Updating an object attribute with the initiator of a workflow

[Branco Marcina]

Hi Workflow User Group,
I have a need to store the initiator of a workflow as an attribute of an
object.
I've successfully managed to get the initiator into the container for the
workflow
via the event.
 
I then want to create a step which is a task that calls a method to update
the
attribute of the object with the initiator of the workflow. I created the
Initiator as
an import parameter to the method and can successfully pass this to the
method.
 
My question is how do I best update the attribute of the object in the
workflow container with this value?
 
I've tried SWC_SET_ELEMENT with no success (too simplistic I think).
Do I need extra  import and export parameters on my method?
What macro call do I do to update the attribute of the object sitting in my
workflow container? Is there any program code I should be coding
against the virtual attribute for the object.
 
Below is a note posted by Jocelyn Dart  a while back which talks about the
method adding data to the object attribute, but didn't go into detail at
the time.
 
Any leads would be appreciated.
 
Regards,
Branco Marcina
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Hi Karen,
The BAPI BAPI_USER_GET_DETAIL will return the email address (tables
parameter ADDSMTP) of a user if the email address has
been maintained in their user master details. You can call this BAPI from
within a method or attribute.
 
I agree with Mark that it sounds like you might be approaching this from the
wrong angle.
If you can code the attribute directly against an object rather than passing
around data it's better
performance-wise (less overhead).
 
If you really need to pass a parameter, then you can't pass it directly to
an attribute, you need to
pass a parameter to a method which then sets up the attribute (this complies
with standard OO rules).
 
If you are passing userid, then make sure you aren't just passing the event
creator (i.e. the person
running the transaction when the event is created) as this is automatically
passed in standard event
parameter _EVT_CREATOR, which you can bind to your own container element or
to a standard
one, e.g. the workflow initiator, in the event-to-workflow binding. You
could then pass it on to your
task/method.
 
If you really need to pass in the userid yourself - and PLEASE!!! check the
other options first because
they are better for overall system performance and make better OO sense -
you may need to use
the macro swc_container_to_persistent before your call to SWE_EVENT_CREATE
to ensure the
userid is passed.
 
Regards,
 
Jocelyn Dart
Consultant (EBP, BBP, Ecommerce, Internet Transaction Server, Workflow)
SAP Australia
Email jocelyn.dart at sap.com
Tel: +61 412 390 267
Fax: +61 2 9935 4880
 
 
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