Report Execution - Background Process

Hi Friends,
I have developed a report program.
I have also created a transaction code for executing it.
Now the user needs to execute this program as a background job.
I have tried with SM36 and SM37 transactions. Here, you need to set the variants and time for execution.
But the user has lots of selection criteria and setting the variants for this requirement is highly impossible.
Kindly let me know whether I can add any additional statements in the program so that the program executes as a background process when initiated th' the selection screen / transaction code.
Kindly provide your suggestions.
Thanks in advance.

Hi Karthik,
Looks like a wrapper ABAP program is required to meet your requirement. This program can be called in the background and in turn can submit the report program that you have created to achieve the actual functionality.
In this wrapper program, you need to create a dynamic variant using FMs (search RSVARIANT in SE37). Here you can populate the fields of the selection screen based on any complex criteria as you mentioned using ABAP statements. The dynamic variant is similar to the variants created on the selection screen.
Once you have the variant (dynamic) ready you can create a background job and submit it within this wrapper program, for which you again have to use the FMs (search createjob*, and go to the function group).
You have to release the submitted job and you can get the status of the job while it is running using the standard FMs provided for this.
Finally, you can create a spool list for the wrapper program that can detail the status of the submitted job.
It is a good idea to delete the dynamic variant once it ahs been used because if required again, it can be created again. If the dynamic variant is created daily or several times a day, it is definitely good to delete it after the use. The right place to do deletion is at the end of the wrapper program after confirming that the job submitted has completed. Or as an alternate strategy, all variants prior to a week can be deleted when the wrapper program runs today (we are using this strategy).
I have used this successfully.
Hope this helps.
Thanks
Sanjeev

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Hi,
Try to see this example and adapt it for your case:
constants :   c_jobname like tbtcjob-jobname value 'ZRFC_CM_38',
              c_jobclass like tbtcjob-jobclass value 'A',
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              c_msgclass type arbgb            value 'ZXXXSD',
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r_auart    for vbak-auart,
r_wbstk    for vbuk-wbstk,
r_mtart    for mara-mtart,
r_reswk    for ekko-reswk,
r_vtweg    for vbak-vtweg.
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        job_nosteps          = 5
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        lock_failed          = 7
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I want help regarding Background Processing.
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Hi Arbind,
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This is because of the printer specification selected while running/scheduling the job.
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Background processing in ALV Oops

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Srilatha.

Hi,
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I am going to try to explain this issue the best I can. Please let me know if you need any other information or have any ideas as I have exhausted my resources. We have an ASP.NET application that has highly formatted crystal reports in them that the users can export as PDFs. All reports export without a problem when the application is run off of our desktops. The reports use a sql server authenticated user, executing stored procedures, and each subreport is linked by the main parameter. We are using Visual Studio 2008 version 3.5 SP1 with Crystal Reports Basic for Visual Studio 2008 on Windows 7 Enterprise SP1. We have designed the reports in Crystal Reports XI Release 2 (11.5.12.1838) and imported them into the ASP.NET application. When trying to export the reports as PDFs from the development or production servers, we get the error message below for some, not all, reports:
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Hi Brad
I'm not sure that Modules would show us anything in this case, so let's try a few other things:
1) Make sure you are using SP 1 for Crystal Reports Basic Runtime for Visual Studio:
Crystal Reports for VS 2005 and VS 2008 Updates & Runtime Downloads
2) Seeing as this works on dev, this may be some db inconsistency so enabling the report option "Verify on 1st Print" will be a good idea.
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If I was a betting man, I'd put most of my money on the printer driver (based on your last addition to your post). What ever money I had left would go to some database issue (be it actual data or client related).
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See [Crystal Reports For Visual Studio 2005 Walkthroughs|https://www.sdn.sap.com/irj/boc/index?rid=/library/uuid/2081b4d9-6864-2b10-f49d-918baefc7a23&overridelayout=true] article, page 107 and on for details on how to use Crystal reports in session.
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