Deleting workflow instances on production

[Kouw, FA - SPLTX]

Thanks Jocelyn,
 
I'll follow your advise.
 
Regards,
 
Fred Kouw
 
"Dart, Jocelyn" wrote:
 
> Hi Fred,
> Better to write a program to logically delete the offending workflows via the top workflow instance id en masse and then archive them. If you just delete using SWWL there is a significant risk of orphaned work items as the deletion program doesn't check that you have cleanly removed all work items related to a particular workflow instance.
>
> If you don't have a WAPI for this in your release (i.e. if you are in a non-WAS system) use function module
> SWW_WI_ADMIN_CANCEL to logically delete the top workflow instance work items once you have identified them.
>
> 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: SAP Workflow [mailto:Owner-SAP-WUG at MITVMA.MIT.EDU] On Behalf Of Kouw, FA - SPLTX
> Sent: Friday,5 December 2003 11:09 PM
> To: SAP-WUG at MITVMA.MIT.EDU
> Subject: Deleting workflow instances on production
>
> Hello,
>
> I know I can delete work items using tx SWWL. I also know it is not
> advised to do this in a production client. But we have a situation in
> which many (thousands of) workflow instances have been started, which
> shouldn't have been started (a job has run which has created change
> documents for which a workflow is triggered, we didn't think of this in
> advance).
>
> My question is: what is the right strategy to delete these workflow
> instances? Just running SWWL for the complete selection? Delete them
> group by group? I'm not sure how long it will take to delete them and
> the problems this can cause. All advise is welcome!
>
> Regards,
>
> Fred Kouw
>
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