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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>Thank you Rina and Kjetil for your suggestions</span>. <span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>After thinking about what you said, I came up with this idea that worked pretty easily:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>First I defined an Index field of type SWC_INDEX in the local container of the block step.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>I modified the binding between the workflow and the block step to pass the PARFOREACH_INDEX to this new INDEX field:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><img width=758 height=117 id="Picture_x0020_1" src="cid:image003.png@01CF2EFE.137B1CC0"><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>I then modified the binding of the User Decision step within the block to pass the WI_RESULT back to the original <span style='text-transform:uppercase'>Table_of_Approvers.User_decision</span> field indexed by the new INDEX in the block’s local container:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><img width=764 height=118 id="Picture_x0020_3" src="cid:image002.png@01CF2EFC.C8EC4F40"><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>This allowed me to capture the user decision back in the original multiline element without having to define a new table or changing the order of the original table:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><img width=379 height=166 id="Picture_x0020_5" src="cid:image004.png@01CF2EFD.8C7846D0"><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>Thank you again for helping me to “think outside the container”!!<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>Loren <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>-----Original Message-----<br>From: sap-wug-bounces@mit.edu [mailto:sap-wug-bounces@mit.edu] On Behalf Of Kjetil Kilhavn<br>Sent: Thursday, February 20, 2014 8:55 AM<br>To: SAP Workflow Users' Group<br>Subject: Re: Dynamic Parallel Processing Question</p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>Onsdag 19. februar 2014 09.32.15 skrev Bratzler, Loren:<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>> I have a question about Dynamic Parallel Processing. I am wondering <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>> if it is possible to pass results back to the multi-line element in <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>> the main workflow container from the LINE element in the individual parallel tasks?<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>You can change the assignment type from ASSIGN VALUE to APPEND TO TABLE in the binding from the parallell task back to the workflow container, that should do the trick I believe. <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>I think the easiest solution would be to create another table container element and append to that - depending on how you plan on using this.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>In a separate step (after processing of the parallell task was complete you could then replace the contents of the original table with the content of the return values table.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>> Here is my test example:<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>> I created a simple test workflow with a Dynamic Parallel Block (this <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>> is the only step in the test workflow): <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>> <a href="mailto:[cid:image005.jpg@01CF2D55.799EBCF0]"><span style='color:windowtext;text-decoration:none'>[cid:image005.jpg@01CF2D55.799EBCF0]</span></a><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>> The Parallel Block is designated as ParForEach because I want the <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>> approval tasks to go to all approvers at the same time:<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>> <a href="mailto:[cid:image002.png@01CF2D4E.28612D70]"><span style='color:windowtext;text-decoration:none'>[cid:image002.png@01CF2D4E.28612D70]</span></a><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>> The Parallel Processing for the block is based on the multi-line <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>> element<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>> TABLE_OF_APPROVERS: <a href="mailto:[cid:image003.png@01CF2D4E.28612D70]"><span style='color:windowtext;text-decoration:none'>[cid:image003.png@01CF2D4E.28612D70]</span></a><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>> The TABLE_OF_APPROVERS element is a structure that has an Agent, an <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>> Item Number, and a Result field: <a href="mailto:[cid:image004.png@01CF2D4E.28612D70]"><span style='color:windowtext;text-decoration:none'>[cid:image004.png@01CF2D4E.28612D70]</span></a><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>> I have set up the binding to pass the indexed multiline element of the <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>> workflow container to the LINE element in the step container. I also <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>> set up a return binding to pass the LINE element back to the indexed <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>> multiline element. This was what I was hoping would allow me to <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>> update the multiline element in the workflow container but it does not appear to be working:<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>> <a href="mailto:[cid:image007.png@01CF2D4F.14A88B10]"><span style='color:windowtext;text-decoration:none'>[cid:image007.png@01CF2D4F.14A88B10]</span></a><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>> For the User Decision step within the block, I have defined the Agent <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>> to be the Approver from the LINE element: <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>> <a href="mailto:[cid:image008.png@01CF2D51.56F1ECD0]"><span style='color:windowtext;text-decoration:none'>[cid:image008.png@01CF2D51.56F1ECD0]</span></a><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>> And in the binding for the User Decision step, I am passing back <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>> _WI_RESULT to the User Decision field on the LINE element:<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>> <a href="mailto:[cid:image009.png@01CF2D51.56F1ECD0]"><span style='color:windowtext;text-decoration:none'>[cid:image009.png@01CF2D51.56F1ECD0]</span></a><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>> When I test this in SWUS, I define two entries in the <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>> TABLE_OF_APPROVERS multiline element: <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>> <a href="mailto:[cid:image010.png@01CF2D52.3E14C330]"><span style='color:windowtext;text-decoration:none'>[cid:image010.png@01CF2D52.3E14C330]</span></a><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>> The workflow runs and correctly creates two approval tasks as <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>> expected. One user Rejects and the other user Approves:<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>> <a href="mailto:[cid:image011.png@01CF2D52.3E14C330]"><span style='color:windowtext;text-decoration:none'>[cid:image011.png@01CF2D52.3E14C330]</span></a><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>> If I look at the containers for the individual Parallel Block steps, I <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>> can see that the LINE elements are getting updated with the User Decision:<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>> <a href="mailto:[cid:image012.png@01CF2D53.999D6BC0]"><span style='color:windowtext;text-decoration:none'>[cid:image012.png@01CF2D53.999D6BC0]</span></a><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>> <a href="mailto:[cid:image013.png@01CF2D53.999D6BC0]"><span style='color:windowtext;text-decoration:none'>[cid:image013.png@01CF2D53.999D6BC0]</span></a><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>> But when I look at the main workflow container, the multiline element <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>> did not get updated with the User Decisions:<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>> <a href="mailto:[cid:image014.png@01CF2D54.5689D4D0]"><span style='color:windowtext;text-decoration:none'>[cid:image014.png@01CF2D54.5689D4D0]</span></a><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>> So is it possible to do what I am trying to do here? Can I pass <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>> results from the individual parallel steps back to the multiline <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>> container element in the main workflow?<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>> Loren Bratzler<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>> Norfolk Southern Corporation<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>> Email: <a href="mailto:loren.bratzler@nscorp.com%3cmailto:loren.bratzler@nscorp.com"><span style='color:windowtext;text-decoration:none'>loren.bratzler@nscorp.com<mailto:loren.bratzler@nscorp.com</span></a>><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>--<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>Kjetil Kilhavn / Vettug AS (<a href="http://www.vettug.no"><span style='color:windowtext;text-decoration:none'>http://www.vettug.no</span></a>) _______________________________________________<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>SAP-WUG mailing list<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><a href="mailto:SAP-WUG@mit.edu"><span style='color:windowtext;text-decoration:none'>SAP-WUG@mit.edu</span></a><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><a href="http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/sap-wug"><span style='color:windowtext;text-decoration:none'>http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/sap-wug</span></a><o:p></o:p></p></div></body></html>