Release status of tasks

[Soady, Phil]

There applications that DO use this information,
eg start workflow for object SWUI . GOS, etc ? .
 
It also a way of saying that the TASK or WORKFLOW is free to be used
by a 3rd party.  IE AN SAP task that is NOT released, Could theoretically
be changed in an incompatible way in a future release. It is not released
for free use externally.
If it is released, the next status is obsolete ! In compatible
changes should be in the release NOTE for version.
Just how religiously this is followed is the big question.
 
In reality not much attention is paid to this flag. By some SAP workflow
developers included. SO it has become a little "documentation only"
However, the rules exist and may become more adhered to overtime.
So beware...
 
You will also find the difference behind implemented and released affects
your ability to transport you objects. No round the other way.
IF you have a local object Release is not possible from memory.
 
So sometimes not defined behaves as released and other times not.
Fortunately not defined is never(rarely?) interpreted to mean IMPLEMENTED.
 
does that help ?
Cheers
 
Phil Soady
Senior Consultant
Business Technologies
SAP Australia
* : 0412 213 079
* : phil.soady at sap.com
 
 
 
 
 
-----Original Message-----
From: Fred Lunaspa [mailto:fredlunaspa at hotmail.com]
Sent: Friday, May 23, 2003 7:53 PM
To: SAP-WUG at MITVMA.MIT.EDU
Subject: Re: Release status of tasks
 
 
Robin,
 
Last year when I attended the course BC601 I was told that the release status of workflows and tasks is purely descriptive (at this moment): this means the system does not 'look' at this.
 
Regards,
 
Fred Kouw
 
 
>From: Robin Sahasranam <Rsahasranam at worldbank.org>
>Reply-To: SAP Workflow Users' Group <SAP-WUG at MITVMA.MIT.EDU>
>To: SAP-WUG at MITVMA.MIT.EDU
>Subject: Release status of tasks
>Date: Tue, 13 May 2003 14:48:52 -0400
>
>Greetings,
>
>We have several productive workflow standard tasks in a 4.6c system,
>which are functioning properly, even though the Release status of these
>tasks in the PFTC
>transaction shows " Not defined". These tasks were created in 4.0b and I do
>not
>recall this  field being available then.
>I also noticed that many SAP delivered tasks are also of status "Not
>defined".
>
>  Is it important to  change the status to "Implemented" or
> "Released".?
>
>Also what is the difference between "Implemented" and "Released" and
>which should be used when a task is productive?
>
>Thanks for taking the time to respond.
>
>Robin Sahasranam
>World Bank.
 
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