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Thanks Mark. I had assumed they were a more recent addition than 46D.<BR>
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I doubt we'll ever use them but it's nice to know about such exotic features from time to time, if only to answer basic questions from enquiring minds.<BR>
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Mike GT<BR><BR>
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Subject: RE:Ad Hoc Anchor Steps in ECC 6<BR>Date: Fri, 16 Jan 2009 16:24:51 +0100<BR>From: mark.griffiths@sap.com<BR>To: sap-wug@mit.edu<BR><BR><BR>
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<DIV dir=ltr align=left><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff><SPAN class=EC_281022015-16012009>Ad Hoc Anchors have been around since the early days of EBP / SRM (about 46D). They are used extensively in SRM from the ITS end user graphical process view of the approval to add additional approval steps. There is a nice button in SRM for end users to do this. In ECC the usage is not quite so obvious as it only works in a fairly clunky manner from the Graphical Workflow Logs.</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr align=left><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff><SPAN class=EC_281022015-16012009>So, in ECC you are unlikely to come up with a use for it, but it is pretty good in SRM.</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr align=left><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff><SPAN class=EC_281022015-16012009>Regards,</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr align=left><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff><SPAN class=EC_281022015-16012009>Mark</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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<FONT face=Tahoma><B>From:</B> sap-wug-bounces@mit.edu [mailto:sap-wug-bounces@mit.edu] <B>On Behalf Of </B>Mike Gambier<BR><B>Sent:</B> 16 January 2009 14:11<BR><B>To:</B> sap-wug@mit.edu<BR><B>Subject:</B> [LIKELY JUNK]Ad Hoc Anchor Steps in ECC 6<BR></FONT><BR></DIV>
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<P class=EC_EC_MsoNormal><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">Hi,</SPAN></FONT></P>
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<P class=EC_EC_MsoNormal><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">Has anyone used the new 'Ad Hoc' Anchor node type in a definition yet? If so, what's it for?</SPAN></FONT></P>
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<P class=EC_EC_MsoNormal><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">From the write-up and help text the node seems to cater for the execution of any number of other Workflow definitions that are supposed to share the same container definition. Sort of like a list of Sub-WFs I suppose. But no check seems to be performed to ensure the WFs listed against the anchor are consistent or syntax check OK. And no sequencing or conditions are involved.</SPAN></FONT></P>
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<P class=EC_EC_MsoNormal><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">Presumably since this new Ad Hoc Anchor step is part of the WF definition it is version controlled so it's not as if you can maitain a list of WFs to call at this step to affect all running instances of the WF in any version that supports the Anchor. To achieve that we have dynamic steps to return WFs on-the-fly.</SPAN></FONT></P>
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<P class=EC_EC_MsoNormal><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">So I'm a bit at a loss to understand why you would use this feature at all...</SPAN></FONT></P>
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<P class=EC_EC_MsoNormal><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">Regards,</SPAN></FONT></P>
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<P class=EC_EC_MsoNormal><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">Mike GT</SPAN></FONT></P></DIV><BR>
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