'User WF-BATCH already processing Purchasing doc. i'

[Michael Pokraka]

Hmmm... but if your retry count is e.g. 3 and you get 5 invoices, one will run through on each retry. After three tries this means that invoice no. 5 onwards (for the same PO) will fail.
Perhaps this may be a case for sequential IDOC processing, or some other bit of redesign elsewhere.
A scheduled SWPR with all the correct parameters may even provide a really ugly workaround.
 
Cheers
Mike
 
On Thu, Jun 19, 2003 at 05:09:44PM +0200, Fred Lunaspa wrote:
> Mike,
>
> All invoices for which the error occurred are related to a PO that is also
> processed by another workflow! Thus I quess you've solved my problem. I'll
> make it a temporary error and try it again.
>
> Thank you very much, also for reacting so quickly!
>
> Greetings,
>
> Fred
>
> >From: Michael Pokraka <workflow at quirky.me.uk>
> >Reply-To: SAP Workflow Users' Group <SAP-WUG at MITVMA.MIT.EDU>
> >To: SAP-WUG at MITVMA.MIT.EDU
> >Subject: Re: 'User WF-BATCH already processing Purchasing doc. i'
> >Date: Thu, 19 Jun 2003 15:33:02 +0100
> >
> >Hi Fred,
> >Watch your WF-BATCH's lock entries (SM12) during processing. An obvious
> >answer I can think of is that two invoices relate to the same PO. Thus both
> >workflows would be trying to update it at the same time.
> >Change this to a temporary error and let WF retry the step and you should
> >be OK.
> >Cheers
> >Mike
> >
> >On Thu, Jun 19, 2003 at 03:46:47PM +0200, Fred Lunaspa wrote:
> >> Hello,
> >>
> >> >From our automated interface we receive multiple (around 20) invoices
> >from
> >> our supplier at the same time. These are automatically booked as parked
> >> invoices in the system (4.6C).
> >>
> >> One of our workflows is started when an invoice is parked (event
> >'parked'
> >> for object BUS2081). After succesfully checking if the invoice can be
> >> posted, the background workitem that automatically posts the invoice is
> >> created. There is a delay of 1 minute defined for the step, so after 1
> >> minute the background workitem is actually started. Most of the parked
> >> invoices are posted successfully, but some of them (f.i. around 6 of 20
> >in
> >> total) cannot be posted. The workitem message is:
> >>
> >> - 'User WF-BATCH already processing Purchasing doc. i'
> >>
> >> Does someone know how this can happen? WF-BATCH doesn't do anything with
> >the
> >> invoice as far as I know. There are no other workflows related to this
> >> invoice that process this invoice. We do not use the event queue, but
> >> trigger the workflows directly. Maybe this has nothing to do with the
> >> problem, because all workflows are started correctly.
> >>
> >> Hope someone has a clue.
> >>
> >> Regards,
> >>
> >> Fred
> >>
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