Scheduling jobs in different app server

Hi all,
Does anyone knows how to schedule a background job in a specific app server, by using FM JOB_SUBMIT / JOB_CLOSE?
I've analysed SAP documentation for these FMs and it says that the parameter EXTPGM_SYSTEM can be used to inform the app server in which the program will be ran. However, it seems to be for external programs and my requirement is just to set a abap report to run in a specific app server.
SAP documentation says:
EXTPGM_SYSTEM Parameter
Name of the host system on which an external program is to be run. You must supply a value for this parameter.
Note: You must specify both the name of an external program and the name of the system on which it is to be executed.
As I don't have an external program, just the abap report, I'm not sure I can use such parameter to schedule the job at the desired app server.
Please advise.
Thanks,
Rafael.

Kartik,
there is another program which people uses to read the generated files. As per the server load balancing, some output files are being created in server A, and some in server B. With this parameter, the output files would be generated only in server A.
So, Bryan, that does make sense.
So, you mean I should consider only JOB_CLOSE in order to inform target system? Should I ignore the external program parameters in JOB_OPEN?

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