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<P>Thanks Eddie,</P>
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<P>Looks promising.</P>
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<P>Kind redards,</P>
<P>Robert<BR><BR></P>
<P>On Jun 5, 2013 14:23 "Morris, Eddie" <A href="mailto:eddie.morris@sap.com"><eddie.morris@sap.com></A> wrote:</P>
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<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'BentonSans Regular'; COLOR: #1f497d; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">Please take a look at note 1541069 (Executing background work items with jobs).<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'BentonSans Regular'; COLOR: #1f497d; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">Regards,<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'BentonSans Regular'; COLOR: #1f497d; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">Eddie<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal><B><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Tahoma', 'sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt" lang=EN-US>From:</SPAN></B><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Tahoma', 'sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt" lang=EN-US> sap-wug-bounces@mit.edu [mailto:sap-wug-bounces@mit.edu] <B>On Behalf Of </B>Robert van den Berg <BR><B>Sent:</B> Wednesday, June 05, 2013 1:03 PM<BR><B>To:</B> SAP Workflow Users' Group<BR><B>Subject:</B> batch vs dialog<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P></DIV></DIV>
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<P><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Verdana', 'sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">Hi all,<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Verdana', 'sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"> <o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Verdana', 'sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">we have a workfow which has a task which takes longer than the dialog time to complete.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Verdana', 'sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">Is it possible to execute a task in a batch proces?<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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<P><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Verdana', 'sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">As I recall, all workflow steps are executed in a dialog process, but I want to make sure there is no other option.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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<P><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Verdana', 'sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">Kind regards,<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Verdana', 'sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">Robert<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></html>