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class=950540219-31072008>Ah! I see now. I was reading _RULE_RESULT and
"thinking" _WI_ACTUAL_AGENT. <blush> Sorry!</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><FONT face="Microsoft Sans Serif" size=2><SPAN
class=950540219-31072008>I don't think I have a WF that passes all role agents.
Interesting. </SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr align=left><FONT face="Microsoft Sans Serif" size=2><SPAN
class=950540219-31072008>If not some binding issue and currently no SAP Note to
apply (or no SAP Note created for this issue), </SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><FONT face="Microsoft Sans Serif" size=2><SPAN
class=950540219-31072008>I would say just create a new method and plop it in the
After method on the task. </SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><FONT face="Microsoft Sans Serif" size=2><SPAN
class=950540219-31072008>If a solution becomes available later you,
</SPAN></FONT><FONT face="Microsoft Sans Serif" size=2><SPAN
class=950540219-31072008>you would not have to rip the whole WF Template apart
and take out the BG tasks. </SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><FONT face="Microsoft Sans Serif" size=2><SPAN
class=950540219-31072008>You would only need to remove the method on the task. A
tad simpler!</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr align=left><FONT face="Microsoft Sans Serif" size=2><SPAN
class=950540219-31072008>** Though </SPAN></FONT><FONT
face="Microsoft Sans Serif" size=2><SPAN class=950540219-31072008>I would make
serious effort to get SAP to correct! </SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr align=left><FONT face="Microsoft Sans Serif" size=2><SPAN
class=950540219-31072008><SPAN class=950540219-31072008>Please let me know when
you have a solution. I will create a quick test on this just to see for
myself and on my release.</SPAN></SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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class=950540219-31072008>[SAP_BASIS 700 0014 SAPKB70014 SAP
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class=950540219-31072008><SPAN class=950540219-31072008>I will let you know what
shakes out for me it you are interested. </SPAN></SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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<FONT face=Tahoma size=2><B>From:</B> sap-wug-bounces@mit.edu
[mailto:sap-wug-bounces@mit.edu] <B>On Behalf Of </B>Sudhir
Pargaonkar<BR><B>Sent:</B> Thursday, July 31, 2008 1:51 PM<BR><B>To:</B> SAP
Workflow Users' Group<BR><B>Subject:</B> Re: _RULE_RESULT
binding<BR></FONT><BR></DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr>Hi Rick,<BR><BR>I understand that WF-BATCH would be the user that
would set workitem as obsolete. Let me explain the scenario:<BR><BR>workitem is
in the inbox of say 5 users determined by a agent determination rule. as per
thomas email, when any one of them executes the workitem, we know "Executed By"
user as well as list of these 5 users in workflow container if we have a binding
between _RULE_RESULT and a workflow container element.<BR><BR>Issue is, if we
have a modeled deadline.. and WF-BATCH sets workitem to obsolete status using
process control step. In this case, we still need list of those 5 users who had
the workitem in their inbox. So that we can send them an email saying, they have
missed the deadline. In this scenario, contents of _RULE_RESULT are not
transfered to workflow container even if we have correct binding. <BR><BR>hope
that explains the situation. I am also in the process of creating a method and
background step to read agents of the workitem to avoid this problem.
<BR><BR>Let me know if there is another solution to keep the design clean.
<BR><BR>Thanks<BR>Sudhir<BR><BR>
<DIV class=gmail_quote>2008/7/31 Sample, Rick <SPAN dir=ltr><<A
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<P><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><SPAN>Thomas,</SPAN></SPAN></P>
<P><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><SPAN></SPAN></SPAN> </P>
<P><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><SPAN>Sorry,
I may be jumping into the middle and </SPAN></SPAN><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><SPAN>I may be
missing something but I don't see the issue. </SPAN></SPAN></P>
<P><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><SPAN><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><SPAN>How is the task
terminating? By the deadline itself? i.e. an actual agent does not have to
execute </SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></P>
<P><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><SPAN><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><SPAN>the task for it
to complete?</SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></P></FONT></SPAN>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><SPAN></SPAN></SPAN> </P>
<P><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><SPAN>>></SPAN>Ran
into the same issue, if the work item is executed then the <I><SPAN
style="FONT-STYLE: italic">_</SPAN>Rule_Result</I> </SPAN></P>
<P><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><SPAN>>></SPAN>is
populated and you have what you need. </SPAN></P></DIV>
<P><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><SPAN>An
'actual agent' executed the task, and you have an agent. </SPAN></SPAN></P>
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<P><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><SPAN></SPAN></SPAN> </P>
<P><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><SPAN>>></SPAN>But
if not executed, like when a deadline is reached, you get nothing - very
annoying.</SPAN></P></DIV>
<P><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><SPAN>If the
deadline is reached, and no 'actual agent' executed the task, I would think
</SPAN></SPAN></P>
<P><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><SPAN>you
would <I>not</I> want to populate the <SPAN
style="FONT-STYLE: italic">_</SPAN><I>Rule_Result. </I>Would only
have WF-BATCH as the agent </SPAN></SPAN></P>
<P><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><SPAN>because
WF-BATCH is the user that tripped the Deadline. Not an agent.
</SPAN></SPAN></P>
<P><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><SPAN></SPAN></SPAN> </P><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><SPAN>
<P><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Sudhir,</SPAN></P>
<P><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><SPAN>>>note
can not be applied as it doesn't match correct version. </SPAN></SPAN></P>
<P><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><SPAN>Hmmm... What
version are you on? Service Patch
level?</SPAN></SPAN></P></SPAN></SPAN><SPAN><FONT
face="Microsoft Sans Serif"></FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><SPAN></SPAN></SPAN> </P>
<P><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><SPAN><FONT
color=#000000>I will be upgrading another 4.6c to ECC6 soon, so I have
interest in this issue you are experiencing. </FONT></SPAN></SPAN></P>
<P><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><SPAN><FONT
color=#000000>The last system I do not believe I had this
scenario.</FONT></SPAN></SPAN></P></DIV>
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<FONT face=Tahoma size=2><B>From:</B> <A href="mailto:sap-wug-bounces@mit.edu"
target=_blank>sap-wug-bounces@mit.edu</A> [mailto:<A
href="mailto:sap-wug-bounces@mit.edu"
target=_blank>sap-wug-bounces@mit.edu</A>] <B>On Behalf Of </B>Maue,
Thomas<BR><B>Sent:</B> Thursday, July 31, 2008 12:05 PM
<DIV class=Ih2E3d><BR><B>To:</B> SAP Workflow Users'
Group<BR></DIV><B>Subject:</B> RE: _RULE_RESULT binding<BR></FONT><BR></DIV>
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<P><FONT face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Sudhir,</SPAN></FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"></SPAN></FONT> </P>
<P><FONT face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Ran into the same
issue, if the work item is executed then the <I><SPAN
style="FONT-STYLE: italic">_</SPAN>Rule_Result</I> is populated and you have
what you need. But if not executed, like when a deadline is reached, you
get nothing - very annoying.</SPAN></FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"></SPAN></FONT> </P>
<P><FONT face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">I had to add a
background step to return the rule agents before routing the escalation to
managers or sending an SAP notification to agents. Some of these were
responsibilities type rules so had to create a method to find agents since
there was no corresponding function module to execute.
</SPAN></FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"></SPAN></FONT> </P>
<P><FONT face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Would have been a lot
easier/cleaner if <I><SPAN style="FONT-STYLE: italic">_</SPAN>Rule_Result
</I>was populated!</SPAN></FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"></SPAN></FONT> </P>
<P><FONT face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Regards,</SPAN></FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Thomas
Maue</SPAN></FONT></P>
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<P><B><FONT face=Tahoma size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma">From:</SPAN></FONT></B><FONT
face=Tahoma size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma"> <A
href="mailto:sap-wug-bounces@mit.edu"
target=_blank>sap-wug-bounces@mit.edu</A> [mailto:<A
href="mailto:sap-wug-bounces@mit.edu"
target=_blank>sap-wug-bounces@mit.edu</A>] <B><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">On Behalf Of </SPAN></B>Sudhir
Pargaonkar<BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Sent:</SPAN></B> Thursday,
July 31, 2008 10:39 AM<BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">To:</SPAN></B>
SAP Workflow Users' Group<BR><B><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Subject:</SPAN></B> _RULE_RESULT
binding</SPAN></FONT></P></DIV>
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<P><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">Hi All,
<BR><BR>I am on ECC 6.0 system.. I want to get result of agent determination
rule into workflow container so that I can send all these users reminder email
once the deadline is reached. <BR><BR>In earlier systems, it used to work
fine.. but now, no values are being passed to workflow container even though
the binding is correct. I tried to apply SAP NOTE 707767 but it says, note can
not be applied as it doesnt match correct version. <BR><BR>any suggestions on
how to fix this issue? I can always create a new step and a method to find out
list of agents selected, but wanted to do it the right
way..<BR><BR>thanks<BR>Sudhir</SPAN></FONT></P></DIV></DIV></DIV></DIV><BR>_______________________________________________<BR>SAP-WUG
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