Remember how with CALL FUNCTION IN UPDATE TASK you could delay some actions until the moment of a COMMIT?

Here’s how you can do the same thing (although it’s not exactly the same thing).

SAP throws event cl_system_transaction_state=>transaction_finished every time a COMMIT is performed. So, if you have actions that need to be executed only after a COMMIT, here’s how to do it.

First, declare a method in your class as an event handler for this event:

METHODS on_transaction_finished
  FOR EVENT transaction_finished OF cl_system_transaction_state
  IMPORTING kind.

In this method, you can execute whatever you want to happen only after a COMMIT:

METHOD on_transaction_finished.
  WRITE / 'Hello, after commit'.
ENDMETHOD.

Then, you just need to subscribe to this method:

METHOD execute.
  " (...)
  SET HANDLER on_transaction_finished.
  " (...)
ENDMETHOD.

Now, whenever a COMMIT occurs, SAP will call the execute method.

Note that you can even have multiple classes or instances subscribe to this event at the same time.

Thank you Dries Van Damme for the tip!

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