Display of 2 consecutive dialog steps cut by a background tak s. H ow to fix it ?

[Dart, Jocelyn]

Patrice,
The reason step 5 does not advance is because step 3 is a background task - i.e. performed by the workflow system user WF-BATCH.  Because you have moved to another user id to perform a different task you cannot keep advancing - there needs to be separation between the steps so that step 3 can be performed under the authority of WF-BATCH .
 
If you want to keep advancing then step 3 must also be performed under the userid used in steps 1 and 2. It is possible to perform background steps in foreground.  However, this assumes of course that the userid for step 1/2 has sufficient authority to perform step 3 - and that this applies to any user who can perform steps 1 and 2.
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
 
 
 
 
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From: SAP Workflow [mailto:Owner-SAP-WUG at MITVMA.MIT.EDU] On Behalf Of Patrice Nolin
Sent: Tuesday,2 December 2003 8:25 AM
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Subject: Display of 2 consecutive dialog steps cut by a background taks. H ow to fix it ?
 
 
Hi everyone,
 
I have a workflow with the folowing steps:
 
Step 1 : user decision (execute by user A)
Step 2 : show a transaction (execute by user A)
Step 3 : background task that calculate a value
Step 4 : container opertation
Step 5 : show another transaction (execute by user A)
 
The step 1 and 2 show directly on the user screen but the step 5 ends up in
a new work item in the user business workplace.
 
All the interactive steps have the "Advance with dialog" check box checked.
 
How can I make Steps 1, 2 and 5 display in sequence since it's the same user
who must execute them ?
 
Thanks
 
Pat Nolin