Reacting Collectively

[Zmudzin,Tomasz,VEVEY,GL-DS/DM]

Alon,
 
I think I still don't understand the problem. If you refer to the additional
scenario that sends notification as "master" workflow, you wouldn't have to
restart it in case of system crash -- it would simply still be listening to
the events. And if  the event that you refer to is the system crash -- well,
there's not much you can handle in this case.
 
I'm sorry to be so investigative -- actually I'm quite interested in the
problem as this type of control-related requirements I find particularly
playful. Knowing from the previous posts that you know the subject in depth
-- and still asking for other options -- actually makes me even more
interested...
 
Kind regards,
Tomasz
 
 
-----Original Message-----
From: Alon Raskin [mailto:araskin at 3i-consulting.com]
Sent: Thursday,29. August 2002 09:01
To: SAP-WUG at MITVMA.MIT.EDU
Subject: Re: Reacting Collectively
 
 
I thought about that but then I would need to have this 'master' workflow
that sat around and listened. If we ever have a system crash it would need
to be manually restarted as nothing actually kicks it off. Its not really a
'Workflow' as such but rather just a little monitor.
 
Don't get me wrong Tomasz, that approach will work its just that I wanted to
see if anyone else had any other ideas.
 
Regards,
 
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
Zmudzin,Tomasz,VEVEY,GL-DS/DM
Sent: Thursday, August 29, 2002 7:55 AM
To: SAP-WUG at MITVMA.MIT.EDU
Subject: Re: Reacting Collectively
 
And if you defined another workflow process that would subscribe to that
event and send the notification?
 
Tomasz
 
-----Original Message-----
From: Alon Raskin [mailto:araskin at 3i-consulting.com]
Sent: Thursday,29. August 2002 08:47
To: SAP-WUG at MITVMA.MIT.EDU
Subject: Reacting Collectively
 
 
Hi All,
 
I just wanted your thoughts and experiences on the following.
 
Say I have 5000 instances of a Workflow running in my system. When a
particular event occurs (which all the Workflow instances are listening for)
I want a mail sent to the User. The hard part is that I want only one mail
sent and not 5000 as I do not want to flood the users inbox with 5000
similar messages.
 
I am sure that others have come across a similar scenario and I hope to hear
your ideas.
 
Regards,
 
Alon Raskin
3i Consulting Group
e: araskin at 3i-consulting.com
w: http://www.3i-consulting.com