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<DIV dir=ltr align=left><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff><SPAN
class=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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class=281022015-16012009></SPAN></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff><SPAN
class=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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class=281022015-16012009></SPAN></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff><SPAN
class=281022015-16012009>Regards,</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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class=281022015-16012009></SPAN></FONT> </DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr align=left><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff><SPAN
class=281022015-16012009>Mark</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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class=281022015-16012009></SPAN></FONT> </DIV>
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class=281022015-16012009>SAP UK</SPAN></FONT></DIV><BR>
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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
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<P class=EC_MsoNormal><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">Hi,</SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=EC_MsoNormal><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"></SPAN></FONT> </P>
<P class=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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style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"></SPAN></FONT> </P>
<P class=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>
<P class=EC_MsoNormal><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"></SPAN></FONT> </P>
<P class=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>
<P class=EC_MsoNormal><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"></SPAN></FONT> </P>
<P class=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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style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"></SPAN></FONT> </P>
<P class=EC_MsoNormal><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">Regards,</SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=EC_MsoNormal><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"></SPAN></FONT> </P>
<P class=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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