Workflow on 4.6C (customising the organisational management buffering timeframe)

[Kjetil Kilhavn]

Does anyone know how I can change the "default" between non-buffered an=
d
buffered? Alan, you mention there is a customising flag, but I haven't =
found it.
 
I have encountered problems using the SAP_WAPI_COUNT_WORKITEMS function=
 
(module). Possibly they may be related to the buffering mentioned here.=
 What I
want to do is to check every user and send a message to those users who=
 have
workitems. This is part of our new integration solution between SAP and=
 Lotus
Notes.
 
When I loop through an internal table of users and call the function fo=
r each of
them the system dumps. The problem is related to shared memory, with th=
e first
message in the dump being "The EXPORT data cluster is too large for the=
 
application buffer." The dump happens whether I have commit work at the=
 end of
every loop or not. With only a fraction of the users in the development=
 system
compared to the production systems raising memory limits is not an opti=
on.
 
With 'a little help from my friends' I have found out some more. Furthe=
r down
the call stack a decision is made whether to export results to a databa=
se or to
shared memory. The decision in our development system is to export to s=
hared
memory. By digging further I have become quite certain that the entry i=
n T77S0
with key WFLOW, INBOX decides what happens. In the development system t=
his has
the value S, in the production system it has the value ' ' (space). I h=
ave
looked for a place to customize this, but I haven't found it. Tips & tr=
icks
anyone?
--
KjetilK
 
 
 
 
 
From:  "Rickayzen, Alan" <alan.rickayzen at sap.com>@MITVMA.MIT.EDU> on 22=
.04.2001
       07:44
 
Please respond to "SAP Workflow Users' Group" <SAP-WUG at MITVMA.MIT.EDU>
 
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To:    SAP-WUG at MITVMA.MIT.EDU
cc:     (bcc: Kjetil Kilhavn)
 
Subject:  Re: Workflow on 4.6C
 
 
Paul,
Certain org management buffers are refreshed at midnight and others dur=
ing
logon. This often gives rise to the feeling that the system is unstable=
 or
has to be left overnight to cool down ;-).
 
If you use the diagnosis tool, it will refresh the buffers for you whil=
e you
test and you won't see the behaviour that you describe.
 
There is also a customizing flag for turning off the buffers (useful in=
 the
development or demo environment), but make sure they're turned on in th=
e
production system so that performance is not reduced.
 
Alan Rickayzen
 
-----Original Message-----
From: Paul, Reena [mailto:Reena.Paul at delta.com]
Sent: Freitag, 16. M=E4rz 2001 15:46
To: SAP-WUG at MITVMA.MIT.EDU
Subject: Workflow on 4.6C
 
 
Hi All,
 
    Workflow seems to be unstable on my system. I developed a workflow =
and
used the workflow test environment. The work item comes to my inbox, bu=
t
when I execute it, gives me the error 'No administrator found for the t=
ask'.
The next day, I was able to execute the work item with no errors and I =
made
no changes to the workflow.
 
I had developed another workflow wherein the last step was to send mail=
. All
other work items worked fine but the send mail had an error. I deleted =
the
step and re-created the step, but still didn't work. I did it 5 times a=
nd I
got the same error (in the process it created 5 unwanted tasks).  I cre=
ated
the step the next day and it worked fine.
 
I am currently testing on my sandbox. But we have 15 workflow requireme=
nts
and I need to start the development on my Dev box. I am not sure I woul=
d
like to wait the next day for the workflow to work. Nor would I like to=
 
create unnecessary task because then I will have to start cleaning up m=
y
transports.
 
I have never had this problem in 4.5B.
 
Am I missing some thing or do I have to do some thing else.
I have done synchronize buffer, Workflow verification and nothing seems=
 to
work.
 
If anyone could give me any input.
 
Thanks,
Reena Paul
Workflow consultant
 
 
 
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