WRITE POS.
      IF TEXT+IND(POS) = '1'.
*number of working days increases with 1
        CNT_ONE  = CNT_ONE + 1.
        IF CNT_ONE EQ 8 AND ( DAY_VAR = IND_VAR ).
          WRITE : / '8th working day'.
          EXIT.
        ELSEIF CNT_ONE EQ 9 AND ( DAY_VAR = IND_VAR ).
          WRITE : / '9th working day'.
          EXIT.
        ELSEIF CNT_ONE EQ 10 AND ( DAY_VAR = IND_VAR ).
          WRITE : / '10th working day'.
          EXIT.
        ELSEIF CNT_ONE EQ 11 AND ( DAY_VAR = IND_VAR ).
          WRITE : / '11th working day'.
          EXIT.
        ELSEIF CNT_ONE EQ 17 AND ( DAY_VAR = IND_VAR ).
          WRITE : / '17th working day' COLOR 5.
          EVENTID = 'ZE_PROD'.
          EVENTPARM = 'ZEP_PROD'.
          CALL FUNCTION 'RSSM_EVENT_RAISE'
            EXPORTING
              I_EVENTID              = EVENTID
              I_EVENTPARM            = EVENTPARM
            EXCEPTIONS
              BAD_EVENTID            = 1
              EVENTID_DOES_NOT_EXIST = 2
              EVENTID_MISSING        = 3
              RAISE_FAILED           = 4
              OTHERS                 = 5.
         IF NOT SY-SUBRC IS INITIAL.
           WRITE:/ 'EVENT DID NOT START'.
         ENDIF.
          EXIT.
        ELSEIF CNT_ONE EQ 18 AND ( DAY_VAR = IND_VAR ).
          WRITE : / '18th working day' COLOR 5.
          EVENTID = 'ZE_PROD'.
          EVENTPARM = 'ZEP_PROD'.
          CALL FUNCTION 'RSSM_EVENT_RAISE'
            EXPORTING
              I_EVENTID              = EVENTID
              I_EVENTPARM            = EVENTPARM
            EXCEPTIONS
              BAD_EVENTID            = 1
              EVENTID_DOES_NOT_EXIST = 2
              EVENTID_MISSING        = 3
              RAISE_FAILED           = 4
              OTHERS                 = 5.
         IF NOT SY-SUBRC IS INITIAL.
           WRITE:/ 'EVENT DID NOT START'.
         ENDIF.
          EXIT.
        ENDIF.
      ELSEIF TEXT+IND(POS) = '0'.
*number of holidays days increases with 1
        CNT_ZERO = CNT_ZERO + 1.
      ENDIF.
    ENDDO.
    WRITE : /.
    WRITE: 'January :' COLOR 1, <GT_TFACS>-MON01.
  ENDLOOP.
  REFRESH GT_TFACS.
ENDDO.
WRITE / .
WRITE ' The number of working days is :'.
WRITE CNT_ONE COLOR 5.
WRITE / .
WRITE ' The number of holiday days is :'.
WRITE CNT_ZERO COLOR 7.
WRITE : /  DAY_VAR.
CLOSE CURSOR GI_CURSOR.
When I am in the 18-th day, I raise an event. I test the year,the calender of the system and the month (January).
This report is called in the chain, as ABAP process.
Then, in my chain , I put a local chain , that starts after it receives the event 'ZE_PROD' and the parameter for it 'ZE_PROD'.
This event with parameter has to be created in SM62.
I hope this helps and thank you all for the advices.
PS: - the factory calender method seems not to be to good, because need special rights to create it and I don' t think it's possible to customize it (because the holiday calender has to be changed and I did not see how).
Edited by: EMI on Jan 27, 2009 4:21 PM