Gaps in work item id

[Gregory Kowalik]

The gaps are caused by buffering of workitem ID number range I think.
You will get a gap every time your system is brought down, or in case you
have multiple application servers (each server will use each own buffered
numbers for workitem IDs).
 
It should not cause you any problems, but if you are annoyed by that you
can turn the buffering off in number range maintenance for wokritem ID
number range object. However this will slow performance down a little bit,
because every time a new workitem is created your system will have to make
a call to the database to get next workitem ID number instead of getting it
from the buffer.
 
Greg
 
 
 
 
 
 
Vincze Árpád <Arpad.Vincze at itelligence.hu>@MITVMA.MIT.EDU> on 10/16/2001
08:39:24 AM
 
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Hello Gregory,
 
 Thanks,
   I have learnt again!
 
   Is there any explanation for the gaps?
 
   Regards:
                Árpád
 
-----Original Message-----
From: Gregory Kowalik [mailto:gkowalik at ashland.com]
Sent: Tuesday, October 16, 2001 2:01 PM
To: SAP-WUG at MITVMA.MIT.EDU
Subject: Re: Gaps in work item id
 
 
 
 
VIncze,
 
Workitems C come from IDOCs. That's where the linking is stored as far as I
remember. In 4.5 SAP moved it to separate tables like IDOCREL and others.
 
 
 
 
 
 
Vincze Árpád <Arpad.Vincze at itelligence.hu>@MITVMA.MIT.EDU> on 10/16/2001
06:12:25 AM
 
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Hello,
 
Today morning I have got a hotline call that the workflow (work item) id
increased by a relatively big value.
I looked after - SAP 4.0B SWI1 transaction - and I displayed the last
interval
(I checked it in the SWWWIHEAD table, the situation was just the same)
 <<wfseq2.doc>>
 
I can not answer the following questions:
        *       Who generate at midnight this C type work items {red
rectangle}
        (work item represents a container linkage)?
        *       I have no idea what is the roll of this work item?!
        *       The work item id contains gaps, why {yellow rectangle}? 
 
Regards:
 
           Árpád
 
Vincze Árpád
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(See attached file: wfseq2.doc)