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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
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and finding/creating a terminating event to shut it down when the deadline is
reached?<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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font-family:Tahoma;font-weight:bold'>From:</span></font></b><font size=2
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sap-wug-bounces@mit.edu [mailto:sap-wug-bounces@mit.edu] <b><span
style='font-weight:bold'>On Behalf Of </span></b>Edwin Mukusha<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Sent:</span></b> Thursday, January 19, 2006
12:27 PM<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>To:</span></b> <st1:PersonName w:st="on">SAP
Workflow Users' Group</st1:PersonName><br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Subject:</span></b> Re: Keep Single step task
from completing until Dead Line date</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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</span></font><font size=2 face=sans-serif><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:sans-serif'>Hi Rick,</span></font> <br>
<br>
<font size=2 face=sans-serif><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:sans-serif'>I
don't think you can do this without a workflow template of a writing this logic
in a custom method (which would amount to the some effort anyway). You
are better off putting this standard task in a wf template where you will more
options at your disposal.</span></font> <br>
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<font size=2 face=sans-serif><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:sans-serif'>sorry
if this is not answer you wanted.</span></font> <br>
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<font size=2 face=sans-serif><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:sans-serif'>Edwin.</span></font>
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<font size=1 face=sans-serif><span style='font-size:7.5pt;font-family:sans-serif'>Sent
by: sap-wug-bounces@mit.edu</span></font> <o:p></o:p></p>
<p><font size=1 face=sans-serif><span style='font-size:7.5pt;font-family:
sans-serif'>01/19/2006 10:14 AM</span></font> <br>
<font size=1 face=sans-serif><span style='font-size:7.5pt;font-family:sans-serif'>Please
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To: sap-wug@mit.edu</span></font>
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cc: </span></font> <br>
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Subject: Keep Single step
task from completing until Dead Line date</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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</span></font><tt><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>I
have an standard task that has a Confirm on end. Started via </span></font></tt><font
size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'><br>
<tt><font face="Courier New">SWW_WI_START. (I know, I need to change to API but
not today)</font></tt><br>
<tt><font face="Courier New">This keeps the task in the inbox until the user
completes or until the</font></tt><br>
<tt><font face="Courier New">Dead Line </font></tt><br>
<tt><font face="Courier New">is reached and then terminates. </font></tt><br>
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<tt><font face="Courier New">Now, business does not like the Confirm on End
pop-up. (Don't ask!) </font></tt><br>
<tt><font face="Courier New">They want it to just stay in the inbox until the
deadline date. The</font></tt><br>
<tt><font face="Courier New">user could execute </font></tt><br>
<tt><font face="Courier New">the task several times and just not go away until
dead line. </font></tt><br>
<br>
<tt><font face="Courier New">I would rather not create a whole WF template just
to loop. </font></tt><br>
<tt><font face="Courier New">Anyone know of a way to achieve this in 4.6c?</font></tt><br>
<br>
<tt><font face="Courier New">Rick</font></tt><br>
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