Scheduling process chain 3 specific times a day

Question

Hi ,
my requirement is to schedule a process chain 3 times a day.
i have gone through the forum and got the solution EVENTS.
please provide me how to do this in detail like step by step.
how to create a event in SM64 and how we will define the time there.
and creating a ZPROGRAM with the function module (please provide step bystep).
thanks
Sridhar

Answer 1

You create user events in SM62.  In SM62, next to "User even names", click on <b>Maintain</b> and press Enter.  Click on the Create icon to create a new event (let's call it ZEVENT).
Next, in your process chain, change the Start variant to be scheduled "After event", and put in ZEVENT for the event name.  Also, click on the "Periodic job" at the bottom.  This will automatically reschedule the jobs for the process chain after it executes.
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:
REPORT Z_EVENT_RAISE.
PARAMETERS: P_EVENT LIKE TBTCO-EVENTID.
CALL FUNCTION 'BP_EVENT_RAISE'
EXPORTING
EVENTID = P_EVENT.
IF sy-subrc <> 0.
* MESSAGE ID SY-MSGID TYPE SY-MSGTY NUMBER SY-MSGNO
* WITH SY-MSGV1 SY-MSGV2 SY-MSGV3 SY-MSGV4.
ENDIF.
This ABAP program will prompt for an event name, so you will need to create a variant (let's call it ZEVENT) which will save the value of the event name (also ZEVENT).  You will need the variant name to be able to trigger the event in a batch job.
Now all you need is the batch job.  Use tcode SM36 to create a batch job where you call the ABAP program (Z_EVENT_RAISE) using the variant (ZEVENT).
Note, SM64 only triggers an event manually.
Does this help?
Oh, and you can copy this job to schedule it three times a day.
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