Process Chain - What is Scheduled

I haven't found an easy way to find out what PCs are scheduled to run in the future, i.e. overnite.
I know that from RSPC, I can can click on the "Job Overview" button, and filter only "Released" jobs for a particular date range. Those jobs all say "BI_PROCESS_TRIGGER", but they don't say much about what they actually are.
Is there an easy way to get a picture of what is scheduled to run, including the PC name or description?

The way that RSPCM is configured on our system, it only shows jobs in the past, not the future.
Can RSPCM be changed to show the future? Unless I am missing something, RSPCM doesn't seem like a very flexible screen. I don't know of a way to create different views, or customize the view for each user.

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what do we mean about this
can anyone will let me know in detail and how to correct this?
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balaji

Hi balaji,
how big is your process chain ? I got a similar problem when I build a metachain with a lot of processes in the chain (more than 60). In this case, the error message is deceiving. If your process chain has similar numbers of processes, check OSS 942804 (Jobcount handling).
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In my requirement is to schedule the process chain 3 times a day but different times like 5am, 12pm, and 4pm.
Could you please anyone reply to step by step procedure.
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Sathis

Hi,
1)You can make the process chain to be trigered by an event.
You create user events in SM62. In SM62, next to "User even names", click on Maintain and press Enter. Click on the Create icon to create a new event (let's call it ZEVENT).
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Next, create an ABAP program (let's call it Z_EVENT_RAISE) to call the function module BP_EVENT_RAISE. You're code can look like this:
codeREPORT Z_EVENT_RAISE.
PARAMETERS: P_EVENT LIKE TBTCO-EVENTID.
CALL FUNCTION 'BP_EVENT_RAISE'
EXPORTING
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IF sy-subrc 0.
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and you can copy this job to schedule it three times a day.
2)In the Start process of your process chain, select Direct Scheduling and then click the Change Selections icon. This will bring you to the Start Time window where you can put in the Date/Time you want to start your process chain. At the bottom of this window, click on the Periodic job box and you will notice another icon way at the bottom called Period Values. Click this to determine what frequency the job should be rescheduled (ie. daily, weekly, etc.).
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Cheta,
You can create the IPG with the selction of all infopackages in RSA1-Modelling Area to automate those loads automatically. That means it will trigger only those IP's which have been pooled up in that IGP...
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I have this issue. I need to run one process chain in different schedule. For example:
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Víctor Olivera

Hi,
maintain variant>change selections>after at operation mode if you further check the double arrow button it will leads you to workday/time screen
check if it works for you coz' it has following option"Do not execute before"
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User wants to schedule the process chain - what is the best practice

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Hi Senthil
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Process Chain execute method Schedule or Execute Synchronously

Hi Expert:
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Hi prashanthk
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How to trigger a process chain using external scheduler ?

Hi all,
we have a requirement wherein we need to trigger the process chains from an external scheduler used by client rather than directly scheduling it through BW scheduler.So any pointers on this will be heplful.

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Process chain colour: active/scheduled?

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Can i see from just looking at a process chain in RSPC whether or not it is scheduled and active?
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Neil

Hi Neil Aldum,
1) Go to particular chain which u r going to monitor in RSPC.
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Hi Srinivas,
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Process Chain Activate and Schedule

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DV

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Process chain--how to schedule the variant even if there is no repeat opt.

Hello Gurus,
Can anybody help me out like the issue was...
when monitoring the process-chain,the variant-load infopackage was successfully completed the status was green,and next to that there was a update from the PSA variant and then to that there is a ATTR.chane run variant,process chain strucked at these two variants.when i look into that there was no repeat option on both the variants. so how could i schedule that from at that point.
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Hi Dilip,
You have to do the remaining process steps manually.
If the the failed process step is loading proces step, then make the QM status of that upload to Red and then refresh the process chain.. Some times you will get the repeate option with that.
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Blog for this : /people/siegfried.szameitat/blog/2006/02/26/restarting-processchains
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Hi Manish,
1)You can make the process chain to be trigered by an event.
You do so by having the Job that start the PC start after an Event.
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There is an ABAP program you can use that fires events (FM -> BP_EVENT_RAISE).
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