You may have started an IRIS transaction and just as you hit submit, realized that you did not put in enough selection criteria. Maybe you submitted a financial report without specifying your cost center or funds center or submitted an employee report without specifying a personnel number. This can result in the IRIS trying to process a vast amount of data and the screen just spins.
There is a way to stop runaway jobs in IRIS. We sometimes refer to it as “the hidden menu” because you have to know it is there to use it! To access the menu, click the icon in the upper left hand corner of the screen that looks like this: 
. When you click on the icon while your screen is spinning, you will see a menu with a number of items. Alternatively, you can press and hold the ALT key and click the SPACE bar to access the menu.
One of the choices on the menu is “Stop Transaction.” If you click on this option, the transaction you have submitted will cease processing and you will be returned to the SAP Easy Access menu. At this point, you can access the transaction again, enter all of the selection criteria and resubmit your request.
For additional assistance utilizing IRIS, please visit our instructional documents and videos on the IRIS Help website. You can also submit a help ticket online if you have additional questions.