Wish list (was: Change a Workflow-Definition without manually copying)

[Michael Pokraka]

Hi Kjetil,
Y'know, for normally posting quite sensible (and often amusing) posts, I =
am
horrified to note the increasing off-topicness of your musings :-)
 
I think what we want here is technically quite feasible: some setting/fla=
g
that lets a dialog task behave like a background task. The error monitori=
ng
job will pick up a background task that has been active for too long and =
set
it to error (or in our case a different trappable outcome perhaps?).
 
Just my 2p on the matter.
Cheers
Mike
 
Kjetil Kilhavn wrote:
> Not really workflow, but strongly influencing workflow: enable me to ca=
tch
> the situation where a user closes the session by using the window close
> button, system-menu close or some other "smart" mechanism (except
> transaction /nex) since this causes a workflow to be left in status sta=
rted
> and there is absolutely no way of catching it as far as I have been abl=
e to
> find out.
>
> Our biggest problem: workflow step runs a report (synchronous, dialog).
> When user leaves report the step is completed and the next step checks
> whether there are remaining (unapproved) documents. If so it publishes =
an
> event which restarts the workflow. However, when the user closes the
> session as mentioned the work item remains in status "started".
>
> Problem 1: offshore user goes home for his four weeks after using the c=
lose
> button. We have a 14-day deadline before the workflow terminates, so th=
e
> next 14 days no approval takes place because no-one gets the approval
> report workflow.
>
> Problem 2: users call the help desk complaining that they get approval
> reports with no documents. The reason is that the #%=A7&! users approve=
 all
> documents and then use the close button to leave the report. They have
> become used to this working nicely in all (other) windows applications,
> where the situation is trapped and handled as any normal exit. Not so i=
n
> SAP...
> --
> Kjetil Kilhavn
>
>
>
>
>                     Alon Raskin
>                     <araskin at 3i-consulti        To:
> SAP-WUG at MITVMA.MIT.EDU
>                     ng.com>                     cc:     (bcc: Kjetil
> Kilhavn)
>                     Sent by: SAP                Subject:     Re: Change=
 a
> Workflow-Definition without manually copying
>                     Workflow
>                     <Owner-SAP-WUG at MITVM
>                     A.MIT.EDU>
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>                     23.11.2004 12:23
>                     Please respond to
>                     "SAP Workflow Users'
>                     Group"
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>
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>
>
> Hi Everyone,
>
> Why don't you all mail me your SAP Workflow wish list requests and I wi=
ll
> add it to the www.wugarchive.com web site. Who knows maybe SAP will lik=
e
> some of the ideas and implement them?
>
> Please mail me directly and I will do my best to get your ideas/suggest=
ions
> up on the site ASAP.
>
> Regards,
>
> Alon Raskin
> e: araskin at 3i-consulting.com <mailto:araskin at 3i-consulting.com>
> w: http://www.3i-consulting.com
>
>
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