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Alon,<BR>
I have not yet had a chance to use correlations, but here is a real-life scenario where I really needed such a mechanism.<BR>
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The application was this: a customer calls with a complaint about some material he received. A workflow is started to process the complaint. The complaint cannot be evaluated until the material is received so a workflow step creates a Return Material and notifies the customer and the service person. At this point it would be really nice (maybe) for the workflow to listen for the Goods Receipt. However, since the workflow knows nothing about the Goods Receipt object (since it has not been created yet) it has nothing to listen for.<BR>
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Now, the Goods Receipt transaction (whenever it occurs) will reference the Return Material which the workflow does know about. The correlation will hold a reference to the Return Material document and the Goods Receipt object. The SAP program that scans the correlations will match the Return Material document number with the Goods Receipt object and raise the "event" and pass the Goods Receipt document id back to the workflow. The workflow can then continue to whomever is responsible for checking the quality of the returned material and either approve or reject the customer complaint. Too cool!<BR><BR>I hope I've explained this sufficiently. Let me know if I've left a gap.<BR>
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I am eagerly looking for an opportunity to use a correlation.<BR>
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Subject: Correlation Editor<BR>Date: Thu, 12 Apr 2007 10:26:57 -0400<BR>From: araskin@3i-consulting.com<BR>To: sap-wug@mit.edu<BR><BR>
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<DIV dir=ltr><FONT face=Arial size=2>I stumbled upon this a while back and I was wondering if anyone has actually used this. I read the online help but that didn't help too much.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr><FONT face=Arial size=2>I would be curious if anyone has used this and under what circumstances.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr><FONT face=Arial size=2>In transaction SWDD go to the menu Environment->Development->Correlation Editor.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr><FONT face=Arial size=2>Here is what the SAP says:</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN lang=EN-US><EM>A correlation enables you to identify objects that belong together, for example, a quotation and the relevant sales order. This involves correlating the objects by using one or more common elements, for example, the quotation number. When you define a Workflow, you can specify the object that the Workflow must wait for, without having to enter the ID of the object. </EM></SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr><FONT face=Arial size=2>While I can see that this is useful, why not simply enhance a sub-type of quotation so that it contains an attribute called <EM>Sales Order?</EM> That way the attribute can be re-used for multiple workflows.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr><FONT face=Arial size=2>I am sure I am missing something here....</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr><FONT face=Arial size=2>Regards,</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr align=left><STRONG><FONT size=2>Alon Raskin</FONT></STRONG></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><STRONG><FONT size=2>e: </FONT></STRONG><A href="mailto:araskin@3i-consulting.com"><STRONG><FONT size=2>araskin@3i-consulting.com</FONT></STRONG></A></STRONG></STRONG></FONT></DIV></DIV></DIV></DIV></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></body>
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