SAP Basis

Unit 9
251 Scheduling Background Tasks
All aspects of background processing are discussed in detail in this unit.
Caution: The previous successor course BC305 contained a unit
with advanced background processing topics. This course no
longer exits. It was replaced by the new course ADM102. However,
ADM102 does not contain a unit about background processing.
All advanced background processing topics were integrated into
ADM100 (in this unit).
Unit Overview
Thetopicsthatthisunitwilldealwitharethebasicsofbackground
processing, and the scheduling and monitoring of jobs. You will also learn
about special functions and extension options of background processing.
Unit Objectives
After completing this unit, you will be able to:
• Describe the uses of background processing
• Schedule and monitor jobs
• Schedule time-dependent jobs
• Schedule standard jobs
• Schedule event-dependent jobs
• Define and trigger events
• Use additional, special functions of background processing
• Describe how to extend job scheduling using Application
Programming Interfaces
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