Old Error'd WF and how to handle them question

[Dart, Jocelyn]

Hi Everyone,
FYI Please note that there is a new WAPI in R3E that provides similar functionality to the internal function module mentioned
below. That is - SAP_WAPI_ADM_WORKFLOW_CANCEL.
 
As a general rule you should always use a WAPI rather than an internal function module as WAPIs are
released for customer and supported across releases.  If you use SAP internal function modules there is
always a significant risk that the function module will change without warning e.g. in a hotpack or on upgrade
in ways that may either stop it working or even cause damage (e.g. if it needs to be used in a certain sequence
or is made obsolete and does not update new/existing tables in synch with other changes to the system).
 
The number of WAPIs available has significantly increased in R3E - its about double the number of routines available
in 4.6C including a bunch of administrator functions.  So please everyone, if you are using custom programs or
user-exits and using internal function modules, make sure you flag these to be reviewed on upgrade.
 
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: Michael Pokraka [mailto:workflow at quirky.me.uk]
Sent: Thursday, 5 June 2003 1:50 AM
To: SAP-WUG at MITVMA.MIT.EDU
Subject: Re: Old Error'd WF and how to handle them question
 
 
Cancel them. Later versions of SWI2_DIAG (from some 4.6c hotpack onwards) doesn't even start with a default date range - thus making it a PITA to work with once you reach over 50,000 errors (current day's errors takes 70-90 seconds, over a month's date range and we start to hit timeouts).
In fact most admin-type transactions, as well as SBWP start to crawl.
 
I've created a custom report to do a SWW_WI_ADMIN_CANCEL on old items as they will only then be archived.
 
Cheers
Mike
 
 
On Wed, Jun 04, 2003 at 09:02:29AM -0500, Rick Sample wrote:
> We have been live for a few months. We have many error'd Wfs for many
> reason.
> What is the normal procedure for handling these? Like old Sale Orders
> Wf that
> are just sitting in error status but these Sales Orders are completed.
>
> Just leave them in error'd state, archive, what?
> Performance issues?