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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='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Another update:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>I found that if I create the new task directly in PFTC, I do get the “901” prefix:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><img width=539 height=437 id="_x0000_i1036" src="cid:image008.png@01CF1391.EF902260"><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>But if I create the task from within the workflow “Activity” step, I am getting the old “900” prefix:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><img width=896 height=464 id="_x0000_i1035" src="cid:image009.png@01CF1391.EF902260"></span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS";color:blue'>Loren </span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:gray'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:gray'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><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"'> Bratzler, Loren <br><b>Sent:</b> Friday, January 17, 2014 2:32 PM<br><b>To:</b> SAP Workflow Users' Group<br><b>Subject:</b> RE: Question About Prefix Numbers<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>I have created the new prefix as “901” for ED3-100:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><img width=642 height=296 id="Picture_x0020_1" src="cid:image010.png@01CF1391.EF902260"><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>But, when I create another new task, I am still getting a task number with “900” as the prefix:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><img width=649 height=426 id="Picture_x0020_2" src="cid:image011.png@01CF1391.EF902260"><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Again, this new task number 90000021, does not yet exist in our system.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS";color:blue'>Loren </span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:gray'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:gray'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><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>Sheldon Oxenberg<br><b>Sent:</b> Friday, January 17, 2014 1:43 PM<br><b>To:</b> SAP Workflow Users' Group<br><b>Subject:</b> RE: Question About Prefix Numbers<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Loren,</span><br><br><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>The entry is client specific.</span><br><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>If you are in client 100, then the prefix configuration only needs to have the Client 100 entry: Prefix no. = 901 / SAP System = ED3 / Client = 100.</span><br><br><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>If you no longer have a client 300, then you do not need to restore the old prefix configuration "900" that points to ED3-300, but you should 'retire' prefix no. 900, and make a note that prefix no. 900 should never be used again in the prefix configuration in your SAP Landscape.</span><br><br><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>If you do still have a client 300, then when you are in client 300, the prefix configuration should remain: Prefix no. = 900 / SAP System = ED3 / Client = 300.</span><br><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><br><br>Regards.<br><br>SHELDON OXENBERG<br>Professional, Solution Management<br>Technical Architect/SAP Business Workflow<br>CSC<br></span><br><br><img width=16 height=16 id="_x0000_i1027" src="cid:image012.gif@01CF1391.EF902260" alt="Inactive hide details for "Bratzler, Loren" ---01/17/2014 01:24:47 PM---Sheldon, Thanks for the quick reply."><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#424282'>"Bratzler, Loren" ---01/17/2014 01:24:47 PM---Sheldon, Thanks for the quick reply.</span><br><br><span style='font-size:7.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#5F5F5F'>From: </span><span style='font-size:7.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>"Bratzler, Loren" <<a href="mailto:loren.bratzler@nscorp.com">loren.bratzler@nscorp.com</a>></span><br><span style='font-size:7.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#5F5F5F'>To: </span><span style='font-size:7.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>"SAP Workflow Users' Group" <<a href="mailto:sap-wug@mit.edu">sap-wug@mit.edu</a>></span><br><span style='font-size:7.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#5F5F5F'>Date: </span><span style='font-size:7.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>01/17/2014 01:24 PM</span><br><span style='font-size:7.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#5F5F5F'>Subject: </span><span style='font-size:7.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>RE: Question About Prefix Numbers</span><br><span style='font-size:7.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#5F5F5F'>Sent by: </span><span style='font-size:7.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><a href="mailto:sap-wug-bounces@mit.edu">sap-wug-bounces@mit.edu</a></span><o:p></o:p></p><div><div class=MsoNormal><hr size=2 width="100%" noshade style='color:#8091A5' align=left></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><br><br><br><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Sheldon,</span><br><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'> </span><br><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Thanks for the quick reply.</span><br><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'> </span><br><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>So should I also restore the entry back for the old “900” prefix that points to our old client ED3-300 ?</span><br><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'> </span><br><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS";color:blue'>Loren </span><br><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:gray'> </span><br><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'> </span><br><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"'> <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<b><br>Sent:</b> Friday, January 17, 2014 12:53 PM<b><br>To:</b> SAP Workflow Users' Group<b><br>Subject:</b> Re: Question About Prefix Numbers</span><br> <o:p></o:p></p><p><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Hi Loren,</span><br><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><br>Yes, you are creating yourself a big problem here by configuring the same Prefix number 900.<br>You should always configure a new unused (never before used) Prefix number when you create a new Development System and/or Client.<br>You should maintain a list of used Prefix numbers in your SAP Landscape, and never reuse a Prefix number, even if you remove a System/Client.</span><br><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><br>For example, you could configure your Prefix number for your new Client as follows:</span><br><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><br>Prefix no. = 901<br>SAP System = ED3<br>Client = 100<br><br><br>Regards.<br><br>SHELDON OXENBERG<br>Professional, Solution Management<br>Technical Architect/SAP Business Workflow<br>CSC</span><br><br><br><img border=0 width=16 height=16 id="_x0000_i1029" src="cid:image012.gif@01CF1391.EF902260" alt="Inactive hide details for "Bratzler, Loren" ---01/17/2014 12:35:47 PM---Our Basis team recently converted our Development envir"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#424282'>"Bratzler, Loren" ---01/17/2014 12:35:47 PM---Our Basis team recently converted our Development environment from client 300 to client 100. Today,</span><br><span style='font-size:7.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#5F5F5F'><br>From: </span><span style='font-size:7.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>"Bratzler, Loren" <</span><a href="mailto:loren.bratzler@nscorp.com"><span style='font-size:7.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>loren.bratzler@nscorp.com</span></a><span style='font-size:7.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>><span style='color:#5F5F5F'><br>To: </span>"</span><a href="mailto:sap-wug@mit.edu"><span style='font-size:7.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>sap-wug@mit.edu</span></a><span style='font-size:7.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>" <</span><a href="mailto:sap-wug@mit.edu"><span style='font-size:7.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>sap-wug@mit.edu</span></a><span style='font-size:7.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>><span style='color:#5F5F5F'><br>Date: </span>01/17/2014 12:35 PM<span style='color:#5F5F5F'><br>Subject: </span>Question About Prefix Numbers<span style='color:#5F5F5F'><br>Sent by: </span></span><a href="mailto:sap-wug-bounces@mit.edu"><span style='font-size:7.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>sap-wug-bounces@mit.edu</span></a><o:p></o:p></p><div><div class=MsoNormal><hr size=2 width="100%" noshade style='color:#A0A0A0' align=left></div></div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><br><br><br><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><br>Our Basis team recently converted our Development environment from client 300 to client 100.<br><br>Today, for the first time since this change was made, I needed to create a new standard task. So I defined the task and when I went to save it, I got an error message telling me the prefixes had not been defined in the client I was working in. So I went out to SWU3 and sure enough, the “Maintain Prefix Numbers” under definition environment had a red X:<br></span><br><img border=0 width=333 height=163 id="_x0000_i1031" src="cid:image013.png@01CF1391.EF902260"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><br><br>So I launched the activity and I saw that there was an entry for the old 300 client in the table:<br></span><br><img border=0 width=624 height=391 id="_x0000_i1032" src="cid:image014.jpg@01CF1391.EF902260"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><br><br>I then edited the entry (deleted and re-created it) for the new client 100:<br></span><br><img border=0 width=635 height=371 id="_x0000_i1033" src="cid:image015.png@01CF1391.EF902260"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><br><br><br>I then went back to my new standard task and when I clicked “save”, it assigned a task number successfully. The problem is, I was expecting to get a task number up in the 400 range based on the last time I had to create a new task. But the task number that got created was 90000015:<br></span><br><img border=0 width=520 height=153 id="_x0000_i1034" src="cid:image016.png@01CF1391.EF902260"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><br><br><br>I checked our QA and production systems and we do not already have a standard task 90000015 so I don’t think this newly generated task number is going to cause a problem. However, I am concerned about what is going to happen when I create my next task. Will it assign 90000016? We do already have a task with that number. Is the system going to be smart enough to find the next available number that has not already been used? Or have I created myself a big problem here by changing that prefix entry?<br></span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS";color:blue'><br>Loren Bratzler</span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:gray'><br>Norfolk Southern Corporation<br>110 Franklin Road SE<br>Roanoke, VA 24042-0060<br><br>Phone: 540-524-3072<br>Email: </span><a href="mailto:loren.bratzler@nscorp.com"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>loren.bratzler@nscorp.com</span></a><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>_______________________________________________<br>SAP-WUG mailing list<u><span style='color:blue'><br></span></u></span><a href="mailto:SAP-WUG@mit.edu"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>SAP-WUG@mit.edu</span></a><u><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:blue'><br></span></u><a href="http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/sap-wug"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/sap-wug</span></a><tt><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>_______________________________________________</span></tt><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'><br><tt>SAP-WUG mailing list</tt><br><tt><a href="mailto:SAP-WUG@mit.edu">SAP-WUG@mit.edu</a></tt><br><tt><a href="http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/sap-wug">http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/sap-wug</a></tt></span><o:p></o:p></p></div></body></html>