Job Scheduling Wizard

The job scheduling wizard is an automated, step-by-step guide through the job scheduling process. It prompts you for information as you go, so there’s no need to memorize the process or to spend unnecessary time looking through menus or screens trying to figure out how to schedule jobs.

Schedule background jobs manually, without using the wizard, by calling Transaction SM36.

Use

Start the job scheduling wizard from Transaction SM36 either by selecting Goto ® Wizard version or just using the Job wizard button. Then simply follow the directions and prompts provided.

The wizard prompts you for information about the job you are creating and scheduling, including:

• the job's name and
priority
• whether the job should run on a particular server
• whether each
step within the job will be an ABAP program or an external program or command
• when, and based
on what conditions, a job will start to run
• if
the job should repeat, and if so when and how often
• and whether it should automatically follow, or be followed by, another job

Once a job has been created, or scheduled for the first time, you can reschedule or modify the job with Transaction SM37, Job Overview. To specify which jobs to include in the job overview, you'll need to first complete the Job Selection screen.

Using the Job Wizard will let you quickly and effectively define jobs in a majority of cases. In those cases where you need to change the assigned user for the job definition or when jobs contain more than 8 or 9 steps.