SAP BW Background Jobs

In the Job log (SM37) you often see background jobs which have name that begin with 'BI'. The job name is typically generated, and has a format of BI followed by 25 or more characters.

BI_REQD

Example          BI_REQD3LC9UIZZBQU2G6SI6YE6PSHHB

Run by            The background RFC user

Purpose           Part of a data extract from the source system

                        On the source system you would see a job with a name of the format                     BIREQU... to accompany this data extraction job.

BIREQU

Example          BIREQU_3LC9OEL78TWUZEPQR97U7FBSV

Run by            An end user

Purpose           You can see this in the table RSREQICODS

                        This table is a monitor for the saving of the updated IC and ODS per                      request

                        The request number in this table is always REQU.

                        This job is a data load job from the ODS to a cube.

BI_BOOK

Example          BI_BOOK3LIC88JNNG7SEXZP36ZJTIFJM

Run by            The background RFC user

Purpose           Part of a data extract from the source system

BI_DELR

Example           

Run by            An end user

Purpose           This job deletes data from the ODS.

BI_ODSA

Example         

Run by            The background RFC user

Purpose

BI_NEW_

Example         

Run by            An end user

Purpose           This job is used to reconstruct a data target.

BI_COMP

Example         

Run by         An end user

This job is used to compress an InfoCube

BI_AGGR

Example         

Run by        An end user

Purpose      This job is used to roll-up an InfoCube

BI_STRU

Example         

Run by                       

Purpose      These are change runs