Workflow definitions disappear

Fri Mar 7 06:02:25 EST 2003

Perhaps this is totally wrong, but still worth a check:

please try accessing these "missing" workflows via "Workflow Builder" (SWDS)
instead of "Task Maintenance" (PFTC).
I believe there may be some issues because of the versioning of workflows.

Kind regards,
Tomasz

-----Original Message-----
From: Michael Pokraka [mailto:workflow at quirky.me.uk]
Sent: Friday,7. March 2003 11:58
To: SAP-WUG at MITVMA.MIT.EDU
Subject: Re: Workflow definitions disappear

Hi,
Just thought I'd post an update:
Two people from OSS have been in our system, seen the effects, but
(understandably) the cause remains elusive without being able to
reproduce the problem.
All developers are on alert to check and - if it happens - try to
remember what they did, and try to reproduce it. If anyone out there
experiences these disappearing workflow descriptions and can reproduce
it, I'd appreciate any input. We still have the OSS call open, but as
Murphy would have it, this is not happening at present.

Cheers
Mike

On Tue, Feb 18, 2003 at 02:03:08PM -0500, Nobles, Diane wrote:
> Michael keep us posted.  I want to cut this off at the pass.  We are
> currently on support pack 33 and we are scheduled to implement this one
> around August of this year.
>
> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Catherine Schumann [mailto:catherine.schumann at bbc.co.uk]
> Sent: Tuesday, February 18, 2003 12:39 PM
> To: SAP-WUG at MITVMA.MIT.EDU
> Subject: Re: Workflow definitions disappear
>
>
> 46c support pack 27 - yes, somewhat behind, but our management wants to
> treat support packs as upgrades (!)
>
> Thanks - it is not deleting any other part of the definition, but it is a
> bit disconcerting not being able to find my workflow suddenly.
>
> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Michael Pokraka [mailto:workflow at quirky.me.uk]
> Sent: 18 February 2003 15:31
> To: SAP-WUG at MITVMA.MIT.EDU
> Subject: Re: Workflow definitions disappear
>
>
> Oops, sorry. 4.6c support pack 39.
> I've logged it with OSS, will post any results if noone here has any
answer.
>
> Cheers
> Mike
>
> On Tue, Feb 18, 2003 at 09:21:15AM -0500, Nobles, Diane wrote:
> > What version are you guys on????
> >
> > Diane H. Nobles
> > SAP System Engineer, PM, WF
> > (757) 380-7250
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Catherine Schumann [mailto:catherine.schumann at bbc.co.uk]
> > Sent: Tuesday, February 18, 2003 5:10 AM
> > To: SAP-WUG at MITVMA.MIT.EDU
> > Subject: Re: Workflow definitions disappear
> >
> >
> > I wish I had an answer, but the same thing has happened to us.
> >
> > It's good to know that it is not just us - we thought it was just
> > something that we had done.  Now it looks like there may be a rational
> > explanation.
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Michael Pokraka [mailto:workflow at quirky.me.uk]
> > Sent: 18 February 2003 10:05
> > To: SAP-WUG at MITVMA.MIT.EDU
> > Subject: Workflow definitions disappear
> >
> >
> > Hi all,
> > I'm going to report this to OSS, but just in case someone has seen
> > this
> > before:
> > Doing nothing unusual, most of the workflow task information
spontaneously
> > combusts. Well, not actually, but all the fields go blank. Thus we end
up
> > with a task WS90000001, with no description and no further information.
> Task
> > abbreviation is also blank. I checked some of the underlying records in
> > HRSOBJECT and HRS1000, and there s a record containing a key WS and
> > 900000001, with the rest of the fields blank.
> >
> > The workflow itself is still fine, just the task cannot be found via
> > search help and basically does not exist unless you specifically type
> > in the number. Then you can continue work on 'Unnamed' (with the flow
> > and all other taskes intact).
> >
> > Even stranger, this has happened to two developers with two different
> > workflows. The sequence of events is something along the lines of
> > editing something, saving it - standard stuff, and sometime later we
> > notice it's blank.
> >
> > Any ideas????
> > Thanks
> > Mike
> >
> >
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