SAP ABAP Data Element BTCEVENTID (Background Processing Event)

Hierarchy

☛ SAP_BASIS (Software Component) SAP Basis Component
   ⤷ BC-CCM-BTC (Application Component) Background Processing
     ⤷ SBTI (Package) User Interface and Job-API of Background Processing

Basic Data

Data Element	BTCEVENTID
Short Description	Background Processing Event

Data Type

Category of Dictionary Type	D	Domain
Type of Object Referenced		No Information
Domain / Name of Reference Type	CHAR32
Data Type	CHAR	Character String
Length	32
Decimal Places	0
Output Length	32
Value Table

Further Characteristics

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Field Label

	Length	Field Label
Short	10	Event
Medium	20	Event
Long	38	Background Processing Event
Heading	55	Background Processing Event

Documentation

Definition

Name of the event to which a job is linked.

An event is a signal stating that a predefined status in the system has been reached. The background processing system receives events and then starts the background job/jobs that is/are linked to an event.

Use

Procedure

In the job overview: Enter the event name to list the jobs that are linked to the event.

When scheduling a job: Enter the event name on which the start of this job should depend.

You can specify predefined events of the SAP applications or SAP System kernel or events you defined yourself. Which SAP events you can use is explained in the documentation of the SAP applications.

Scheduling Jobs Periodically

In order to schedule a job each time an event occurs, select Execute job periodically when scheduling.

Dependencies

History

Last changed by/on	SAP	20010130
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