<DIV>Hi Alon, It is better to have a seperate ABAP program which runs in back ground..that is better solution. other wise "workwait" will reduce the performance..</DIV>
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<DIV>Sharath.<BR><BR><B><I>Thomas Lorenz <tlorenz@web-ls.de></I></B> wrote:</DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN class=531592015-05052005><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>Hi Alon,</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN class=531592015-05052005><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>maybe it's my experience. I've never heard about a workflow which takes such a long time. 2 Years for one workitem is a sort of "workwait".</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=531592015-05052005><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>Also there are no technical reasons, I would separate the steps because there is so much time between them. </FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN class=531592015-05052005><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>Greetings,</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN class=531592015-05052005><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>Thomas </FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV class=OutlookMessageHeader dir=ltr align=left><FONT face=Tahoma size=2>-----Ursprüngliche Nachricht-----<BR><B>Von:</B> Alon Raskin [mailto:sap-wug-bounces@mit.edu]<B>Im Auftrag von </B>Alon Raskin<BR><B>Gesendet:</B> Donnerstag, 5. Mai 2005 15:59<BR><B>An:</B> SAP Workflow Users' Group<BR><B>Betreff:</B> RE: 2 year wait vs Batch Report<BR><BR></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr><FONT face=Arial size=2>I appreciate your input but I was wondering WHY you have this preference? Is it performance related? Or simply past experience?</FONT></DIV>
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<FONT face=Tahoma size=2><B>From:</B> sap-wug-bounces@mit.edu on behalf of Thomas Lorenz<BR><B>Sent:</B> Thu 5/5/2005 09:46<BR><B>To:</B> SAP Workflow Users' Group<BR><B>Subject:</B> AW: 2 year wait vs Batch Report<BR></FONT><BR></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN class=375294013-05052005><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>Hi Alon,</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN class=375294013-05052005><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>i would prefer an additional ABAP Report to clear the field, which runs as Batch once a day. In my opinion it makes little sense to keep these Workflows for two years in "running" mode.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN class=375294013-05052005><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>Greetings,</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV class=OutlookMessageHeader dir=ltr align=left><FONT face=Tahoma size=2>-----Ursprüngliche Nachricht-----<BR><B>Von:</B> Alon Raskin [mailto:sap-wug-bounces@mit.edu]<B>Im Auftrag von </B>Alon Raskin<BR><B>Gesendet:</B> Donnerstag, 5. Mai 2005 14:53<BR><B>An:</B> SAP Workflow Users' Group<BR><B>Betreff:</B> RE: 2 year wait vs Batch Report<BR><BR></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr><FONT face=Arial size=2>Hi Ram,</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr><FONT face=Arial size=2>Thanks for the input. My problem with this approach is that I now have a batch job scheduled for each instance of the workflow (around 400 or so)... I guess it not a big deal but I am not sure I am seeing what the advantages of using this over the deadline monitoring report...</FONT></DIV>
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<FONT face=Tahoma size=2><B>From:</B> sap-wug-bounces@mit.edu on behalf of Tiwari, Rammanohar<BR><B>Sent:</B> Thu 5/5/2005 08:49<BR><B>To:</B> SAP Workflow Users' Group<BR><B>Subject:</B> RE: 2 year wait vs Batch Report<BR></FONT><BR></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN class=959333712-05052005><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>I think there might be another option ( Not sure though ) :</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN class=959333712-05052005><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>Just after that step in your workflow put another step which will schedule a Batch Job (FM BP_JOB_CREATE) with release date = sy-datum + 2 years.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=959333712-05052005><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>I am not sure but system restart should not affect it. </FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN class=959333712-05052005><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>The Batch job will then trigger an event ( after two years ) to re-start the terminated workflow.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN class=959333712-05052005><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>Thanks,</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=959333712-05052005><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>Ram</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV class=OutlookMessageHeader dir=ltr align=left><FONT face=Tahoma size=2>-----Original Message-----<BR><B>From:</B> sap-wug-bounces@mit.edu [mailto:sap-wug-bounces@mit.edu]<B>On Behalf Of </B>Alon Raskin<BR><B>Sent:</B> Thursday, May 05, 2005 5:26 PM<BR><B>To:</B> SAP Workflow Users' Group<BR><B>Subject:</B> 2 year wait vs Batch Report<BR><BR></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr><FONT face=Arial color=#000000 size=2>Hi Everyone,</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr><FONT face=Arial size=2>I would love to hear peoples opinions on this issue.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr><FONT face=Arial size=2>We have a situation where a workflow has to do update a field and then wait for 2 years before clearing that field. There are two possibilities to this issue.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr><FONT face=Arial size=2>1. Put in a 2 year wait step</FONT></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr><FONT face=Arial size=2>2. Terminate the workflow and run a nightly batch job which would query some table and determine if 2 years have passed and then reset the field accordingly.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr><FONT face=Arial size=2>Currently I am leaning towards option 1 as I really don't see a difference in option 1 and option 2. Ultimately they are all just batch jobs which check dates and then do some processing. The volumes here are very low.</FONT></DIV>
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