Work Processes

Several types of work processes execute behind-the-scenes in your SAP system, performing different types of functions—all of which can be customized. Work processes perform the bulk of the processing carried out by SAP, including performing dialog steps in user transactions, database updates, and record-lock management. If you are curious to see which work processes are executing at any given time in your SAP system, use the transaction code /nSM50. Check out the example in Figure 14.7.

Figure 14.7. The SAP Process Overview screen displays a list of configured work processes (both active and inactive) for a particular application server.
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Types of work processes include

  • Dialog

  • Background

  • Synchronous Update ...

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