How to identify that an event occurred outside the workflow?

[Alon Raskin]

This is kind of ugly but could you put a 1 minute wait after the wait for
event step? That way it would ensure that the workflow gets a chance to
complete before the parallel step terminates it.
 
Alon Raskin
3i Consulting Group
e: araskin at 3i-consulting.com
w: http://www.3i-consulting.com
 
 
-----Original Message-----
From: SAP Workflow [mailto:Owner-SAP-WUG at MITVMA.MIT.EDU]On Behalf Of
Cristiana d'Agosto
Sent: Thursday, August 22, 2002 4:58 AM
To: SAP-WUG at MITVMA.MIT.EDU
Subject: How to identify that an event occurred outside the workflow?
 
Hi All,
 
I'm using 4.6c and implementing a workflow to Process Leave. Employees will
be applying for leave via ESS and workflow will be triggered.
 
The work item goes to the manager for approval but depending on the type of
leave the manager's approval will not unlock the record. Instead the record
will be sent to a central area where a few other checks will be done. I
created a task that will execute ABSENCE.ApproveInteractive ie. the user
will be taken to the screen and upon saving it the record will be ulocked
(this will generate event APPROVED). This task is also set up with
indicator for Confirm End Processing switched on.
 
I also have a Wait for event APPROVED step that will terminate the workflow
- this step was set up because someone might unlock the record via PA30,
outside the workflow...can you see the problem happening? Well, when the
user executes the work item and saves the record, the event APPROVED is
generated and terminates the workflow before the Confirm End Processing
screen happens...
 
How can I identify that an event has been generated outside the workflow?
If there is a way of doing it, I will be able to control if the Wait step
will terminate the workflow or not.
 
Any other ideas?
 
Much thanks and regards
 
Cristiana
_________________________________________________________________
The information transmitted is intended only for the person or entity to
which it is addressed and may contain confidential and/or privileged
material.  Any review, retransmission, dissemination or other use of, or
taking of any action in reliance upon, this information by persons or
entities other than the intended recipient is prohibited.   If you received
this in error, please contact the sender and delete the material from any
computer.