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<DIV>I have auto forward from WF-BATCH to me and am the assigned WF admin. </DIV>
<DIV>I see all the other error messages but nothing about these stuck tasks issue. </DIV>
<DIV>I will be monitoring. If I get a stuck inprocess issue again I will have to dig a tad deeper. </DIV>
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<DIV>Bugs me that no messages were sent for this stuck inprocess issue. </DIV>
<DIV>Anyone know of any OSS notes?</DIV>
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<DIV>Rick Sample</DIV>
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<DIV><BR><BR>>>> araskin@3i-consulting.com 8/5/2005 9:36 >>><BR>Hi Mike,<BR><BR>You are right. it should. But I was on a project in the UK which was using 4.6C and I recall many instances where that simply did not happen.<BR>I never did get to the bottom of it....<BR><BR>Alon Raskin<BR>e: <U><A href="mailto:araskin@3i-consulting.com">araskin@3i-consulting.com</A></U> <<U> <A href="mailto:araskin@3i-consulting.com">mailto:araskin@3i-consulting.com</A></U> > <BR>p: +61 3 9625 2189 (Head Office)<BR>f: +61 3 8610 1239 <BR>c: +1 207 756 0370<BR>w: <U><A href="http://www.3i-consulting.com/">http://www.3i-consulting.com</A></U> <BR><BR>________________________________<BR><BR>From: <U><A href="mailto:sap-wug-bounces@mit.edu">sap-wug-bounces@mit.edu</A></U> on behalf of Mike Pokraka<BR>Sent: Fri 8/5/2005 10:36<BR>To: SAP Workflow Users' Group<BR>Subject: RE: RE: Object requested is currently locked by user WF-BATCH-questions 4.6c<BR><BR><BR><BR>Hi Rick,<BR>It should. Any BG step in status READY for more than 10 min or STARTED for<BR>more than 20 min gets a message "Work Item 1234 is in status STARTED.<BR>Please initiate corrective action.. blah blah waffle.." sent to the WF<BR>admin. (From memory, but something similar).<BR>Cheers<BR>Mike<BR><BR>Rick Sample wrote:<BR>> No errors are thrown anywhere that I can see.<BR>> So I don't see how RSWWERRE can pick them up.<BR>> And yes, it is running.<BR>><BR>> I will need to chat with the folks that wrote the methods in question<BR>> in ZBUS7051.<BR>> Something should be passed back for status.<BR>><BR>> Rick<BR>><BR>><BR>>>>> <U><A href="mailto:wug.replies@workflowconnections.com">wug.replies@workflowconnections.com</A></U> 8/5/2005 8:38 >>><BR>> The error monitoring job should pick those up after an hour or so and<BR>> mail<BR>> the WF admin, I've found it fairly reliable.<BR>><BR>> Cheers<BR>> Mike<BR>><BR>> Rick Sample wrote:<BR>>> SWI1 Type B and ...<BR>>> Sounds like a plan. I am adding it to my Daily To-Do.<BR>>><BR>>> Thanks for the tip<BR>>><BR>>><BR>>><BR>>> Rick Sample<BR>>> SAP Workflow Analyst/Developer<BR>>> Graybar, Inc.<BR>>> 11885 Lackland Rd.<BR>>> 63146-4208<BR>>> 314.573.5822<BR>>> <U><A href="mailto:Rick.Sample@GBE.com">Rick.Sample@GBE.com</A></U> <BR>>><BR>>>>>> <U><A href="mailto:KJETILK@statoil.com">KJETILK@statoil.com</A></U> 8/5/2005 0:40:15 >>><BR>>><BR>>> We don't have a latest end deadline on that workflow, so I can't<BR>> help<BR>>> you with that one.<BR>>> However, as a part of the daily monitoring routine, you can check in<BR>>> SWI1 for work items of type B in status STARTED.<BR>>> --<BR>>> Kjetil Kilhavn, Statoil KTJ IT BKS<BR>>><BR>>><BR>>> From: <U><A href="mailto:sap-wug-bounces@mit.edu">sap-wug-bounces@mit.edu</A></U> <U><A href="mailto:[mailto:sap-wug-bounces@mit.edu]">[mailto:sap-wug-bounces@mit.edu]</A></U> On<BR>>> Behalf Of Rick Sample<BR>>> Sent: 4. august 2005 17:10<BR>>> To: <U><A href="mailto:sap-wug@mit.edu">sap-wug@mit.edu</A></U> <BR>>> Subject: RE: RE: Object requested is currently locked by user<BR>> WF-BATCH<BR>>> - questions 4.6c<BR>>><BR>>><BR>>><BR>>> Requested Start was met but the task could not complete<BR>>> due to a lock and nothing for Latest End. That makes sense.<BR>>><BR>>> What have you found works for Latest End deadline on your HR wfs?<BR>>> A minutes, hours, day(s), ...?<BR>>><BR>>> It is an intermittent issue. I have only seen it in dev so we will<BR>> note<BR>>> this and<BR>>> make changes if it is a problem in production.<BR>>><BR>>> Thanks!<BR>>><BR>>>>>> <U><A href="mailto:KJETILK@statoil.com">KJETILK@statoil.com</A></U> 8/4/2005 9:49 >>><BR>>><BR>>> The execution has started, so you will not get any deadline action<BR>>> unless you also define a latest end deadline.<BR>>><BR>>> One of the workflows we have problems with is also having problems<BR>> with<BR>>> locked HR objects.<BR>>><BR>>> I don't know which tables holds the deadline information, but it<BR>>> shouldn't be too difficult to find. The name(s) probably start with<BR>>> SWW.<BR>>> --<BR>>> Kjetil Kilhavn, Statoil KTJ IT BKS<BR>>><BR>>><BR>>> From: <U><A href="mailto:sap-wug-bounces@mit.edu">sap-wug-bounces@mit.edu</A></U> <U><A href="mailto:[mailto:sap-wug-bounces@mit.edu]">[mailto:sap-wug-bounces@mit.edu]</A></U> On<BR>>> Behalf Of Rick Sample<BR>>> Sent: 4. august 2005 14:19<BR>>> To: <U><A href="mailto:sap-wug@mit.edu">sap-wug@mit.edu</A></U> <BR>>> Subject: RE: Object requested is currently locked by user WF-BATCH -<BR>>> questions 4.6c<BR>>><BR>>><BR>>><BR>>> Deadline is on the Requested Start.<BR>>> The task is calling a method in obj BUS7051 (Notification obj).<BR>>> Right now I am assuming it was caused by a locked HR object.<BR>>> No dumps and nothing I can see that is causing the issue.<BR>>><BR>>> I have some tasks still sitting "inProcess" status.<BR>>> I know we have no current locks on the objects in questions.<BR>>> I can only assume the entries were removed from the table<BR>>> that holds this information on deadline monitoring.<BR>>><BR>>> Any idea what table holds this information for deadline monitoring?<BR>>><BR>>> Thanks!<BR>>><BR>>><BR>>>>>> <U><A href="mailto:KJETILK@statoil.com">KJETILK@statoil.com</A></U> 8/4/2005 0:39 >>><BR>>><BR>>> Is your deadline on latest end? Not that I really think it matters<BR>>> much... we have similar problems. One possible problem is<BR>> insufficient<BR>>> error checking in the code, i.e. a short dump occurs. Another<BR>>> possibility is deadlock problems which are not detected in the code,<BR>> so<BR>>> it tries but can't perform updates. I can't recall if that causes<BR>> short<BR>>> dumps in our system.<BR>>> --<BR>>> Kjetil Kilhavn, Statoil KTJ IT BKS<BR>>><BR>>><BR>>> From: <U><A href="mailto:sap-wug-bounces@mit.edu">sap-wug-bounces@mit.edu</A></U> <U><A href="mailto:[mailto:sap-wug-bounces@mit.edu]">[mailto:sap-wug-bounces@mit.edu]</A></U> On<BR>>> Behalf Of Rick Sample<BR>>> Sent: 3. august 2005 16:57<BR>>> To: <U><A href="mailto:sap-wug@mit.edu">sap-wug@mit.edu</A></U> <BR>>> Subject: Object requested is currently locked by user WF-BATCH -<BR>>> questions 4.6c<BR>>><BR>>><BR>>><BR>>> I have a Task with a Deadline timer that gets stuck inprocess<BR>>> sometimes.<BR>>> I looked at SM58 and ST22 and don't see any issues.<BR>>> I manually set these to Ready and the WF continued executing.<BR>>><BR>>> I have Deadline monitoring running every 3 minutes (in Dev client).<BR>>> Not sure why these Tasks were stuck or why they did not get picked<BR>>> up eventually by RSWWDHEX.<BR>>><BR>>> Any help is appreciated.<BR>>><BR>>> Thanks!<BR>>><BR>>><BR>>><BR>>> -------------------------------------------------------------------<BR>>> The information contained in this message may be CONFIDENTIAL and is<BR>>> intended for the addressee only. 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