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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"BentonSans Regular";color:#1F497D">Hi Robert,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"BentonSans Regular";color:#1F497D">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-size:10.0pt;font-family:"BentonSans Regular";color:#1F497D">Regards,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"BentonSans Regular";color:#1F497D">Eddie<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>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>
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<p><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"">Hi all,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif""> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"">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-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"">Is it possible to execute a task in a batch proces?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif""> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"">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>
<p><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif""> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"">Kind regards,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"">Robert<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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