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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">Hi George,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">Couple of things for you to check:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">How many connections the RFC dest WORKFLOW_LOCAL_XXX is allowed to use – there is a good chance it is hitting the limit<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">When you get the problem check tcode SARFC – ensure that not all process allotted to RFC are being used.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">It might be an idea to schedule run sdfmon to capture work process utilisation -
<a href="http://scn.sap.com/community/netweaver/blog/2013/05/23/how-to-run-sdfmon-to-collect-snap-shots">
http://scn.sap.com/community/netweaver/blog/2013/05/23/how-to-run-sdfmon-to-collect-snap-shots</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">Good Luck<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<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><a href="mailto:george_caramaliu@yahoo.com">george_caramaliu@yahoo.com</a><br>
<b>Sent:</b> 05 March 2015 13:50<br>
<b>To:</b> SAP Workflow Users' Group<br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: Poor background steps performance<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:black">I do not think this is the problem because if we had a shortage in dialog processes also the dialog steps should be affected and also
non-workflow activities, but nobody complained about this.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black"> Kjetil Kilhavn <</span><a href="mailto:list.sap-wug@vettug.no"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">list.sap-wug@vettug.no</span></a><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">><br>
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<b>Sent:</b> Thursday, March 5, 2015 3:29 PM<br>
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Torsdag 5. mars 2015 09.47.15 skrev </span><a href="mailto:george_caramaliu@yahoo.com" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1425550094208_45418"><span style="font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"">george_caramaliu@yahoo.com</span></a><span style="font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:black">:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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> I need an advice because I am out of options.I have a complex workflow where<br>
> from time to time some background steps are executed by the system with<br>
> delay. There is no delay coded inside or set up on the step, as long as it<br>
> happens only when the system is overloaded.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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Could you be encountering this problem due a restriction on dialog processes? <br>
Background steps actually require a dialog process for execution as far as I <br>
know, so if your application servers are underdimensioned you could experience <br>
such situations.<br>
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