Online and batch job running concurrently in SAP FI-CA

[sanjay_misra]

Hi experts,

Could anyone let me know of any issues which might crop up while online and batch jobs are executed concurrently in SAP FI-CA?

If yes,then what should be the design considerations to avoid such issues?

Many thanks,

Sanjay Misra

[former_member215295 · Accepted solution]

Hi Sanjay,

One thing we encountered ,If you are running multiple FICA jobs at the same time there will be object locking issue which means system will throw an error saying the it can't post because some other job locked the accounts.

Thanks,

Vikram

[sanjay_misra]

Hi Vikram,

What are the design considerations to avoid such issues?

Thanks and best regards,

Sanjay Misra

[william_eastman]

Sanjay:

There is no workaround.  FICA mass activities (where posting is involved) cannot be run concurrently without generating locking issues.  They should be run sequentially - and with larger number of processors - so that they finish more rapidly.

regards,

bill.

[Former Member]

Hi Sanjay,

William is correct in this scenario. You cann't run some processes where the object should be block while it run in background.

Some of the processes in FICA are: FPMA, FPVA, FPINTM1, FPRW etc.

There is only one solution to overcome from this and this is, you need to run these programmes in parellal jobs assigning maximum allotable jobs. And break into short intervals.

Regards,

Akhil

[former_member199199]

Hi Sanjay,

Most of the FICA processed are driven by batch like, payment, auto clearing, dunning, mercantile release etc.

So I would suggest to trigger the batches after business hours and run them serially.

You can also divide the full customer portfolio in several ranges and can run those ranges parallely.

Thanks,

Bodhisattwa