Display of 2 consecutive dialog steps cut by a background task. How to fix it ?

[Gretchen Roberts]

Hi All,
 
This is an old thread but I'm having a similar problem.  In my case, the
subsequent dialog workitem that should be performed as advanced with dialog
is in a sub-workflow.  When the sub-workflow is called the agent is changed
to WF-BATCH.
 
Step 1: Main workflow calls sub-workflow (Agent WF-BATCH)
Step 2: Inside sub-workflow, user decision (executed by Agent A)
Sub-workflow ends
Step 3: Main workflow calls sub-workflow again (Agent WF-BATCH)
Step 4: Inside sub-workflow, user decision (executed by Agent A)
 
Is there any hope of step 2 and step 4 being executed as advance with
dialog?
 
Thanks in advance,
Gretchen Roberts
 
 
-----Original Message-----
From: SAP Workflow [mailto:Owner-SAP-WUG at MITVMA.MIT.EDU]On Behalf Of
Dart, Jocelyn
Sent: Monday, December 01, 2003 4:52 PM
To: SAP-WUG at MITVMA.MIT.EDU
Subject: Re: Display of 2 consecutive dialog steps cut by a background
tak s. H ow to fix it ?
 
 
Patrice,
The reason step 5 does not advance is because step 3 is a background task -
i.e. performed by the workflow system user WF-BATCH.  Because you have moved
to another user id to perform a different task you cannot keep advancing -
there needs to be separation between the steps so that step 3 can be
performed under the authority of WF-BATCH .
 
If you want to keep advancing then step 3 must also be performed under the
userid used in steps 1 and 2. It is possible to perform background steps in
foreground.  However, this assumes of course that the userid for step 1/2
has sufficient authority to perform step 3 - and that this applies to any
user who can perform steps 1 and 2.
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: SAP Workflow [mailto:Owner-SAP-WUG at MITVMA.MIT.EDU] On Behalf Of
Patrice Nolin
Sent: Tuesday,2 December 2003 8:25 AM
To: SAP-WUG at MITVMA.MIT.EDU
Subject: Display of 2 consecutive dialog steps cut by a background taks. H
ow to fix it ?
 
 
Hi everyone,
 
I have a workflow with the folowing steps:
 
Step 1 : user decision (execute by user A)
Step 2 : show a transaction (execute by user A)
Step 3 : background task that calculate a value
Step 4 : container opertation
Step 5 : show another transaction (execute by user A)
 
The step 1 and 2 show directly on the user screen but the step 5 ends up in
a new work item in the user business workplace.
 
All the interactive steps have the "Advance with dialog" check box checked.
 
How can I make Steps 1, 2 and 5 display in sequence since it's the same user
who must execute them ?
 
Thanks
 
Pat Nolin