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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72"><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>Hi Wuggers,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>I have two custom workflows that send invoices out for approvals. When these workflows are started, they update a text field on the invoice using BAPI_INCOMINGINVOICE_GETDETAIL and BAPI_INCOMINGINVOICE_CHANGE. The same calls are done to update the invoice again after approval (updating only the text field).<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>These two workflows, BTW, have been running for 14 years. The method to update the invoice was updated in 2008 when the above BAPIs were released for customer use.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>At some point, we recognized that we needed to handle invoices that are in process by workflow when the FY changed. No problem! The BAPI_INCOMINGINVOICE_CHANGE nicely returns <b>invoicedocnumber_new</b> and <b>fiscalyear_new</b> if the old invoice was deleted and a new one created in the background. I capture those new values and pass them back into the object method, where I check for a new invoice/fiscal year and execute some macros (remember them???)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:black'>IF NOT new_invoice IS INITIAL. "We have a new invoice doc<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:black'> CONCATENATE new_invoice new_year INTO new_key.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:black'> swc_free_object self.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:black'> swc_set_objectkey new_key.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:blue'>* new object reference<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:black'> swc_create_object self 'BUS2081' new_key.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:black'> swc_refresh_object self.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black'>This methodology worked ~most~ of the time. Once in a while, one of the workflows would fail on subsequent steps because the new invoice doc number and fiscal year somehow were not returned in the container.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black'>Since it didn’t cause anyone except the lowly WF Admin any pain, nobody saw the need to change it! (I can hear Jocelyn talking to me about this…)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black'>Now we’ve completed an upgrade to HEC, and noticed some quirks… BAPI_INCOMINGINVOICE_GETDETAIL doesn’t always return the accountingdata sorted by serial number, which makes the BAPI_INCOMINGINVOICE_CHANGE throw up (error M8 367). I’ve added a sort on accountingdata between them, and that problem goes away…<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black'>But now the WFs are all erroring out on Fiscal Year changes – in QA, and only because I made people test ‘pre-HANA’ invoices (smiley face). When I debug the method in the BOR, the BAPI still returns the <b>invoicedocnumber_new</b> and <b>fiscalyear_new</b>, but my trusty macros are not updating the main object of the WF.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>Sure would appreciate any insights you can share. And bear in mind, this stuff is O-L-D…<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>Thanks,<br>Sue<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div></body></html>