SAP Basis

Unit 9: Scheduling Background Tasks ADM100
Dialog work processes should be able to respond to end users’ requests
quickly. Dialog resources should therefore not be burdened with
long-running programs. This can lead to bottlenecks in the dialog response
time. The system profile parameter rdisp/max_wprun_time exists for this
reason. It limits the maximum runtime of a dialog step within a dialog
work process. This should ensure that dialog work processes are not
blocked by long-running programs, interfering with online operation.
After the maximum runtime has elapsed, the program is terminated.
Figure 92: Why Background Processing?
You can use the background work processes for long-running tasks. These
are sometimes also called “batch work processes”.
Normally, background processing is used not only for long-running, but
also for recurrent tasks. Examples of this type of task are the daily database
backup or the month end work for financial accounting.
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