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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'>Creating a Check Function is one way to go, but be sure to use WAPI’s – don’t read directly against workflow system tables please.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:black'> CALL FUNCTION 'SAP_WAPI_WORKITEMS_TO_OBJECT'<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:black'> EXPORTING<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:blue'>* OBJECT_POR =<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:black'> objtype = ‘yourobject’<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:black'> objkey = l_objnr “ Object key<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:blue'>* TOP_LEVEL_ITEMS = 'X'<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:black'> selection_status_variant = 0001<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:black'> TABLES<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:blue'>* TASK_FILTER =<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:black'> worklist = it_worklist<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:blue'>* MESSAGE_LINES =<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:blue'>* MESSAGE_STRUCT =<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:black'> .<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:black'> DESCRIBE TABLE it_worklist LINES l_lines.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:black'> IF l_lines <> 0.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:black'> RAISE no_workflow.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:black'> ENDIF.</span><span style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><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>Prakashreddy Sabbu<br><b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, October 01, 2013 11:17 AM<br><b>To:</b> SAP Workflow Users' Group<br><b>Subject:</b> RE: [RMX:WL] Re: Check Function Module - how to stop duplicate WF trigger<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><p><span lang=DE style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black'>Hi Karsten,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span lang=DE style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black'>Follow the below steps that would help.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span lang=DE style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span lang=DE style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black'>Right now the issue is becuase of triggering the Create event twice for the same document.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span lang=DE style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span lang=DE style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black'>Create a function module which is to read the entries from SWWIHEAD table with workflow template number , Task number (Task Number you can say the User decision or the first step in the workflow) and the document number (Workflow Instance). If the entry does already exists the workflow should not trigger for the second time.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span lang=DE style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span lang=DE style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black'>Assing this function module as Check Fucntion module in event linkage table (SWETYPV) which can stop the reciver fucntion module to trigger the workflow for the second time.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span lang=DE style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span lang=DE style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black'>Thanks,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span lang=DE style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black'>Prakash S.<o:p></o:p></span></p><div><div class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span lang=DE style='color:black'><hr size=2 width="100%" align=center></span></div><div id=divRpF152752><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><b><span lang=DE style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black'>From:</span></b><span lang=DE style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black'> <a href="mailto:sap-wug-bounces@mit.edu">sap-wug-bounces@mit.edu</a> [sap-wug-bounces@mit.edu] on behalf of Ernst, Karsten [Karsten.Ernst@fhp-ww.com]<br><b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, October 01, 2013 1:22 PM<br><b>To:</b> SAP Workflow Users' Group<br><b>Subject:</b> RE: [RMX:WL] Re: Check Function Module - how to stop duplicate WF trigger</span><span lang=DE style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Hi Sheldon,</span><span lang=DE style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>thanks for the hint with the note and especially the SWEC.</span><span lang=DE style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=DE style='color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Currently we only have set the flag for CREATE in the respective object.</span><span lang=DE style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=DE style='color:black'><img border=0 width=1232 height=252 id="Picture_x0020_1" src="cid:image001.png@01CEBEBB.E2891700"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=DE style='color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Nevertheless the system issues the event after a change to the PO as well.</span><span lang=DE style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>What we do is the following.</span><span lang=DE style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>After the creation of a purchase requisition of a certain scenario we call a function module which transfers the purch.requistion into a PO using FM 'BAPI_PO_CREATE1'. </span><span lang=DE style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>For some cases we need to do some adjustments to the just created PO and we do this after the document is available on the database using FM 'BAPI_PO_CHANGE'. Unfortunately the adjustment we need to do is not possible to be set in the initial CREATE step.</span><span lang=DE style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>And it looks like the 'BAPI_PO_CHANGE' is causing the system to create another BUS2012.RELEASESTEPCREATED event. In my opinion this should not happen according to the setup in SWEC .</span><span lang=DE style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=DE style='color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Any ideas??</span><span lang=DE style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=DE style='color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Best regards</span><span lang=DE style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Karsten</span><span lang=DE style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=DE style='color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=DE style='color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black'> <a href="mailto:sap-wug-bounces@mit.edu">sap-wug-bounces@mit.edu</a> [<a href="mailto:sap-wug-bounces@mit.edu">mailto:sap-wug-bounces@mit.edu</a>] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Sheldon Oxenberg<br><b>Sent:</b> Monday, September 30, 2013 4:56 PM<br><b>To:</b> SAP Workflow Users' Group<br><b>Subject:</b> [RMX:WL] Re: Check Function Module - how to stop duplicate WF trigger</span><span lang=DE style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=DE style='color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span lang=DE style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>Hi Karsten,</span><span lang=DE style='color:black'><br><br></span><span lang=DE style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>I believe many of us have encountered this before. You may need to remove config in Transaction SWEC.</span><span lang=DE style='color:black'><br></span><span lang=DE style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>Please review SAP Note 797775, and you can search the internet, for example, "SAP bus2012 releasestepcreated event"<br><br>Regards,<br>Sheldon Oxenberg<br>CSC</span><span lang=DE style='color:black'><br><br><br><img border=0 width=16 height=16 id="_x0000_i1027" src="cid:image002.gif@01CEBEBB.E2891700" alt="Inactive hide details for "Ernst, Karsten" ---09/30/2013 10:35:51 AM---Hi everybody, I have quite a strange but interesting que"></span><span lang=DE style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#424282'>"Ernst, Karsten" ---09/30/2013 10:35:51 AM---Hi everybody, I have quite a strange but interesting question I think to the experts in the group.</span><span lang=DE style='color:black'><br><br></span><span lang=DE style='font-size:7.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#5F5F5F'>From: </span><span lang=DE style='font-size:7.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>"Ernst, Karsten" <<a href="mailto:Karsten.Ernst@fhp-ww.com" target="_blank">Karsten.Ernst@fhp-ww.com</a>></span><span lang=DE style='color:black'><br></span><span lang=DE style='font-size:7.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#5F5F5F'>To: </span><span lang=DE style='font-size:7.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>"<a href="mailto:sap-wug@mit.edu" target="_blank">sap-wug@mit.edu</a>" <<a href="mailto:sap-wug@mit.edu" target="_blank">sap-wug@mit.edu</a>></span><span lang=DE style='color:black'><br></span><span lang=DE style='font-size:7.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#5F5F5F'>Date: </span><span lang=DE style='font-size:7.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>09/30/2013 10:35 AM</span><span lang=DE style='color:black'><br></span><span lang=DE style='font-size:7.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#5F5F5F'>Subject: </span><span lang=DE style='font-size:7.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>Check Function Module - how to stop duplicate WF trigger</span><span lang=DE style='color:black'><br></span><span lang=DE style='font-size:7.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#5F5F5F'>Sent by: </span><span lang=DE style='font-size:7.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><a href="mailto:sap-wug-bounces@mit.edu" target="_blank">sap-wug-bounces@mit.edu</a></span><span lang=DE style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><div><div class=MsoNormal><span lang=DE style='color:black'><hr size=2 width="100%" noshade style='color:#8091A5' align=left></span></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=DE style='color:black'><br><br><br></span><span lang=DE style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'>Hi everybody,</span><span lang=DE style='color:black'><br></span><span lang=DE style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'> </span><span lang=DE style='color:black'><br></span><span lang=DE style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'>I have quite a strange but interesting question I think to the experts in the group.</span><span lang=DE style='color:black'><br></span><span lang=DE style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'>Due to the pre-processing setup the PO event BUS2012.RELEASESTEPCREATED is issues twice for the same object (same PO) within seconds.</span><span lang=DE style='color:black'><br></span><span lang=DE style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'>We see no chance to prevent the double triggering of the event and this should not be the discussion here.</span><span lang=DE style='color:black'><br></span><span lang=DE style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'>What I am looking for is your help on how to implement a Check Function Module to be integrated in the Event Type Linkage.</span><span lang=DE style='color:black'><br></span><span lang=DE style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'>I would like to determine if there is already an active WF instance available for the current PO number (should be the object key of the event) and if this is the case the event should raise an exception and should not trigger the WF to start.</span><span lang=DE style='color:black'><br></span><span lang=DE style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'>If possible it might be could to check the WF Number / Receiver Type (WS9…) as well.</span><span lang=DE style='color:black'><br></span><span lang=DE style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'> </span><span lang=DE style='color:black'><br></span><span lang=DE style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'>As I have limited knowledge on how to implement this and especially on how to check for the active 1<sup>st</sup> instance of the workflow for the current object, any hint or code snippet is highly appreciated.</span><span lang=DE style='color:black'><br></span><span lang=DE style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'> </span><span lang=DE style='color:black'><br></span><span lang=DE style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'>Best regards</span><span lang=DE style='color:black'><br></span><span lang=DE style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'>Karsten</span><span lang=DE style='color:black'><br></span><span lang=DE style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'> </span><span lang=DE style='color:black'><br></span><span lang=DE style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:gray'>Karsten Ernst</span><span lang=DE style='color:black'><br></span><span lang=DE style='font-size:7.5pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:gray'> </span><span lang=DE style='color:black'><br></span><b><span lang=DE style='font-size:7.5pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:gray'>Freudenberg Home and Cleaning Solutions GmbH </span></b><span lang=DE style='color:black'><br></span><span lang=DE style='font-size:7.5pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:gray'>Supply Chain Management Systems and Processes</span><span lang=DE style='color:black'><br></span><span lang=DE style='font-size:7.5pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:gray'> </span><span lang=DE style='color:black'><br></span><span lang=DE style='font-size:7.5pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:gray'>Mail: </span><span lang=DE style='color:black'><a href="mailto:Karsten.Ernst@fhp-ww.com" target="_blank"><span style='font-size:7.5pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>Karsten.Ernst@fhp-ww.com</span></a><br></span><span lang=DE 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