Database Reference
In-Depth Information
time. A background job called RSM13005 is used for the collective run instead of the up-
date work processes. Sometimes, the collective run updates are also referred to as U3 up-
dates.
In SAP, updates are programmed in ABAP to be executed in one of the following ways
as shown in
Table 14-2
.
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ABLE
14-2
Update Modes in SAP Standard OLTP
Table 14-3
lists the key temporary update tables where data is written by the screen data
commits. After the SAP transaction is completed, the update work process will take the data
in the update tables and post it to the permanent application tables.
T
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14-3
Update Tables
Update Administration
Updates can be monitored with transaction code SM13. You can select the status of the up-
date in the initial screen and press the
F
8 function key to get a list of updates with that
status, as shown in
Figure 14-10
.
Cancelled updates have to be managed carefully. Usually,
these requests will be processed by working very closely with the owner of the transaction/
business process. Also, update work processes work closely with enqueue work processes.
