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<P><FONT SIZE=3D2 FACE=3D"Courier New">Hi everybody. I have a question abou=
t=
some information that I'm seeing in the technical workflow log for a =
purchase order approval workflow that we're running. Below is the section o=
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the log that I have questions on. My questions are:</FONT></P>
<P><FONT SIZE=3D2 FACE=3D"Courier New">- shouldn't the agent for all log =
steps under the Background Step (number 792526) be the Workflow WF-Batch =
user? It appears that the system is using the dialog user's ID to execute a=
t=
least a portion of the background processing, which I think might lead to =
security problems.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT SIZE=3D2 FACE=3D"Courier New">- the order of the steps listed unde=
r=
the Background Step seems strange. Why are there two lines for =
"Execution started automatically" after the line for "Work =
item processing complete"? </FONT></P>
<P><FONT SIZE=3D2 FACE=3D"Courier New">Are these just quirks in the way the=
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log information is presented, or do they indicate a possible problem with =
this workflow? Thanks for any information you can provide.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT SIZE=3D2 FACE=3D"Courier New">Sample from the technical log</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=3D2 FACE=3D"Courier =
New">=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=
=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=3D2 FACE=3D"Courier =
New">G &nb=
sp; =
783074 19 Approve/Endorse PO 4500016049 Line 00020 =
( =
Approved &=
nbsp; =
07.02.2002 12:06:59 0s</FONT></P>
<P><FONT SIZE=3D2 FACE=3D"Courier New">G Workflow =
WF-Batch Dialog work item =
created &n=
bsp; =
07.02.2002 12:06:59 FLOWITEM 000000783 =
=
TS91000003</FONT></P>
<P><FONT SIZE=3D2 FACE=3D"Courier New">G John =
Smith Completed by =
hand  =
; =
07.02.2002 =
14:11:12 &=
nbsp; =
E10912</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=3D2 FACE=3D"Courier New">G John =
Smith Work item =
reserved &=
nbsp; =
07.02.2002 14:11:12</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=3D2 FACE=3D"Courier New">G John =
Smith Work item =
processing =
complete =
07.02.2002 14:11:12</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=3D2 FACE=3D"Courier =
New"> &nbs=
p; =
28 Set STATUS to =
M &n=
bsp;  =
; =
STATUS set to M 07.02.2002 =
14:11:12 &=
nbsp; &nbs=
p; &=
nbsp; =
</FONT></P>
<P><FONT SIZE=3D2 FACE=3D"Courier =
New"> &nbs=
p; =
86 Approver or =
Endorser? =
=
=
Approver &=
nbsp; =
07.02.2002 =
14:11:12 &=
nbsp; &nbs=
p; &=
nbsp; =
</FONT></P>
<P><FONT SIZE=3D2 FACE=3D"Courier =
New">G &nb=
sp; =
792526 35 Background Step to Update line =
status &nb=
sp; =
=
07.02.2002 14:11:12 1s</FONT></P>
<P><FONT SIZE=3D2 FACE=3D"Courier New">G John =
Smith Background work=
=
item =
created &n=
bsp;=
07.02.2002 14:11:12 FLOWITEM 000000783 =
=
TS91000008</FONT></P>
<P><FONT SIZE=3D2 FACE=3D"Courier New">R1 John =
Smith =
SWW_BI_EXECUTE_S  =
; &n=
bsp; =
07.02.2002 14:11:12</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=3D2 FACE=3D"Courier New">G Workflow =
WF-Batch Work item processing =
complete =
07.02.2002 14:11:12 =
ZBUS2012Ln =
450001604900020</FONT></P>
<P><FONT SIZE=3D2 FACE=3D"Courier New">G John =
Smith Execution =
started automatically =
=
07.02.2002 14:11:12</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=3D2 FACE=3D"Courier New">R2 John =
Smith Execution =
started automatically =
=
07.02.2002 14:11:12</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=3D2 FACE=3D"Courier New">Notes:</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=3D2 FACE=3D"Courier New">G=3Dgreen light</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=3D2 FACE=3D"Courier New">R1=3Dred light, error message: =
"Object Requested is currently locked by user WF-BATCH"</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=3D2 FACE=3D"Courier New">R2=3Dred light, error message: =
"Workitem 000000792526 is locked by user WF-BATCH (enqueue =
error)"</FONT>
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