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CallFunctionmoduleINBACKGROUNDTASKExecuteabapcodeinseperatebackgroundprocess

TheINBACKGROUNDTASKstatementallowsyoutoexecuteremoteenabledfunctionmodulesinabackgroundtaskasynchronously.Becarefulthoughtasitmightnotquiteworkasitappearstooi.e.IfyoudebugtheABAPprogramlogicitwillstepovertheFMontothenextlineofcode,notwaitingforthisfunctionmoduletofinishitprocessing.Butthisdoesntmeanithasgoneofftostarttheprocessingatthispointasithasnot!!Ithassimplycreatedthebackgroundtaskreadyforprocessingandwillnotactuallybeexecuteduntilacommitworkisreachedinthecurrentlogicalunitofwork.

Sobasicallyifyouwantittogooffandperformthisbackgroundprocessingstraightawayyouneedtoaddacommitworkafterthecallfunctioninbackgroundtaskcommand.

JustincaseyouareinterestedinthetechnicaldetailswhenyoumakethecallusingtheinbackgroundtaskadditionSAPstorestheFMname,destinationandanyparametersintablesARFCSSTATE&ARFCSDATAforthecurrentLogicalunitofwork.TheseentriescanalsobeenseenusingtcodeSE58.Pleasenotethisdataisnotavailablehereafterthetaskhasfinishedprocessing.

Althoughthismayseemstrangeatfirstitdoesallowyoutoperformotherfunctionalityfirstandonlytriggersthebackgroundtaskifalliswellwiththatanditiscommittedtothedatabaseok.Alsothebackgroundtaskswillbeprocessedintheordertheyhavebeenregistered.

ASSEPARATEUNITTheasseparateunitadditionisusedifyouarecallingthesameFMmultipletimesorFMswithinthesamefunctiongroup.Itbasicallyensureseachcallisprocessedwithinitsowncontextandisnotaffectedbyglobaldatachangesfromotherfunctioncalls.

DESTINATIONThissimpleallowsyoutospecifyadifferentRFCdestination

ExampleABAPcodetoExecuteFMinbackgroundtask

CALLFUNCTION'Z_FMODULE'INBACKGROUNDTASKEXPORTINGP_UNAME=syuname.

*INBACKGROUNDTASKadditionaloptionsCALLFUNCTION'Z_FMODULE'INBACKGROUNDTASKASSEPARATEUNITDESTINATION'NONE'EXPORTINGP_UNAME=syuname.

breakpoint."doesnotwaitandcontinueswithnextlineofABAPcode

CommitWork."Backgroundtaskisonlytriggeredatthispoint.

"loopatitabintowa_itab."..."endloop.

Alsosee:STARTINGNEWTASKINUPDATETASKINBACKGROUNDTASK

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