How an emptyWF to Task container element can supply value to method??

[Trant, David]

You're having a nightmare, and it's very similar to one of mine!  I'd notic=
ed the same type of behavior for quite some time between the task and metho=
d containers, and had a most interesting series of conversations on it at t=
he ASUG spring conference last month.  Although on paper, it seems that one=
 would generally pass data from the event container to the workflow contain=
er to the task container to the method container to the function module (if=
 that's the method's particular method of execution), it seems that in real=
ity, SAP doesn't need, or even want, the task to method container binding. =
 As long as the parameters of the method match the container elements being=
 passed from the workflow container to the task container, SAP simply "dump=
s" that container in one operation.  I am told that there is a performance =
hit (makes sense) for manipulating the extra binding, so SAP prefers not to=
 do it.  Of course, being a relatively anal, logical person, I find it diff=
icult to envision data being passed when the binding is missing, but that i=
s what happens.  One SAP guru recommended never having a binding at this po=
int; another couple of experts didn't seem to completely agree with that.  =
One person told me this binding was actually going away altogether in futur=
e releases, though I'm not sure which one (I'm on 4.6C).  I used to insist =
upon a correct binding during my review process for new workflows, and now =
am faced with reversing course on that one.
 
David
 
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Subject:        How an emptyWF to Task container element can supply value to metho=
d??
 
Hi all,
 
i m facing a weird scenario........the container element in Wf to Task
binding has no value set...( as seen in Tech. Log while the task is waiting
to be executed)..........but while executing the task in debug mode at
SWC_GET statement i saw a value against same element.......just couldn't
understand from where it came..........moreover after completion of
task...........again when i checked the container the element is not
set..........but the value was there in method........
 
any ideas.......or i m having a dream...........
 
Thanks & Regards
 
Praveen Johri
SAP Practice
Extn : 2597
Ph    : 91-0120-2582323
Fax   : 91-0120-2582322
Computer Science Corporation India Ltd.
 
 
 
 
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