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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>I’ve never found the COMMIT WORK to
be a problem for BAPIs. Many BAPIs have a COMMIT parameter built in which
works fine. If not, just call BAPI_TRANSACTION_COMMIT immediately after your
BAPI and that works fine as well. I’ll take a BAPI over a BDC any day.<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 size=2
face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma'> <st1:PersonName
w:st="on">sap-wug-bounces@mit.edu</st1:PersonName> [mailto:<st1:PersonName
w:st="on">sap-wug-bounces@mit.edu</st1:PersonName>] <b><span style='font-weight:
bold'>On Behalf Of </span></b>Alon Raskin<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Sent:</span></b> Tuesday, June 12, 2007 9:06
AM<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: Commit Work</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'>Hi Ed,</span></font><font size=2
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
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Thanks very much for the response. I have been burnt way too many times by
BDCs. Not to mention performance implications. Perhaps it is an OK for
workflows with low volumes but on an IS-U implementation (read Mike Gambier
Taylors response to see what I mean) a BDC is a recipe for disaster.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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Thank you for your input anyway.</span></font><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span
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<p class=MsoNormal><strong><b><font size=2 color=black face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'>Alon Raskin</span></font></b></strong><b><font
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><b><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma;font-weight:bold'>From:</span></font></b><font
size=2 face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma'> <st1:PersonName
w:st="on">sap-wug-bounces@mit.edu</st1:PersonName> on behalf of Edward Diehl<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Sent:</span></b> Tue 6/12/2007 08:43<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: Commit Work<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma'>Hi Alon,<br>
I try to always use a BDC function to create a new object rather than a
BAPI. A BAPI, if it is not called as an RFC, required an explicit COMMIT
WORK. It may be some defect in my understanding, but I am not a big fan
of BAPIs for several reasons and this is just one of them.<br>
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Regards,<br>
Ed Diehl<br>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma'>Subject: Commit Work<br>
Date: Mon, 11 Jun 2007 17:09:57 -0400<br>
From: araskin@3i-consulting.com<br>
To: sap-wug@mit.edu<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'>A colleague of mine is having an issue
and I wanted to see if anyone has seen this before. I have seen this issue
creep up on different implementations so I am sure I am not the first to handle
this.</span></font><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
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mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Step 1 creates a new document (doesn't matter
what it is, its IS-U) by calling a BAPI</span></font><font size=2
face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma'><o:p></o:p></span></font></li>
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mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>The BAPI returns the ID of the new object which
can be seen in the container of the Workflow</span></font><font size=2
face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma'><o:p></o:p></span></font></li>
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mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Step 2 then calls SYSTEM.GenericInstantiate to
get an instance of the newly created document</span></font><font size=2
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mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Step 2 errors claiming that the object does not
exist.</span></font><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>I suggested to him to uncheck the Advance with Dialog step
as I thought that this would 'force' the WF sub-system to do a COMMIT WORK
between steps but this did not seem to work. I was sure that the Workflow
sub-system always executes a COMMIT WORK between steps. Is that not the case?
We did a test, and created a method where all it did was execute a COMMIT WORK.
We inserted this step in between the BAPI and the System.GenericInstantiate and
everything worked beautifully. So it is definitely a commit issue. Perhaps WF
treats methods marked as BAPIs differently to standard methods and doesn't not
do an explicit COMMIT WORK? If so, how do people get around this?</span></font><font
size=2 face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma'><br>
</span></font><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:
Arial'>Regards,</span></font><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><strong><b><font size=2 color=black face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'>Alon Raskin</span></font></b></strong><b><font
size=2 color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;
color:black;font-weight:bold'><o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
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