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<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=764551122-10122007><FONT
face="Microsoft Sans Serif" color=#000080>I am sorry! I did not read it that
way. </FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=764551122-10122007><FONT
face="Microsoft Sans Serif" color=#000080></FONT></SPAN><SPAN
class=764551122-10122007><FONT face="Microsoft Sans Serif"
color=#000080></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=764551122-10122007><FONT
face="Microsoft Sans Serif" color=#000080>I read the flow
as:</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=764551122-10122007><FONT
face="Microsoft Sans Serif" color=#000080>WF1 calls WF2.
</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=764551122-10122007><FONT
face="Microsoft Sans Serif" color=#000080>WF2 returns data after a DL (in
WF2)</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=764551122-10122007><FONT
face="Microsoft Sans Serif" color=#000080>WF1 then continues via a DL (in
WF1)</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=764551122-10122007><FONT
face="Microsoft Sans Serif" color=#000080>A task in WF1 attempts to
processes data that should already be returned to WF1. </FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=764551122-10122007><FONT
face="Microsoft Sans Serif" color=#000080>All 'get data' from WF2 is completed
before we attempt the Send Message task. </FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=764551122-10122007><FONT
face="Microsoft Sans Serif" color=#000080></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=764551122-10122007><FONT
face="Microsoft Sans Serif" color=#000080>Sue,</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=764551122-10122007><FONT
face="Microsoft Sans Serif" color=#000080>Yes/No?</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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class=764551122-10122007></SPAN><SPAN class=764551122-10122007><FONT
face="Microsoft Sans Serif" color=#000080></FONT></SPAN><SPAN
class=764551122-10122007></SPAN><SPAN class=764551122-10122007></SPAN><SPAN
class=764551122-10122007></SPAN><SPAN class=764551122-10122007></SPAN><SPAN
class=764551122-10122007><FONT face="Microsoft Sans Serif"
color=#000080></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=764551122-10122007><FONT
face="Microsoft Sans Serif" color=#000080>Still having issue, no worries. Just
clarify...</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=764551122-10122007><FONT
face="Microsoft Sans Serif" color=#000080>Rick</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=764551122-10122007> </SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr align=left><FONT face=Tahoma size=2><B>From:</B>
sap-wug-bounces@mit.edu [mailto:sap-wug-bounces@mit.edu] <B>On Behalf Of
</B>Mike Pokraka<BR><B>Sent:</B> Monday, December 10, 2007 3:55 PM<BR><B>To:</B>
'SAP Workflow Users' Group'<BR><B>Subject:</B> RE: Missing Workflow
Container<BR></FONT><BR></DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; COLOR: #1f497d; FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'">Hi
Sue,<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; COLOR: #1f497d; FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; COLOR: #1f497d; FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'">This
makes sense. If the deadline is being reached in your calling workflow then the
subworkflow will not be completed and no binding back to the calling flow will
be executed. <o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; COLOR: #1f497d; FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; COLOR: #1f497d; FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'">Why
does this make perfect sense? Simple: because the calling workflow with the
expiring deadline does not know what state the subworkflow is in. It might be
halfway through processing and contain some invalid or garbage data. Therefore
it definitely should not bind anything back if it is the calling flow that
terminates the subflow. Another way to look at it is that the subflow is
the only one allowed to perform any binding. <o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; COLOR: #1f497d; FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; COLOR: #1f497d; FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'">The
answer to what you are trying to accomplish - getting a subflow container
element back to the calling workflow when a deadline is reached - would be to
put the deadline into the subworkflow.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; COLOR: #1f497d; FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; COLOR: #1f497d; FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'">Cheers,<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; COLOR: #1f497d; FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'">Mike<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; COLOR: #1f497d; FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal><B><SPAN lang=EN-US
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'">From:</SPAN></B><SPAN
lang=EN-US style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'">
sap-wug-bounces@mit.edu [mailto:sap-wug-bounces@mit.edu] <B>On Behalf Of </B>Sue
Doughty<BR><B>Sent:</B> 10 December 2007 17:46<BR><B>To:</B> SAP Workflow Users'
Group<BR><B>Subject:</B> Missing Workflow
Container<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P></DIV></DIV>
<P class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN lang=EN-US
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'">We are on ECC
6.0.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN lang=EN-US
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN lang=EN-US
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'">I know I must be
doing something really stupid, but I can’t see it!! <o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN lang=EN-US
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN lang=EN-US
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'">I have a workflow
(WF-1) that calls a sub-workflow (WF-2). The sub-workflow (WF-2) has a
Deadline on it. The sub-workflow (WF-2) returns a multi-line container
(MISSINGDOCS) back to the calling workflow (WF-1). When the deadline is
reached, the latest end path in the workflow (WF-1) executes a BO SELFITEM, Task
SENDTASKDESCRIPTION to send notification to a Personnel clerk that shows which
documents are missing.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN lang=EN-US
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN lang=EN-US
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'">The MISSINGDOCS
container contains a list of the documents that are missing. I can see the
MISSINGDOCS container being returned from the sub-workflow (WF-2), but the
container is empty when sent into the notification step in
WF-1.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN lang=EN-US
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN lang=EN-US
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'">I have checked all
the Import/Export parameters. The task being executed for the SELFITEM BO
has the MISSINGDOCS container as an Import container. The MISSINGDOCS
container is used in the Text Description of the task.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN lang=EN-US
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN lang=EN-US
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'">When I look at the
log, the task shows the MISSINGDOCS container as being empty for the SELFITEM
task. I tried putting a container operation right after the sub-workflow
(WF-2) returns to the workflow (WF-1) (before going to the SELFITEM task) to
move the MISSINGDOCS container to another container, but it is empty at that
point also.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN lang=EN-US
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN lang=EN-US
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'">What am I
missing????<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P><SPAN lang=EN-US style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">Regards,</SPAN><SPAN lang=EN-US
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'"> <o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><B><I><SPAN lang=EN-US
style="FONT-SIZE: 18pt; COLOR: blue; FONT-FAMILY: 'Monotype Corsiva'">Sue T.
Doughty</SPAN></I></B><B><I><SPAN lang=EN-US
style="FONT-SIZE: 18pt; COLOR: blue; FONT-FAMILY: Kendaia">
<BR></SPAN></I></B><SPAN lang=EN-US style="FONT-SIZE: 7.5pt">SAP Workflow
Specialist<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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class=MsoHyperlink><SPAN lang=EN-US style="FONT-SIZE: 8pt"><A
href="mailto:sue.doughty@odfl.com">sue.doughty@odfl.com</A></SPAN><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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