Archiving decision tasks

[Soady, Phil]

Hi Michael,
I agree with your thoughts on the container.
It really should be an integral part of the workflow.
It is also not part of versioning.
Room for improvement in MY opinion.
 
 
Phil Soady
 
 
 
 
 
-----Original Message-----
From: Michael Pokraka [mailto:workflow at quirky.me.uk]
Sent: Wednesday, April 16, 2003 10:21 PM
To: SAP-WUG at MITVMA.MIT.EDU
Subject: Re: Archiving decision tasks
 
 
The log does, but not once it's been archived. The outcome is stored in a container element which is not archived. Personally, I think the archiving setup is still a little iffy - the container is after all one of the basic constructs of a workflow....
 
Thanks for the feedback though..
Cheers
Mike
 
On Wed, Apr 16, 2003 at 07:40:23AM +0200, Kjetil Kilhavn wrote:
> For the purpose described, wouldn't this also be solved if you named
> all the possible (activated) outcomes? The workflow log includes the
> names of outcomes.
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> Some ideas...
> WorkflowInfoSystem with the user exit to record your container element
> with the decision outcome.
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> Alternative to make the log more readable.
> Dummy - Empty background task , with task description "APPROVED BY
> &VAR&" Extra WIs but the log is easier to read.
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> Phil Soady
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> Business Technologies
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> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Michael Pokraka [mailto:workflow at quirky.me.uk]
> Sent: Tuesday, April 15, 2003 11:48 PM
> To: SAP-WUG at MITVMA.MIT.EDU
> Subject: Archiving decision tasks
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> Hi folks,
> I think I know the answer to this myself, but...
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> As I understand, the workflow container is dustbinned during
> archiving, never to return. Thus any decision outcomes (= container
> elements) are also lost, and the only way to retrieve any audit info
> for an approval is by looking at subsequent steps. That means that an
> approval without subsequent steps won't have a result if we need to
> see it from the archive (some of the flows in question look very
> confusing when there are change events wich cancel and trigger a new
> flow - archives are a complete nightmare by the looks of things!)
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> Am I correct or am I missing something?
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> Thanks
> Cheers
> Mike
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