C-LANG Statements › STARTMODE Statement—Specify Startmode for Readied Job

STARTMODE Statement—Specify Startmode for Readied Job

The STARTMODE statement specifies the action to take when the job is readied on the SAP system.

Supported Job Types

This statement is optional for the following job types:

• SAP Batch Input Session
• SAP Job Copy
• SAP R/3

Syntax

This statement has the following format:

STARTMODE N|I|A

N

Does not release the job.

I

Releases the job immediately. If no free background processing is available, the job is not released and stays in the Scheduled SAP job state.

A

Releases the job as soon as possible.

Example: Release the Job Immediately

This example runs the job immediately assuming free background processing is available:

SAPJOBNAME SAPTEST
AGENT SAPHTAGENT
STARTMODE I
ABAPNAME BTCTEST
   VARIANT TEST
   SAPTARGETSYSTEM tst005