Understanding Report Interconnects
You can use report interconnects to launch reports and batch applications from:
Another batch application
An interactive application
How the system processes the batch application information depends upon the type of processing selected:
Synchronous
Synchronous is the default processing method. If you select synchronous processing of the report interconnect, the initiating process waits until the batch application has finished before it continues running the original application.
Asynchronous
If you select asynchronous processing, the initiating process starts another process and continues to run the original application. The two processes run separately but at the same time.