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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>Mike Gambier<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Sent:</span></b> dinsdag 17 juni 2008 17:12<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>To:</span></b> SAP Workflow Users' Group<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Subject:</span></b> Workflow Upgrade issues
(4.6c to ECC 6)</span></font><o:p></o:p></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,<br>
<br>
We're currently struggling through a rather painful upgrade process from 4.6c
to ECC 6 and we've hit a few Workflow mines.<br>
<br>
Despite several high priority OSS Messages the end result from SAP so far as
been a fairly poor acknowledgement of issues that need to be addressed
manually, culminating in OSS Note 1175535.<br>
<br>
Basically we have 4 known faults at the moment. Two relating to changes
not coming across from 4.6c into ECC 6 based around Workflow Container Elements
and Event Linkages, which I can quite understand as the target tables ahve
shifted in ECC 6. But the other two point to problems in SAP's 'mapping'
process where they convert 4.6c (or older) definitions into ECC 6 syntax
(Kernel 700+).<br>
<br>
These issues are:<br>
<br>
1. Multiline Table handling - to use these properly in loops and dynamic steps
it seems you now have to use a new &WF_PARFOREACH_INDEX& element that
only becomes available after 4.6c<br>
<br>
They did suggest trying a dodgy binding switch as implemented by OSS
Message 1083317, which mostly works for active instances but only as long
as the 'Change Release' value on the WF version remains equal to or lower than
'<st1:metricconverter ProductID="46C" w:st="on">46C</st1:metricconverter>'. Not
all that useful if the instances are on the current active version and that
definition is then activated in the ECC 6 environment. But that doesn't
actually fix the definition syntax going forward anyway.<br>
<br>
2. Condition binding after 4.6c introduces a {TYPE=...} additional statement in
SWDSCONDEF so that, for example, a hard-coded string like '31.12.9999' can
be converted into a date variable at runtime to compare against an object date
property. Prior to 4.6c this statement did not exist. Now it is required or
else the binding is considered to be erroneous and a syntax error will result.<br>
<br>
Has anyone esle come across upgrade-related issues other than these?<br>
<br>
Regards,<br>
<br>
Mike GT<br>
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