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Hello fellow WUGgers,<BR>
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As part of our upgrade testing we've spotted a few new fields on the Workflow Deadlines table SWWWIDH that have crept in without any explanation or warning:<BR>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt 36pt"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial monospaced for SAP'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial">WI_TIMESTAMP<SPAN style="mso-tab-count: 1"> </SPAN>SWW_TSTAMP<SPAN style="mso-tab-count: 1"> </SPAN>DEC<SPAN style="mso-tab-count: 1"> </SPAN>21<SPAN style="mso-tab-count: 1"> </SPAN>7<SPAN style="mso-tab-count: 1"> </SPAN>Workflow: UTC Time Stamp<?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt 36pt"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial monospaced for SAP'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial">TIMESTAMP<SPAN style="mso-tab-count: 1"> </SPAN><SPAN style="mso-tab-count: 1"> </SPAN>TIMESTAMPL<SPAN style="mso-tab-count: 1"> </SPAN>DEC<SPAN style="mso-tab-count: 1"> </SPAN>21<SPAN style="mso-tab-count: 1"> </SPAN>7<SPAN style="mso-tab-count: 1"> </SPAN>UTC Time Stamp in Long Form (YYYYMMDDhhmmssmmmuuun)<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt 36pt"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial monospaced for SAP'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial">RETRY_CNT<SPAN style="mso-tab-count: 1"> </SPAN><SPAN style="mso-tab-count: 1"> </SPAN>SWW_RETCNT<SPAN style="mso-tab-count: 1"> </SPAN>NUMC<SPAN style="mso-tab-count: 1"> </SPAN>2<SPAN style="mso-tab-count: 1"> </SPAN>0<SPAN style="mso-tab-count: 1"> </SPAN>Retries for Work Items with Temporary Errors<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt 36pt"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial monospaced for SAP'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial">ALERT_SEND<SPAN style="mso-tab-count: 1"> </SPAN><SPAN style="mso-tab-count: 1"> </SPAN>SWW_ALTSND<SPAN style="mso-tab-count: 1"> </SPAN>CHAR<SPAN style="mso-tab-count: 1"> </SPAN>1<SPAN style="mso-tab-count: 1"> </SPAN>0<SPAN style="mso-tab-count: 1"> </SPAN>Workflow: Alert Sent<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt 36pt"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial monospaced for SAP'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial">RNDNUMBER<SPAN style="mso-tab-count: 1"> </SPAN><SPAN style="mso-tab-count: 1"> </SPAN>SWF_RNDNUM<SPAN style="mso-tab-count: 1"> </SPAN>NUMC<SPAN style="mso-tab-count: 1"> </SPAN>2<SPAN style="mso-tab-count: 1"> </SPAN>0<SPAN style="mso-tab-count: 1"> </SPAN>Workflow: Random Number<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt 36pt"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial monospaced for SAP'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial">STATUS<SPAN style="mso-tab-count: 1"> </SPAN><SPAN style="mso-tab-count: 1"> </SPAN>SWW_DEASTA<SPAN style="mso-tab-count: 1"> </SPAN>NUMC<SPAN style="mso-tab-count: 1"> </SPAN>2<SPAN style="mso-tab-count: 1"> </SPAN>0<SPAN style="mso-tab-count: 1"> </SPAN>Workflow: Status of SWWWIDH Entry<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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The one that caught my eye was the new 'Status' field, which currently has two possible values 1 (Active) and 2 (Error).<BR>
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During some of our test we've noticed the odd '2' value creeping in which seems to mark the deadline for death so that it is completely ignored by the SWWDHEX job.<BR>
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Has anyone got any info on what these new fields are used for?<BR>
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The 'Random Number' field is also a bit curious. I haven't trawled through SAP's ABAP Classes yet to find out what it's for but it strikes me as some kind of load-balancing or performance tweak, possibly for parallel streaming.<BR>
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If anyone knows otherwise can they share their knowledge please? :)<BR>
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Regards,<BR>
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Mike GT<BR><BR>
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