Problem with parameter passing from method to task

Michael Pokraka wug.replies at workflowconnections.com
Thu Apr 21 05:38:23 EDT 2005 

Hi Mikko, 
I had an idle moment (the joys of winding down a project), so I had a look at
this on our 6.20 system. The behaviour is the same, due to an insonsistent use
of conversions. I'd suggest reporting this one to OSS.
Cheers
Mike


--- mikko.maki-rahkola at accenture.com wrote:

> Hi Mike,
> thank you for the good explanation, this makes the scenario a lot more clear.
>  
> I found out though that the responsibility rule elements don't work very well
> with these converted values. If I use the cobrb-konty type as the element
> type, only the three-char predefined conversion results are valid inputs. The
> problem is that once they're entered, they are converted back to their
> two-char representation and don't work.
>  
> If I put in e.g. 'CTR'=cost center and press enter, the value is converted to
> 'KS' and is no longer a valid input value. I'd have to enter 'CTR' and then
> save immediately without pressing enter to make it work. As a result, 'KS' is
> shown as the value. Entering an asterisk to the field is in addition
> impossible and makes the rule not an option for our client. 
>  
> So what I did as a solution was just to use another 2-char data type
> (EBKN-RECID) without any conversions as the resp rule container element type.
> This way I get to enter asterisks and value ranges from OR to KS etc. The
> task bindings also with this.
>  
> Thanks for your help, just let me know if you have any extra comments,
> -Mikko
> 
> ________________________________
> 
> From: sap-wug-bounces at mit.edu on behalf of Michael Pokraka
> Sent: Wed 20/04/2005 16:22
> To: SAP Workflow Users' Group
> Subject: Re: Problem with parameter passing from method to task
> 
> 
> 
> Hi Mikko,
> Some of your scenarios will convert the account assignment category into it's
> language-dependent code (three letters) and others will use the internal two
> letter abbreviation as per table TBO01.  Make sure to define all fields as
> COBRB-KONTY and you should be OK.
> Thus
> "WRITE COBRB-KONTY." will perform the conversion exit to output the 3 digit
> char
> "lv_mystring = COBRB-KONTY" will assign the internal 2 digit code
> 
> Cheers
> Mike
> 
> --- mikko.maki-rahkola at accenture.com wrote:
> > Hi everyone,
> > hope some of you can help me out with a problem I'm facing...
> > 
> > We're running a PR item approval workflow on 4.6c and determining the
> > approver agent with a responsibility rule. One element in the
> responsibility
> > rule container is settlement rule category (COBRB-KONTY) which is filled
> from
> > the maintenance order assigned to the PR item.
> > 
> > Ok, I have created an instance-dependent custom method in the subtype of
> the
> > PR item object BUS2009 which picks up the assigned maintenance order
> details
> > and returns among others the settlement rule category. The export param
> > SettlRuleCategory is of type COBRB-KONTY (2-char type). Here's the relevant
> > method code:
> > 
> > BEGIN_METHOD GETORDERDETAILS CHANGING CONTAINER.
> > DATA:
> > ...
> >     ordernumber LIKE aufk-aufnr,
> >     settlrulecat LIKE cobrb-konty,
> >     wa_cobrb LIKE cobrb,
> > ...
> >   SWC_GET_PROPERTY self 'Order' ordernumber. "Order attribute contains the
> > order number
> > ...
> >    IF NOT ordernumber IS INITIAL AND ordercategory = 30. " 30 stands for
> > maintenance orders
> >      SWC_CREATE_OBJECT maintorder 'BUS2007' ordernumber.
> >    ENDIF.                                              
> > ...
> >   SELECT SINGLE * FROM aufk INTO wa_aufk WHERE aufnr = ordernumber.
> >   IF sy-subrc = 0.
> >     orderobjnr = wa_aufk-objnr.
> > ...
> >   ENDIF.
> > ...
> >   SELECT SINGLE * FROM cobrb INTO wa_cobrb WHERE objnr = orderobjnr.
> >   IF sy-subrc = 0.
> >     settlrulecat = wa_cobrb-konty.
> > ...
> >   ENDIF.
> > ...
> >   SWC_SET_ELEMENT CONTAINER 'SettlRuleCategory' settlrulecat.
> > ...
> > 
> > What's strange is that after executing the method with valid data, I see a
> > three-character value (e.g. 'ORD') in my export parameter although
> > cobrb-konty only has two chars(!). Not getting confused about this, I
> > included the method in a new task and binded the parameter value to the
> task
> > container element (of type COBRB-KONTY as well). Starting the task with a
> > valid input PR item, the third character is suddenly dropped and my task
> > container element has a result only a two character value (= 'OR').
> > 
> > Defining the task container element to be a three-char type does not help,
> > the third character is dropped here too. I also tried changing the method
> > export parameter and code variable types to three-char types, but the third
> > character is dropped in the same way. As a temporary solution, I'm
> currently
> > passing the two char value to the responsibility rule.
> > 
> > The other weird thing about this is that the value entry of the resp rule
> > container element (type cobrb-konty) in OOCU_RESP/PFAC is quite difficult.
> It
> > accepts e.g. 'ORD', but after pressing enter cuts the third character (=>
> > 'OR') and second time pressing for 'OR' does not accept it. So I have to
> > enter ORD and then immediately go out of the change mode. This way I get to
> > keep 'OR' in the cont element even though the system doesn't properly
> accept
> > it.
> > 
> > Have any of you bumped into a similar peculiarity or have I just missed
> > something or do I need to go straight to OSS on this?
> > 
> > Thanks for your help!
> > -Mikko
> >
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