good afternoon,
there has been a number of discussions about the layout of a alv report while running a scheduled job in the background. it seems like it doesn't want to use a layout you have created while using transaction code ME2M.
goto se38 and enter in program rm06em00 and run it with any variant (as long as it is a ALV list). when it completes and you are in the report output (alv), change the layout to whatever you want to see and save it as a global default layout. this layout will not be seen by anyone when running the transaction code ME2M. now, create the background scheduled job (sm36) and use program rm06em00 and use the variant of your choice. the printout will be the same structure as the global default layout you created in se38. you can also setup a recipient in the scheduled job to email this report.
hope this helps out the masses.
thanks.