SAP Processes in an ABAP Stack - SAP Basis Administration - page 297

• Transaction RZ11 must be used to display and check profile parameter documentation.
• SAP work processes help to execute ABAP programs in the system.
• Dialog work processes help to execute the interactive programs in the system.
• Background work processes help to execute noninteractive, long-running jobs.
• Enqueue work processes help in managing locks.
• Spool work processes help in formatting and printing.
• Update work processes help in managing updates in the system.
• SAP operation modes help to switch between dialog and background work processes,
and vice-versa, based on a timetable.
• SAP logon groups help to perform logon load-balancing functions for the system.
• SAP RFC server groups help in parallelization of the tasks to be executed by the sys-
tem.
Additional Resources
• Configuring SAP logon groups http://help.sap.com/SAPHELP_NW70/ helpdata/EN/
c4/3a64b4505211d189550000e829fbbd/content.htm
• SAP lock concept https://cw.sdn.sap.com/cw/docs/DOC-22824