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<DIV dir=ltr align=left><FONT color=#0000ff><SPAN class=908173115-17082005><FONT
face=Arial><FONT size=2><FONT color=#000000>Sorry - I forgot to include the SAP
documentation for the first question (which confused me)
earlier:</FONT> <FONT color=#000000> </FONT></FONT></FONT>
<P><FONT face=Arial><FONT size=2>To define a fork, you specify the number of
parallel branches required with the step name. The fork, consisting of the
<I>start operator</I>, the branches each with an <SPAN
class=908173115-17082005> </SPAN><SPAN
class=908173115-17082005> </SPAN>undefined step and the
<I>join operator</I>, is inserted into the workflow
definition.</FONT></FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Arial size=2>To define the termination of the fork, <U>you enter
the number of branches required and the condition.</U> For more information
about conditions, see the </FONT><A
href="http://help.sap.com/saphelp_47x200/helpdata/en/c5/e4b9b2453d11d189430000e829fbbd/content.htm"><FONT
face=Arial size=2>Condition Editor</FONT></A><FONT face=Arial
size=2>.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Arial size=2>If you make no entry for the number of branches
required, the system takes the number of
branches.</FONT></P></SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=908173115-17082005></SPAN><FONT face=Arial><FONT
size=2>I have underlined the part that confused me -<SPAN
class=908173115-17082005>
d</SPAN>oes this mean I enter the number of branches required to end the </FONT></FONT><FONT
face=Arial><FONT size=2>workflow </FONT></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT><FONT face=Arial><FONT
size=2>(i.e., if I want workflow to end as soon as I receive one of the two events what do I put on number of branches required?<SPAN
class=908173115-17082005> 01 or 02 or 03</SPAN>)<SPAN
class=908173115-17082005></SPAN></FONT></FONT></FONT><BR></DIV>
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<FONT face=Tahoma size=2><B>From:</B> Sushil Guragain
[mailto:sguragain@interpublic.com] <BR><B>Sent:</B> Wednesday, August 17, 2005
10:30 AM<BR><B>To:</B> SAP Workflow Users' Group<BR><B>Subject:</B> defining a
fork step in workflow<BR></FONT><BR></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=047393514-17082005>Hi
All,</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
class=047393514-17082005></SPAN></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=047393514-17082005>Could someone please
explain what the necessary branches (on the control pane of fork definition
- end condition) means? I have 3 branches and need to make sure the WF listens
for two events while it is doing normal WF steps on the third parallel branch. I
need the workflow to go to those branches when it hears those events. Currently,
I am noticing it listens to one event in some cases and both events in most
cases. </SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
class=047393514-17082005></SPAN></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=047393514-17082005>Also, is there a way
I can go back and read the workflow log for an instance to see if certain event
raised? </SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
class=047393514-17082005></SPAN></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=047393514-17082005>Issue at hand: I
have a PO that is released and the terminating event for the step is RELEASED
but the step is still in 'started' status and I see the PO is already released.
Even when it is released directly in ME29N, it should receive the event and that
branch should start. I looked at the technical details of WF log but don't see
anything regarding which event was raised (which I see when I look at another
instance that worked as expected). </SPAN></FONT><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
class=047393514-17082005>How would I check if an event (that was supposed to
trigger) did or did not trigger? Is there some report that will help me
analyze this?</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
class=047393514-17082005></SPAN></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=047393514-17082005>For future events I
could turn the event trace on but I did not have it on when
this happened. I don't know if it is recommended to turn on event
trace in production either.</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
class=047393514-17082005></SPAN></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=047393514-17082005>I appreciate your
help.</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=047393514-17082005></SPAN></FONT><FONT
face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=047393514-17082005></SPAN></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
class=047393514-17082005>Thanks,</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
class=047393514-17082005></SPAN></FONT> </DIV>
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