Reacting Collectively

[Robin Sahasranam]

Hi Alon,
 
You don't necessarily need an event-triggered  workflow with a background step
to send the email. You can create a function module and link it to the event by
maintaing event linkage via SWE2. We send out emails to requisitioners when a
purchase requistion is approved. Out event linkage entry is as follows:
 
Object type:  BUS2105
Event:            Released
Receiver type: EMAIL_NOTICE (can be anything you like, it is only a name)
Receiver FM  : Z_REQ_EM_APPROVED (your actual function name)
Enabled:         Checked
 
The function interface is standard and must be as follows:
 
IMPORTING
      VALUE(EVENT) LIKE  SWETYPECOU-EVENT
      VALUE(RECTYPE) LIKE  SWETYPECOU-RECTYPE
      VALUE(OBJTYPE) LIKE  SWETYPECOU-OBJTYPE
      VALUE(OBJKEY) LIKE  SWEINSTCOU-OBJKEY
TABLES
       EVENT_CONTAINER STRUCTURE  SWCONT
 
Regards,
 
Robin Sahasranam
 
 
 
                    Alon Raskin
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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
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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