Running reports during certain timeframes only?

Question

In our environment, custom reports have been created which, when run, potentially have the ability to bring the system to its knees.  I would like to set up some type of authorization that allows the running of reports only at a specific times each day so as not to interfere with our heavy demand times.  Is this a possibility, and if so, how do I do this?  Is this something that would be built into the report itself, or is this an actual authorization?  Thank you.

Answer 1

> Is this something that would be built into the report itself, or is this an actual authorization? 
The only actual authorization available for this type of thing is to provide the user only with S_BTCH_JOB authority and not any S_BTCH_ADM. This way, only priority C type jobs will be released by them.
You might want to conside a check upfront in the program to ensure that the report only can run in the background.... system field SY-BATCH can be used for that and possibly also not assign object  S_BTCH_JOB authority to them for JOBACTION 'RELE' (i.e. they cannot release the job) and then only release the already scheduled jobs at certain times.
If these reports have to run in the foreground as well, then you can use system field SY-UZEIT in the program and a check table to set the times at which it can be executed.
The possibilities of performance tuning your programs and several others also come to mind
Cheers,
Julius