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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'>Hi Chris,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'>One other thought…. If you want an attribute of an object to
be constant, you should store it in a separate element via a container
operation. We do this a lot with HR flows because as you make changes to
the object, the attributes of that object can then change. If you want a
true snapshot of an attribute at a point in time, you need to preserve it in an
element of its own.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'>Kind Regards,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'>Sherie<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span
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>Munday,Sherie
J.<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, September 30, 2009 1:24 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> SAP Workflow Users' Group<br>
<b>Subject:</b> RE: can workflow container in log change?<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'>Chris,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'>This is just a thought, but have you thoroughly tested the Condition
Step? We have found that Case sensitivity and spacing sometimes give us
results we did not expect.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'>Best Wishes,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'>Sherie<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span
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sap-wug-bounces@mit.edu [mailto:sap-wug-bounces@mit.edu] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Barr,
Chris<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, September 30, 2009 1:16 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> sap-wug@mit.edu<br>
<b>Subject:</b> can workflow container in log change?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal>I have a virtual attribute, UsageDecision, on ZBUS2045
subtype of BUS2045 – Inspection Lot. In custom code an Inspection Lot is
Created and then later in the code a Usage Decision is made. My workflow is
triggered from the CREATED event. The first step in the workflow is a Condition
Step that should just complete the workflow if UsageDecision = AIM. The
Condition Step continues the workflow as if UsageDecision was NOT equal to AIM.
But in the workflow log in the workflow container I see UsageDecision set to
AIM. I couldn’t figure out why the Condition Step would not have seen
that. I have heard that the workflow container is dynamic and can change after
the workflow is Completed. Which would mean that when the Condition Step
executed the UsageDecision was not set yet and that’s why the workflow
continued. Is this true? I thought that the workflow container in the log would
have been a snapshot at that point in time that it was used.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><strong><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'>Chris
Barr</span></strong><o:p></o:p></p>
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