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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=black face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;color:black'>Hi Mike, All potential upgraders!<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=black face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;color:black'><br>
Well, I did find this helpful – <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=black face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;color:black'><a
href="https://www.sdn.sap.com/irj/sdn/go/portal/prtroot/docs/library/uuid/103b1a61-294f-2a10-6491-9827479d0bf1">https://www.sdn.sap.com/irj/sdn/go/portal/prtroot/docs/library/uuid/103b1a61-294f-2a10-6491-9827479d0bf1</a><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=black face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=black face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;color:black'>In particular, there is one OSS Note </span></font><b><font
color=black><span style='color:black;font-weight:bold'>(</span></font>1068627) </b>which
is good because it lists a lot of notes that may be helpful.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>We are on Basis Support Pack 15, so a lot of them did not apply to us.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>I’ve filled out an OSS Message. SAP did respond advising me to check: <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><i><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial;font-style:italic'>* 1175535 -
Cross-release transport of workflows<br>
<br>
If you look at section [5] of note 1098805 there are some points<br>
I would like you to check. They are:<br>
<br>
Troubleshoot versions & activation<br>
<br>
- Do the Source and Target systems have the same system date &<br>
time?<br>
<br>
- If you created any new container elements in your workflow can<br>
you make sure that the their data references also exist in the<br>
QA system.<br>
<br>
- Did you create any new tasks and add them to the workflow in<br>
the development system. If so please make sure that you also<br>
transported the task to the quality system.<br>
<br>
- Have you checked transaction SWDM -> Extras -> Transported<br>
workflows in the target system? It will show up in red if<br>
there are any issues.<br>
<br>
* 1098805 - Troubleshooting Tips & Tricks for workflow issues<o:p></o:p></span></font></i></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=black face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=black face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;color:black'>Additionally, table </span></font>SWDSHEADER,
for version 9999 of the workflow, should have the exact date and time stamp as
the same entry in your Dev Box.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>Many thanks to Eddie Morris for helping me get this far.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>So far, no other resolution. I’ve deleted offending container elements
in Dev, re-added them, checked binding, re-transported, all to no avail.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>I’ll keep you posted.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>Sue</span></font><font size=2 color=black><span style='font-size:11.0pt;
color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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style='font-size:10.0pt;color:black'>----</span></font><font color=black><span
style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=black face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;color:black'>Susan R. Keohan</span></font><font
color=black><span style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=black face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;color:black'>SAP Workflow Specialist</span></font><font
color=black><span style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on"><font size=2
color=black face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:black'>Enterprise</span></font></st1:place></st1:City><font
size=2 color=black><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:black'> Applications</span></font><font
color=black><span style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=black face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;color:black'>Information Services Department</span></font><font
color=black><span style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=black face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;color:black'>MIT <st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Lincoln</st1:place></st1:City>
Laboratory</span></font><font color=black><span style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><st1:Street w:st="on"><st1:address w:st="on"><font size=2
color=black face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:black'>244
Wood Street</span></font></st1:address></st1:Street><font size=2 color=black><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;color:black'>, LI-200</span></font><font color=black><span
style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on"><font size=2
color=black face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:black'>Lexington</span></font></st1:City><font
size=2 color=black><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:black'>, <st1:State
w:st="on">MA</st1:State></span></font></st1:place><font size=2 color=black><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;color:black'>. 02420</span></font><font color=black><span
style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=black face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;color:black'>781-981-3561</span></font><font
color=black><span style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=black face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;color:black'>keohan@LL.MIT.EDU</span></font><font
color=black><span style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 color=black face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'> </span></font><o:p></o:p></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'>
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> Thursday, November 06, 2008
5:05 AM<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>To:</span></b> sap-wug@mit.edu<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Subject:</span></b> RE: ECC Upgrade - WF
Transport Issues?</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Verdana><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Verdana'>Hi again Sue,<br>
<br>
Sorry, I misunderstood your email title and assumed you were going through the
same pain as me :)<br>
<br>
I must say we've had fewer issues from our ECC 6 Dev Box to our target ECC 6
environments once the definitions have been patched up and tweaked in Dev. The
only real issues we've had have been with activation failures because of
other missing pieces or dodgy runtime buffering. These started to diminish too
once I started to religiously regenerate our BoR objects in every target system
after each build was applied.<br>
<br>
So far to date, we've applied the following OSS Notes, some of which you
may already have looked at:<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Verdana><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Verdana'><br>
1025249 WF Deadline (888204, 900343)<br>
1082156 WF Log (Additional Info)<br>
1083317 Multiline Binding<br>
1175837 WF 'Return' parameter for Synch Method<br>
1228836 Date Binding Upgrade issue<br>
1077505 WF Builder Invalid Block WD:344 fix<br>
1234971 &WF_ParForEach& syntax<br>
1264958 WF Tech Log Chron<br>
<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Verdana><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Verdana'>If you find others that prove useful to you feel free to
let me know :)<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Verdana><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Verdana'> <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Verdana><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Verdana'>Regards,<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Verdana><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Verdana'> <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Verdana><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Verdana'>Mike GT<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Verdana><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Verdana'> <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana'><br>
From: keohan@ll.mit.edu<br>
To: sap-wug@mit.edu<br>
Date: Wed, 5 Nov 2008 12:41:06 -0500<br>
Subject: RE: ECC Upgrade - WF Transport Issues?<br>
<br>
<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=black face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;color:black'>Hi Mike,</span></font><font size=2
face=Verdana><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=black face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;color:black'><br>
Thank you for your thoughtful and thorough answer. I probably neglected
to specify that although these WF Definitions were <i><span style='font-style:
italic'>originally</span></i> created in 4.6c, they’ve been changed after our
Dev box was upgraded to ECC 6.0. Which is why this is so
frustrating – these definitions are fine in our Dev box which is ECC 6; they
run and everything. Then we transport them to QA and get errors (which I
would have expected to get in Dev).</span></font><font size=2 face=Verdana><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=black face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;color:black'> </span></font><font size=2
face=Verdana><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=black face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;color:black'>I am still plowing through <st1:City
w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">OSS</st1:place></st1:City> notes though. </span></font><font
size=2 face=Verdana><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=black face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;color:black'> </span></font><font size=2
face=Verdana><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=black face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;color:black'>It would be one thing if I was concerned
about running instances of the old workflows, but I have gotten lucky (I think)
in that the business seems to have bought off on clearing out all our ‘old’
4.6c workflow instances.</span></font><font size=2 face=Verdana><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=black face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;color:black'> </span></font><font size=2
face=Verdana><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=black face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;color:black'>But thank you for enlightening all of us!</span></font><font
size=2 face=Verdana><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=black face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;color:black'> </span></font><font size=2
face=Verdana><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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style='font-size:10.0pt;color:black'>----</span></font><font size=2
face=Verdana><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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style='font-size:10.0pt;color:black'>Susan R. Keohan</span></font><font size=2
face=Verdana><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=black face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;color:black'>SAP Workflow Specialist</span></font><font
size=2 face=Verdana><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on"><font size=2
color=black face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:black'>Enterprise</span></font></st1:place></st1:City><font
size=2 color=black face=Verdana><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana;
color:black'> Applications</span></font><font size=2 face=Verdana><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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style='font-size:10.0pt;color:black'>Information Services Department</span></font><font
size=2 face=Verdana><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=black face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;color:black'>MIT <st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Lincoln</st1:place></st1:City>
Laboratory</span></font><font size=2 face=Verdana><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Verdana'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><st1:Street w:st="on"><st1:address w:st="on"><font size=2
color=black face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:black'>244
Wood Street</span></font></st1:address></st1:Street><font size=2 color=black
face=Verdana><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana;color:black'>,
LI-200</span></font><font size=2 face=Verdana><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Verdana'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on"><font size=2
color=black face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:black'>Lexington</span></font></st1:City><font
size=2 color=black face=Verdana><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:
Verdana;color:black'>, <st1:State w:st="on">MA</st1:State></span></font></st1:place><font
size=2 color=black face=Verdana><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana;
color:black'>. 02420</span></font><font size=2 face=Verdana><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=black face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;color:black'>781-981-3561</span></font><font size=2
face=Verdana><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=black face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;color:black'>keohan@LL.MIT.EDU</span></font><font
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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'> 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> Wednesday, November 05, 2008
12:27 PM<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>To:</span></b> sap-wug@mit.edu<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Subject:</span></b> RE: ECC Upgrade - WF
Transport Issues?</span></font><font size=2 face=Verdana><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Verdana><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Verdana'>Hi Sue,<br>
<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Verdana><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Verdana'>We're at the tail-end of a long protracted code merge
between 4.6c and ECC 6 and our experiences of the whole WF Transport area are
these:<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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font-family:Verdana'><br>
1. SAP categorically does NOT support transporting 4.6c changes to ECC 6
definitions. And from what we've been told they never will either, despite our
complaints that they need to consider they're existing customers who can't just
upgrade overnight.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Verdana><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Verdana'> <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Verdana><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Verdana'>2. SAP expects clients to upgrade their definitions once
and once only. And therefore their migration tools and programs are written to
update the new tables from the 'old' tables once and once only.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Verdana><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Verdana'> <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Verdana><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Verdana'>3. Basically speaking you have to assume that most
changes to containers and container elements will NOT be Transportable and
will have to be manually applied directly in ECC 6. Thankfully, binding
changes seem to be unaffected for the most part although there too some
things have crept in that might catch you because of unicode parsing (there's
new syntax added by SWDD for type definitions that you can't add in 4.6c).<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Verdana><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Verdana'> <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Verdana><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Verdana'>4. Some brand new WF Definition features have to be
defaulted but these values may not be ideal for you. For instance we have
chosen to stick to the 'old' STRUCTURE PERSISTENCE conatiner tables
(SWW_CONTOB) but we need to explicitly state this in the WF Definition header
settings otherwise furture versions may decide to switch to the new tables
(Compatiblity setting). And we've found that on occasion 4.6c Transports have a
nasty habit of re-initialising some of these defaults...<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Verdana><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Verdana'> <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Verdana><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Verdana'>5. Dummy nodes in ECC 6 cause havoc until a Block
Correction is carried out, as you have found out. These go away but come back
if you re-import from 4.6c iof course. Nice! The fault is deep down in the new
logic for determining step types and the fact that ECC 6 adds an extra piece of
data somewhere to define a dummy block that you can't transport.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Verdana><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Verdana'> <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Verdana><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Verdana'>6. Multi-line tables now have to be handled with a brand
new container element that 4.6c can't deal with. That was a fun one to work
out. You actually have to hack your binding in text editor mode to insert the
new syntax if you want to pacth this kind of thing up (WFParForEach).<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
</blockquote>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Verdana><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Verdana'> <br>
The Transport mechanism in 4.6c can only succeed in delivering changes where
the tables in ECC 6 have remained in place and are still in use. Thankfully this
means that in most cases the changes to actual step logic and binding does make
it through, but be careful where the new logic being added is based
on new container elements (see 3). <br>
<br>
To be fair I appreciate SAP's dilemma a bit because the jump from 4.6c to ECC 6
in terms of Workflow is subtle but huge. The addition of XI/PI/BPM (whatever
they call it now) and the whole revamp of the Workflow engine in ABAP Classes
has meant a complete rethink in a lot of key areas. <br>
<br>
But I think clients are currently faced with a painful choice at the
moment which leaves a sour taste in my mouth to be honest. They either send
Transports through and patch things up manually (as we have had to do) or
they carry out parallel changes and keep their development codestreams apart
(at the risk of missing stuff). Either way the upgrade becomes quite a pain if
you use Workflow a lot.<br>
<br>
By the way, be aware that the tables for Event Linkages have
also changed, so SWETYPV is based on a completely different table view and
hence Transports from 4.6c are utterly useless.<br>
<br>
Regards,<br>
<br>
Mike GT<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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From: keohan@ll.mit.edu<br>
To: sap-wug@mit.edu<br>
Date: Wed, 5 Nov 2008 11:35:41 -0500<br>
Subject: ECC Upgrade - WF Transport Issues?<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
11.0pt'>Hi All,</span></font><font size=2 face=Verdana><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Verdana'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
11.0pt'> </span></font><font size=2 face=Verdana><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Verdana'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
11.0pt'>We are upgrading from 4.6c to ECC 6. </span></font><font size=2
face=Verdana><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=2 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;font-weight:bold'>Some</span></font></b><font size=2
face=Verdana><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Verdana'> workflow definitions
that were originally built in 4.6c have trouble when a corrected version is
transported to QA.</span></font><font size=2 face=Verdana><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
11.0pt'>I am talking only about <b><span style='font-weight:bold'>definitions –
not instances</span></b>. </span></font><font size=2
face=Verdana><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
11.0pt'>Here’s the long version…</span></font><font size=2 face=Verdana><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
11.0pt'> </span></font><font size=2 face=Verdana><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Verdana'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
11.0pt'> </span></font><font size=2 face=Verdana><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Verdana'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>WF Definition (originally built in 4.6c) in Development system (ECC 6)
then transports to QA (ECC 6)</span></font><font size=2 face=Verdana><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.75in;text-indent:-.25in'><font size=3
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>1)</span></font><font
size=1 face=Verdana><span style='font-size:7.0pt;font-family:Verdana'>
</span></font><font size=2 face=Verdana><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Verdana'>Had errors in block structure, corrected via WF Builder
(Extras> Special Functions> Block Correction<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.75in;text-indent:-.25in'><font size=3
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>2)</span></font><font
size=1 face=Verdana><span style='font-size:7.0pt;font-family:Verdana'>
</span></font><font size=2 face=Verdana><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Verdana'>Tranported to QA <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.75in;text-indent:-.25in'><font size=3
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>3)</span></font><font
size=1 face=Verdana><span style='font-size:7.0pt;font-family:Verdana'>
</span></font><font size=2 face=Verdana><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Verdana'>WF Definition was not updated in QA with first transport,
header data did not reflect change version from date of first transport<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.75in;text-indent:-.25in'><font size=3
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>4)</span></font><font
size=1 face=Verdana><span style='font-size:7.0pt;font-family:Verdana'>
</span></font><font size=2 face=Verdana><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Verdana'>Transport logs ineffective (although they do report error
8)<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.75in;text-indent:-.25in'><font size=3
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>5)</span></font><font
size=1 face=Verdana><span style='font-size:7.0pt;font-family:Verdana'>
</span></font><font size=2 face=Verdana><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Verdana'>Generated new version in Dev. Transported to QA.
No Transport errors<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.75in;text-indent:-.25in'><font size=3
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>6)</span></font><font
size=1 face=Verdana><span style='font-size:7.0pt;font-family:Verdana'>
</span></font><font size=2 face=Verdana><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Verdana'>New version ‘appears’ to be in QA<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'> </span></font><font size=2 face=Verdana><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.75in;text-indent:-.25in'><font size=3
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>7)</span></font><font
size=1 face=Verdana><span style='font-size:7.0pt;font-family:Verdana'>
</span></font><font size=2 face=Verdana><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Verdana'>Check on WF – SWUD In Dev:<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-indent:.5in'><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'><img border=0 width=444 height=259
id="EC_EC__x005f_x005f_x005f_x0000_i1025"
src="cid:image001.jpg@01C93FFA.F9D576A0"></span></font><font size=2
face=Verdana><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-indent:.5in'><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'>But in QA: (Workflow Definition does not
exist????)</span></font><font size=2 face=Verdana><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Verdana'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-indent:.5in'><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'>:<img border=0 width=456 height=318
id="EC_EC__x005f_x005f_x005f_x0000_i1026"
src="cid:image002.jpg@01C93FFA.F9D576A0"></span></font><font size=2
face=Verdana><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'> </span></font><font size=2 face=Verdana><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'> </span></font><font size=2 face=Verdana><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-indent:.5in'><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'>8) PFTC_DIS In Dev (OK, warnings, but so what):</span></font><font
size=2 face=Verdana><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-indent:.5in'><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'><img border=0 width=468 height=410
id="EC_EC__x005f_x005f_x005f_x0000_i1027"
src="cid:image003.jpg@01C93FFA.F9D576A0"></span></font><font size=2
face=Verdana><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'> </span></font><font size=2 face=Verdana><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-indent:.5in'><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'>In QA:</span></font><font size=2 face=Verdana><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-indent:.5in'><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'><img border=0 width=432 height=389
id="EC_EC__x005f_x005f_x005f_x0000_i1028"
src="cid:image004.jpg@01C93FFA.F9D576A0"></span></font><font size=2
face=Verdana><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
11.0pt'> </span></font><font size=2 face=Verdana><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Verdana'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
11.0pt'> </span></font><font size=2 face=Verdana><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Verdana'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
11.0pt'>I am scouring OSS Notes. We do get the warnings in QA when
entering PFTC_DIS with various container elements (‘Container element TYPEID is
not used’, Message No. WD315). So far notes seem to address
elements *<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>missing</span></b>* from the
workflow containers (related to workflow instances, not definitions), Container
elements missing (RSWF_CNT_BOR_ELEM_REPLACE), but this workflow was fine in Dev
and the elements referred to do exist in QA… </span></font><font size=2
face=Verdana><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
11.0pt'> </span></font><font size=2 face=Verdana><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Verdana'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
11.0pt'>Any tips would be appreciated.<br>
Thanks</span></font><font size=2 face=Verdana><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Verdana'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
11.0pt'>Sue</span></font><font size=2 face=Verdana><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Verdana'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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10.0pt'>----</span></font><font size=2 face=Verdana><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Verdana'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'>Susan R. Keohan</span></font><font size=2 face=Verdana><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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