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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;color:navy'>Yes, this exception error that has been one of the biggest
thorns in my side since becoming the de facto workflow administrator at my
organization. We used to have functional people build workflows with
little or no technical involvement, plus the technical involvement was
ill-trained, so the resulting methods that were created continue to spew out dozens
of “error 394” messages daily. Here’s the deal:
someone writes or finds an existing function module that performs some desired
functionality. They then create a corresponding method in the business
object that calls said function module. SAP is real nice to generate all
the required code (well, almost as we’ll see) with the touch of a
button. For those not in the know, it seems to work like magic and,
indeed, provided the rest of the connections are made properly, bindings done
right, etc., the normal scenarios tend to work beautifully. What people here
at least failed to notice was that the generated code is but a mere stub that
still requires some finishing off. Here’s a living example from one
of our workflows:<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;color:navy'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;color:navy'>BEGIN_METHOD ZBAPIUPDATESOSTATUS CHANGING
CONTAINER. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;color:navy'>DATA:
<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;color:navy'> SOORDERNO LIKE
VBAK-OBJNR,
<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;color:navy'> STATUS LIKE
JEST-STAT,
<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;color:navy'> CHNGEIND LIKE
VBAK-VBTYP,
<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;color:navy'> SLSORDERNUMBER LIKE
VBAP-VBELN,
<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;color:navy'> SLSORDERITEM LIKE
VBAP-POSNR,
<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;color:navy'> SDATE LIKE
VBAP-ERDAT,
<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;color:navy'> USER LIKE
VBAP-ERNAM.
<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;color:navy'> SWC_GET_ELEMENT CONTAINER 'SoOrderNo'
SOORDERNO. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;color:navy'> SWC_GET_ELEMENT CONTAINER 'Status'
STATUS.
<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;color:navy'> SWC_GET_ELEMENT CONTAINER 'ChngeInd'
CHNGEIND.
<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;color:navy'> SWC_GET_ELEMENT CONTAINER 'SlsOrderNumber'
SLSORDERNUMBER. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;color:navy'> SWC_GET_ELEMENT CONTAINER 'SlsOrderItem'
SLSORDERITEM. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;color:navy'> SWC_GET_ELEMENT CONTAINER 'Sdate'
SDATE.
<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;color:navy'> SWC_GET_ELEMENT CONTAINER 'User'
USER.
<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;color:navy'> CALL FUNCTION 'Z_BAPI_UPDATE_SO_STATUS'
<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;color:navy'>
EXPORTING
<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;color:navy'> USER =
USER
<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;color:navy'> SDATE =
SDATE
<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;color:navy'> SLS_ORDER_ITEM =
SLSORDERITEM <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;color:navy'> SLS_ORDER_NUMBER =
SLSORDERNUMBER
<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;color:navy'> CHNGE_IND =
CHNGEIND
<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;color:navy'> STATUS =
STATUS
<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;color:navy'> SO_ORDER_NO =
SOORDERNO
<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;color:navy'>
EXCEPTIONS
<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;color:navy'> FUNC_FAIL =
9001
<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;color:navy'> READ_FAIL =
9002
<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;color:navy'> OTHERS =
01.
<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;color:navy'> CASE
SY-SUBRC.
<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;color:navy'> WHEN
0. "
OK
<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;color:navy'> WHEN
9001. "
FUNC_FAIL
<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;color:navy'> EXIT_RETURN 9001 sy-msgv1
sy-msgv2 sy-msgv3 sy-msgv4.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;color:navy'> WHEN
9002. "
READ_FAIL
<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;color:navy'> EXIT_RETURN 9002 sy-msgv1
sy-msgv2 sy-msgv3 sy-msgv4.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;color:navy'> WHEN
OTHERS. " to be
implemented
<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;color:navy'>
ENDCASE.
<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;color:navy'>END_METHOD.
<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;color:navy'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;color:navy'>All the above code was automatically generated. Note
carefully the code at the very end where the return code (SY-SUBRC) is
processed. The code generator recognized the two exceptions from the
function module, FUNC_FAIL and READ_FAIL, but has no idea functionally how they
should be treated. It therefore essentially inserts syntactically correct
placeholders, with the expectation that we will know to go in and modify it according
to our needs. If, as happened here, nobody knows that there is still more
work to be done, and it isn’t caught in testing, you will get runtime
errors. These result in notices to the workflow administrator with the title
“Workflow 35406978 Error WL 394 . Please repair the” and the body<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;color:navy'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>The following error occurred
in the workflow above:<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>Workflow no. 000035406978:
An error occurred in work item 000035865972 ( step no. 0000000183) Please
repair the suspended workflow<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>Press 'Execute' to display
the workflow that has errors.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;color:navy'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;color:navy'>Ironically, one of the reasons I didn’t know about
this for so long was that the workflow administrator used to not get these
error messages. The errors were occurring, sure enough, but nobody knew
it. Then one day we implemented a bunch of support packs for HR and I
suddenly got deluged with errors! It took quite a while to recognize that
the errors were not a result of the hot packs, but rather the reporting of them
apparently was. Going forward, one of my review steps is to check each
and every method to ensure that complete error handling is implemented. We’re
on 4.6C. Hopefully in future releases, SAP will pop up some kind of
warning or otherwise guide the person pushing the “generate code” button
to pay further attention to this section of the generated code.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;color:navy'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;color:navy'>Hope this helps,<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;color:navy'>David<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;color:navy'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Tahoma;font-weight:bold'>From:</span></font></b><font face=Tahoma><span
style='font-family:Tahoma'> sap-wug-bounces@mit.edu
[mailto:sap-wug-bounces@mit.edu] <b><span style='font-weight:bold'>On Behalf Of
</span></b>Hofstede, Anke (AU - Sydney)<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Sent:</span></b> Tuesday, August 30, 2005
1:45 AM<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>To:</span></b> SAP Workflow Users' Group<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Subject:</span></b> RE: Exception '9001'
error when triggering workflow in CRM4</span></font><font size=3
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span lang=EN-AU
style='font-size:10.0pt;color:navy'>Hi Tom T,</span></font><span lang=EN-AU><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span lang=EN-AU
style='font-size:10.0pt;color:navy'> </span></font><span lang=EN-AU><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span lang=EN-AU
style='font-size:10.0pt;color:navy'>This has to do with the exceptions for the
method. To see the exceptions:</span></font><span lang=EN-AU><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span lang=EN-AU
style='font-size:10.0pt;color:navy'>Go to SWO1 > object ZBUS200126</span></font><span
lang=EN-AU><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span lang=EN-AU
style='font-size:10.0pt;color:navy'>Click on method name to highlight it</span></font><span
lang=EN-AU><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span lang=EN-AU
style='font-size:10.0pt;color:navy'>Click on exceptions button.</span></font><span
lang=EN-AU><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span lang=EN-AU
style='font-size:10.0pt;color:navy'>The method program code should contain
something to trigger the exception (exit_return) if needed.</span></font><span
lang=EN-AU><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span lang=EN-AU
style='font-size:10.0pt;color:navy'> </span></font><span lang=EN-AU><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span lang=EN-AU
style='font-size:10.0pt;color:navy'>Did you refresh the buffers after the
transport? SWU_OBUF</span></font><span lang=EN-AU><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span lang=EN-AU
style='font-size:10.0pt;color:navy'> </span></font><span lang=EN-AU><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span lang=EN-AU
style='font-size:10.0pt;color:navy'>Cheers,</span></font><span lang=EN-AU><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span lang=EN-AU
style='font-size:10.0pt;color:navy'>Anke</span></font><span lang=EN-AU><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span lang=EN-AU
style='font-size:10.0pt;color:navy'> </span></font><span lang=EN-AU><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span lang=DE
style='font-size:10.0pt;color:navy'>Anke Libeton (was Anke Hofstede)</span></font><span
lang=EN-AU><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span lang=DE
style='font-size:10.0pt;color:navy'>Deloitte Australia</span></font><span
lang=EN-AU><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Tahoma;font-weight:bold'>From:</span></font></b><font face=Tahoma><span
style='font-family:Tahoma'> sap-wug-bounces@mit.edu
[mailto:sap-wug-bounces@mit.edu] <b><span style='font-weight:bold'>On Behalf Of
</span></b>PEOU Tom T<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Sent:</span></b> Tuesday, 30 August 2005 3:12
PM<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>To:</span></b> sap-wug@mit.edu<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Subject:</span></b> Exception '9001' error
when triggering workflow in CRM4</span></font><span lang=EN-AU><o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-AU style='font-size:
10.0pt'> <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-AU style='font-size:
10.0pt'>Hi fellow Wuggers,<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-AU style='font-size:
10.0pt'> <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<div>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-AU style='font-size:
10.0pt'>Can anybody assist with this error:<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-AU style='font-size:
10.0pt'>Exception '9001' is not defined for method 'ACTIVITYFORPURCHASEORDER'
object type 'ZBUS200126'<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-AU style='font-size:
10.0pt'> <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-AU style='font-size:
10.0pt'>This is occurring in our QA system when triggering a workflow to create
an activity.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-AU style='font-size:
10.0pt'>This workflow was transported from our DEV system to the QA system.
However, the same workflow completes successfully in our DEV environment.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-AU style='font-size:
10.0pt'>I think the problem is within the Method in the business object, but I
cannot see why it would work in DEV and not in our QA System. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-AU style='font-size:
10.0pt'> <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-AU style='font-size:
10.0pt'>Has anyone encountered a similar error?<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-AU style='font-size:
10.0pt'> <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-AU style='font-size:
10.0pt'>Cheers,<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-AU style='font-size:
10.0pt'>T<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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