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color:#1F497D'>Hi Jocelyn, <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'>The one I see most is workflows not completing – i.e. the
design doesn’t ensure it finishes, users generate lots of workflows that
are abandoned in an ‘in processing’ state; or it’s set up to send
IDOC-tasks to WF-BATCH to sweep them under the carpet (surprisingly common).<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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color:#1F497D'> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'>Not sure about UWL impact, but it definitely slows down SBWP and
many of the WF admin transactions (SWI2_*), because the WI status is
indexed and many of the SELECT’s only look at items that are in READY or
STARTED. So even if your user only has 100 items in the SBWP it will still be
slow due to the extra time taken to ignore several million useless items that
are still considered ‘active’. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'>My usual suggestion: If you’re not 100% sure a process is
going to finish, put a long deadline on it after which it’s definitely
obsolete and cancel the WF. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'>Cheers, <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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color:#1F497D'>Mike<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:
"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> sap-wug-bounces@mit.edu [mailto:sap-wug-bounces@mit.edu]
<b>On Behalf Of </b>Dart, Jocelyn<br>
<b>Sent:</b> 07 November 2008 06:08<br>
<b>To:</b> SAP Workflow Users' Group; SAP Workflow Users' Group<br>
<b>Subject:</b> UWL/Workflow Performance Recommendations?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:black'>Hi Folks, </span><span lang=EN-US><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Ok
I know of some performance issues to watch out for but to be thorough I'd
really appreciate it if the WUG-gers would please share any specific UWL or
Workflow performance recommendations you have come across. </span><span
lang=EN-US><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>I'm
talking about recommendations for relatively recent systems here - EP 7.0
portal against ECC 5.0 or higher, or other NW7.0 systems. </span><span
lang=EN-US><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>If
you would be kind enough to send them through I'm happy to collate them
together for the group, and also share them with Ginger Gatling re future plans
for UWL/workflow development.</span><span lang=EN-US><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Really
appreciate your assistance with this. </span><span lang=EN-US><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Kind
regards,</span><span lang=EN-US><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Jocelyn
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