How can I send the same task to multiple user and wait till a ll of them have finshed the task ?

[Michael Pokraka]

Hi John,
That's Australian for "remember that binding is from a multiline to a
single element, done by choosing the 'with index' version" :-)
OK, seriously - if you define a dynamic parallel table element, it
appears in the container list twice, once 'with index'. Very simple when
you do it, but rather more difficult to explain - it just appears in the
element list when appropriate. Very nice.
Cheers (and thanks Jocelyn)
Mike
 
On Thu, Feb 20, 2003 at 09:16:49AM +0000, John A Haworth wrote:
> HI Jocelyn
>
> Just a quick question, how do you  "Don't forget to adjust the task to
> workflow binding to use the multiline element with index
> option for the appropriate parameters."
>
> John
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> Hi Michael, Yes dynamic parallel processing is ok for this
> (also in the book).  What I find most effective is to
> use dynamic parallel processing to kick off a subflow
> containing the step that I want to process and the outcomes.
> However doing it on a single step is fine - you can provide your
> list of agents in the Others tab so that you can get one
> work item per agent.  Don't forget to adjust the task to
> workflow binding to use the multiline element with index
> option for the appropriate parameters.
> Regards,
>         Jocelyn Dart
> Consultant (SRM, EBP, Workflow)
> and co-author of the book
> "Practical Workflow for SAP"
> SAP Australia
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> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Michael Pokraka [mailto:workflow at quirky.me.uk]
> Sent: Thursday, 20 February 2003 6:30 AM
> To: SAP-WUG at mitvma.mit.edu
> Subject: Re: How can I send the same task to multiple user and wait till
> all of them have finshed the task ?
>
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> I am just starting on a WF which has the same requirement. My thoughts
> were to use Dynamic parallel processing, though I haven't tried it yet
> and am not even too sure if the agent can be assigned this way.
> A subflow containing a single task might be needed to do the trick.
> However I'm just starting out, so I haven't had a chance to play with it
> yet.
> Cheers
> Mike
>
> On Wed, Feb 19, 2003 at 12:28:28PM -0600, Richard Marut wrote:
> > Sanjay,
> >
> > I've done this before by creating a list of the users in a previous
> > step. I then put the task into a loop step. Within this loop I would get
> > the next user from the list and pass it to the container. I kept a
> > counter to track the current row in the list. Of coursse this will only
> > process one instance of the work item at a time.
> >
> > You can also use the business object methods SYSTEM.DescribeAgents and
> > SYSTEM.LoopAtAgents to maintain the index and next user. This is
> > documented in section A.7 Looping Tharugh a Multiline List in the
> > Practical Workflow for SAP book. Hopefully you have it.
> >
> >
> > Richard...
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: SAP Workflow [mailto:Owner-SAP-WUG at MITVMA.MIT.EDU] On Behalf Of
> > sanjay sahni
> > Sent: Tuesday, February 18, 2003 3:58 AM
> > To: SAP-WUG at MITVMA.MIT.EDU
> > Subject: How can I send the same task to multiple user and wait till all
> > of them have finshed the task ?
> >
> > Hello ,
> > I need to send a task (WI) to multiple user. All of
> > then and not any of them have to handle it. If all of
> > them have completed the task (WI), only then I can do
> > the further steps.
> >
> > How can I handle it ?  Please help
> >
> > regards
> > Sanjay
> >
> >
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