What are Work Queues?

[Kisloff, Philip B]

Hi Mike,
 
I probably tried to be too brief and ended up not making much more sense
than the documentation !
 
The workitem type "W" that is sent to someone's inbox uses workqueue object
ARCHLISTWI. So all the application objects in the workqueue can be moved
together for approval and editing by using a workflow. After approval in the
workflow, we background release all the objects in the workqueue.
 
But another workitem is also created of type "A". This is your actual
workqueue object and not a dialog workitem, so can only be viewed from the
log or seen in the preview pane. To display the workqueue objects from the
type "A" workitem, use menu path "Goto > Type specific data" in the workitem
technical display.
 
Workqueues are very useful in some circumstances - you are effectively
combining a mass upload program with workflow approval and error
notification. It certainly is a neat solution, although the workqueue
display is restricted to user-unfriendly workflow terms and object keys.
 
regards
 
Phil
 
-----Original Message-----
From: Michael Pokraka [mailto:workflow at quirky.me.uk]
Sent: 28 January 2004 15:15
To: SAP-WUG at MITVMA.MIT.EDU
Subject: Re: What are Work Queues?
 
 
Thanks Phil and Patrick,
That was pretty much the starting point we needed! The menu path is a
little obscure, but now I've at least found the object type behind it - it
is mass retirement. Now to find who set this up and why it's gone wrong on
one item <grumble>...
Though one small question: Phil, you say "...can be accessed.. but not
from the workplace, or from a coupled workitem type "W" that behaves like
any other workflow.". So how exactly is this accessed?
Cheers
Mike
 
Oh, P.S. Apologies to the list for any duplicate posts, some tweaking on
my mail server went a little bit pear-shaped, causing a To: address to
duplicate into the CC. field as well as a few other oopses. I blame
spammers who made me do it in the first place.
 
Patrick D Green wrote:
> Mike,
>
> If you need to have a look at individual worklists / queues to see why
> they
> failed, transaction AR30 may be of some use to you.   As Phil suggests,
> AM_AI is the object type for an asset list associated with the Asset mass
> change/retirement/transfer workflow.
>
> Cheers,
> -- Patrick.
>
>
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> Hi Mike,
>
> Work queues are used to bundle up tasks into one workitem type "A". This
> workitem can be accessed independently but not from the workplace, or from
> a
> coupled workitem type "W" that behaves like any other workflow. The
> workqueue is useful for when you want to mass process exactly the same
> object the same way in a workflow, but each object has a unique instance.
> Mass retirements of assets is one example.
>
> To display the workqueue, from the technical display, use menu path Goto >
> Type specific data.
>
> Regards
>
> Phil
>
> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Michael Pokraka [mailto:workflow at quirky.me.uk]
> Sent: 28 January 2004 11:48
> To: SAP-WUG at MITVMA.MIT.EDU
> Subject: What are Work Queues?
>
> Greetings,
> Could someone be so kind as to enlighten me what a work queue is and where
> it may be used?
>
> The SAP docs mention:
> "List of objects that are to be processed once and together within a
> specified period." - which is a bit generic.
>
> They also state:
> "Work queue work items are not displayed in the Business Workplace."
> as well as
> "Work queue work items are displayed in the Business Workplace."
> ....which now has me thoroughly confused.
>
> A wee bit of background: Something has been configured in the past 6
> months that activated some work queues today which have started to error
> with no useful message and no object key. On a long shot, is anyone
> familiar with Object Type AM_AI? This is the one that's failing, seems to
> be part of Asset Management (4.7 IS Retail system).
>
> Cheers
> Mike
>
>