Deleting Work Items

[Dart, Jocelyn]

Hi Mark,
Do NOT use the deletion programs in a live system.  They are
intended for use in development/test systems only.  They delete
work items and workflows without checking for interrelationships
so you can end up with half a workflow or orphaned work items.
That doesn't matter in a development system where most of your
work items are throw away anywhere but its not acceptable in
a production environment.
 
Instead in a live environment set up archiving using transaction
SARA archive object WORKITEM.
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
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-----Original Message-----
From: Leyland, Mark J [mailto:mark.leyland at rolls-royce.com]
Sent: Wednesday, 12 February 2003 12:27 AM
To: SAP-WUG at MITVMA.MIT.EDU
Subject: Re: Deleting Work Items
Importance: High
 
 
Thanks Vinod,
 
That appears to have worked !  Would you recommend using this method in the
live system or is it better to run archiving ?
 
Thanks for your help.
 
Regards
 
Mark Leyland
 
SAP Quality Management Consultant
EDS UK North Midlands Solutions Centre
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> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Vinod Ramchandani [mailto:vinod.ramchandani at patni.com]
> Sent: Tuesday, February 11, 2003 10:31 AM
> To: SAP-WUG at MITVMA.MIT.EDU
> Subject: Re: Deleting Work Items
>
>
> Hi Mark,
>
> Try following Transactions.
> First Delete the WorkItem and then delete History of it.
>
> SWWL -  WIM: Delete Work Item
> SWWH - WIM: Delete Work Item History
>
> Thanks & Regards,
> Vinod Ramchandani.
>
>  -----Original Message-----
>> From:   SAP Workflow [mailto:Owner-SAP-WUG at MITVMA.MIT.EDU]
> On Behalf Of
> Leyland, Mark J
> Sent:   Tuesday, February 11, 2003 3:46 PM
> To:     SAP-WUG at MITVMA.MIT.EDU
> Subject:        Deleting Work Items
> Importance:     High
>
> Folks,
>
> I've been signed up to the forum for a while now but never
> posed a question,
> so here goes !
>
> I wonder if you could tell me whether it is possible to
> delete a work item
> which is currently within a users inbox.
>
> I look forward to receiving your responses.
>
> Thanks.
>
> Regards
>
> Mark Leyland
>
> SAP Quality Management Consultant
> EDS UK North Midlands Solutions Centre
> *  SIND-1     *+ 44 (0) 1332 261936
> *  +44 (0) 1332 261959  * +44 (0) 7790 494912
> *  mark.leyland at eds.com
> *
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