Different text for inbox and log?

[Michael Pokraka]

Hi Tomasz,
Thanks for the tip - I like it.. It won't work in my current scenario,
but it's definitively something worth noting.
(Current scenario - many people edit the same doc - same transaction -
with ability to add data/comments etc. - so there's no 'processed'
status per user...)
 
Thanks
Mike
 
On Fri, Mar 14, 2003 at 06:00:44AM +0100, Zmudzin,Tomasz,VEVEY,GL-IS/IT wrote:
> Michael,
>
> there's a trick which will not always be applicable - and sometimes it's
> plain annoying, but this may help you.
>
> Please pass the text as a virtual attribute of your business object. Make it
> depend on whether the object was processed or not. When processing the task,
> the attribute will be evaluated and provide the users with TEXT1. But --
> when checking the logs of workflow the attribute will be evaluated again (!)
> passing the other TEXT2 to the work item display.
>
> This may potentially work for you, but will be definitely annoying if you
> define e.g. the object status as a virtual attribute -- in all workflow
> steps it will show up the CURRENT status!
>
> Tomasz.
>
> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Michael Pokraka [mailto:workflow at quirky.me.uk]
> Sent: Thursday,13. March 2003 16:19
> To: SAP-WUG at MITVMA.MIT.EDU
> Subject: Different text for inbox and log?
>
>
> Hi all,
> Is it possible to have different texts appearing in the log and the
> workitem display?
> This has bothered me (and others I'm sure) on one or 2 occasions in the
> past, but I now have a particularly annoying exapmle to work with:
>
> Same step, executed by various people in sequence, same text. The log
> naturally shows "Check TLA 1234, CC999 from Joe Bloggs" many times over
> (28 to be precise). Now the text is relevant for the person's inbox, but
> for the log I'd want to see the step name as defined in the WF template
> - i.e. "Marketing review", "Financial evaluation" or whatever.
>
> I know I can change the WI text, but real estate available witin the
> text is very limited and I already have enough info to cram in there.
> Sending something to Marketing to tell them 'TLA for Marketing' just
> seems a waste of text space.
>
> Any ideas welcome...
> Cheers
> Mike