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<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=655284113-20062005><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff size=2>Hi Abed,</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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color=#0000ff size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=655284113-20062005><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff size=2>Did you check to see if any of WF-BATCH ids are locked?
Check transaction SM58 to see if transactional RFC for WF-BATCH is locked and if
you see any entries there delete them. It took care of exact same issue for
me.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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color=#0000ff size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=655284113-20062005><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff size=2>Hope this helps,</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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color=#0000ff size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=655284113-20062005><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff size=2>Sushil</FONT></SPAN></DIV><BR>
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<FONT face=Tahoma size=2><B>From:</B> sap-wug-bounces@mit.edu
[mailto:sap-wug-bounces@mit.edu] <B>On Behalf Of </B>Kjetil
Kilhavn<BR><B>Sent:</B> Monday, June 20, 2005 6:58 AM<BR><B>To:</B> SAP Workflow
Users' Group<BR><B>Subject:</B> RE: Delay in background
workitem<BR></FONT><BR></DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=207045411-20062005><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff size=2>Does it take long because the work items are waiting to
start execution (20 minutes .... start ... a few seconds ... completed), or
because performance is poor (a few seconds ... starts .... 20 minutes ...
completed)?</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=207045411-20062005><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff size=2>In the latter case I wouldn't think there is too much you
can do by customizing. You can possibly check whether available processes is an
issue.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=207045411-20062005><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff size=2>In the former case I suppose your deadline handler is not
running frequently enough.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV align=left><FONT face=Arial size=2>-- </FONT></DIV>
<DIV align=left><FONT face=Arial size=2>Kjetil Kilhavn, Statoil KTJ IT
BKS</FONT></DIV>
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size=2></FONT><BR>
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<FONT face=Tahoma size=2><B>From:</B> sap-wug-bounces@mit.edu
[mailto:sap-wug-bounces@mit.edu] <B>On Behalf Of </B>Abdal Salam S.
Sheikali<BR><B>Sent:</B> 20. juni 2005 13:34<BR><B>To:</B>
sap-wug@mit.edu<BR><B>Subject:</B> Delay in background workitem
<BR></FONT><BR></DIV>
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size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Hi everyone,
<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
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style="DIRECTION: ltr; unicode-bidi: embed; TEXT-ALIGN: left"><FONT face=Arial
size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">After upgrade from 4.6C
to ECC 5.0, the execution of background workitem's takes </SPAN></FONT><FONT
face=Arial size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">long time to
complete (around 20 minutes), can we change any settings of the workflow runtime
system, or workflow customizing to reduce the delay.
<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
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size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Thanks
<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
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size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Abed Al Salam Sheikali
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