Clean out old job logs in SAP

Cleaning the Job Log

1.  Log on to the appropriate SAP instance and client.

2.  Go to transaction SE38 and type in Program name RSBTCDEL and click on the Execute button.

3.  On the Delete batch jobs screen, fill in the filtering information you need.  It is suggested that Delete with forced mode be “on”.  Click on the Execute button. 

4.  A status message will appear in the bottom Status Bar as the list of job logs to be deleted is built.  Once all the specified job logs have been deleted, a final total of jobs logs cleaned will appear in the bottom Status Bar.

Modifying a Released or Scheduled Job

1.  Log on to the appropriate SAP instance and client as either the user ID owning the job or an administrator ID.

2.  Go to transaction SM37.

3.  On the Simple Job Selection screen, fill in the Job name field or use any of the screens filtering options to produce a list from which you can see the job to be changed.  In order for a job to be changed, it has to have a status of Schedule or Released so turn those statuses “on” and turn the rest “off”.  Click on the Execute button.

4.  On the Job Overview screen, click “on” the line containing the job to be changed and then click Job → Change.

5.  On the Change Job screen, make your changes and then click Save.  If you have more than one occurance of the same job in your list, you must change each job scheduled to run earlier than that job you just changed.  Once the job you changed runs, all occurences of the jobs running after that date will be changed as well.

Deleting a Released of Scheduled Job

1.  Log on to the appropriate SAP instance and client as either the user ID owning the job or an administrator ID.

2.  Go to transaction SM37.

3.  On the Simple Job Selection screen, fill in the Job name field or use any of the screens filtering options to produce a list from which you can see the job to be deleted.  In order for all occurances of a job to be deleted, all statuses of the job should be checked “on”.  And enter an all-encompassing date like 01-01-1990 through 12-31-2010.  Click on the Execute button.

4.  On the Job Overview screen, click “on” all the perpetent line containing the job(s) to be deleted and then click on the Delete job from database button.

5.  On the Delete Scheduled Jobs? popup, confirm the deletion.