Scheduled back ground job not finishing

[Former Member]

hie gurus, i need your help with back ground scheduling , i have created a background schedule to run my program after every 30min . in the job overview it shows my job released and active but its not finishing processing . the program being run picks up data from an external data base and then inserting via BDC call transaction. i have tried with a different program that inserts data into a database table and its executing and finishing well in the back ground. What could be the problem ? and how can i debug a back ground job ??

[Former Member]

Daniel,

To start, BDCs are very out-dated. I would look for a BAPI if you are calling std SAP functionality.

Also - direct updates into std SAP tables is a HUGE "no-no"... I hope that you are updating custom tables only.

Pass that - to debug a b/g job--->

1) Set a breakpoint in your program

2) select the job in SM37

3) enter JDBG into the SAP fastpath of the SM37 screen and press ENTER

This will navigate you into a b/g debug - you can then press the debugger buttons to move to your breakpoint.

Hope that helps.

[Former Member]

hie i have managed to debug but there are no errors , i can process it right through the end and it creates the material but stil the program is not finishing in the job overview , it just remains active