EBP 3.0 (E-Procurement) workitems logically deleted

[Dart, Jocelyn]

Chris,
Please report this to OSS.  The EBP workflows involve some very
sophisticated relationships between the workflows and the shopping cart/
procurement document functionality so you can't assume that your problem
is purely to do with the workflow itself.
 
Your best bet is to report it to OSS and to try and replicate the problem.
 
Regards,
        Jocelyn Dart
Consultant (SRM, EBP, Workflow)
and co-author of the book
"Practical Workflow for SAP"
SAP Australia
email: jocelyn.dart at sap.com
phone: +61 412 390 267
fax:   +61 2 9935 4880
 
 
 
 
-----Original Message-----
From: Chris Scanlon [mailto:Christopher.P.Scanlon at pmusa.com]
Sent: Friday, 15 November 2002 4:26 AM
To: SAP-WUG at MITVMA.MIT.EDU
Subject: EBP 3.0 (E-Procurement) workitems logically deleted
 
 
Hello,
 
Just thought I'd send this out to the group and see if I get any hits from
people doing EBP Workflow who may be experiencing the same issues we are
experiencing....
 
We are using the standard EBP 2-step approval workflow WS10000031. The
problem we are having is that the 2nd step (ie. Purchasing approval) is
sometimes not formally executed (task for this TS10008127).  The workflow
log and graphic says that it was logically deleted - although the workflow
never really completes and the PO does not get sent to the backend R/3
system ("Classic" EBP implementation).
 
Question is: Why do workitems get "logically deleted" ?  Is it due to
certain criteria where that step/task is not executed or is there some
workflow auto-customizing feature that schedules a job that logically
deletes workitems for various criteria or time ?
 
Also, in what cases does the Workflow manager logically deletes workitems ?
 
Please advise. Thank you .....!