C-LANG Statements › PRINTIMMED Statement—Specify Immediate Print After Job Completion

PRINTIMMED Statement—Specify Immediate Print After Job Completion

The PRINTIMMED statement specifies whether to print the job immediately after the job completes.

Supported Job Types

This statement is optional for the following job types:

• SAP Batch Input Session
• SAP Data Archiving
• SAP R/3

Syntax

This statement has the following format:

PRINTIMMED YES|NO

YES

Prints the job immediately after completion.

NO

Does not print the job immediately after completion. The job output remains on spool.

Notes:

• Use the PRINTIMMED statement before the first ABAPNAME statement to set the default value for subsequent steps.
• Use the PRINTIMMED statement within the boundaries of the step definition (between two ABAPNAME statements or between an ABAPNAME statement and the end of the job definition) to define the value for that step.
• PRINTIMMED corresponds to the SAPGUI Spool options, Print immediately field on the Background Print Parameters dialog.

Example: Print the Job Immediately After Completion

This example prints the job immediately after completion for the BTCTEST ABAP:

SAPJOBNAME SAPTEST
AGENT SAPHTAGENT
SAPUSER J01PROD
ABAPNAME BTCTEST
   VARIANT TEST
   PRINTIMMED YES