Schedule a Background job in SAP ABAP (SM36)

To Schedule a Background job first Pre-Requisite is to create a Variant.

To Create a Variant, see below post:

"How to Create a Variant in SAP ABAP"

Next step is to Create a Background Job:

GoTo SM36.

Give the Name of the Job and Press Enter or Click on Save.

A Pop-Up will be opened with Default User-Id and Job Name.

Select the Variant Name by using F4 help or by manually giving the name of the variant, and click on Save Button.

Then Come Back to the Define background Job Screen, and select Start Condition.

In the Pop-Up click on Date/Time push button, and type in date and time at which you would like trigger this Job and then select Save Button.

Click on Save Button.

After the Scheduled date and Time you can see the logs in SM37.


To View Processed Background Job logs, see below post:

"Tutorial to View Processed background Job in SAP ABAP (SM37)"