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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:#1F497D'>I was able to answer one of my questions. I forgot that I could test my task stand-alone using SWUS. I was able to confirm that the Invoice Amount is not making it back to the Task container. So it appears there is an issue with the binding between the BOR method and the task container. But I still have no clue why it is not working for just this one field.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='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='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>Bratzler, Loren<br><b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, June 02, 2015 11:56 AM<br><b>To:</b> SAP Workflow Users' Group<br><b>Subject:</b> [EXTERNAL] Problem With Binding Somewhere Between BOR Method and Workflow<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>I have created a new BOR method where I pass in a requestor user-id and I then get back approvers, approval limits, and an invoice amount. When I test the method in SWO1, all of my export parameters are being populated correctly:<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><img width=464 height=249 id="Picture_x0020_1" src="cid:image001.png@01D09D49.2738ED40"><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>However, when I test this method in a workflow step, all the fields are being returned to the workflow container except for the Invoice Amount field:<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><img width=362 height=346 id="Picture_x0020_2" src="cid:image002.png@01D09D49.2738ED40"><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>This leads me to believe that there is a binding error somewhere between the BOR method and the workflow. But I believe that everything is defined correctly. The Invoice Amount parameter and container fields are all consistently defined as data type RBKP-RMWWR:<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><img width=572 height=428 id="Picture_x0020_3" src="cid:image003.png@01D09D49.2738ED40"><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>I have set up a binding between the task container and the method container and there are no errors in this binding:<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><img width=782 height=349 id="Picture_x0020_7" src="cid:image004.png@01D09D49.2738ED40"><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>The same binding is set up between the workflow container and the task container and this binding too does not have any errors:<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><img width=782 height=374 id="Picture_x0020_6" src="cid:image005.png@01D09D49.2738ED40"><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>The workflow definition activates with no errors as well.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>I tried deleting the Invoice Amount field completely from the BOR method, task, and workflow, and then redefining it again fresh and it still does not come across. I have run SWU_OBUF multiple times to rule out a buffer synchronization issue.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>So I am at a loss as to why this one field is not being returned back to the workflow container. Does anyone have any ideas of what else I can check? Is there a way that I can tell, when the workflow executes, if the Invoice Amount value is being lost between the method and the task or between the task and the workflow?<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS";color:blue'>Loren Bratzler<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:gray'>Norfolk Southern Corporation<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></body></html>