defining a fork step in workflow

Wed Aug 17 12:02:56 EDT 2005

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below).

Some of us choose to read mail in plain text as it's simpler, quicker,
safer, so underlined didn't help me either.

I'll try to answer: If you need EITHER event then a 1 of 3 fork will do
the job. If you need BOTH events, then you need a 2 of 2 fork in one
branch of a 1 of 2 fork.
In other words n of m means that all other active branches will be
cancelled once n branches have reached the end of the fork.
Hope that helps,
Cheers
Mike

Sushil Guragain wrote:
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> face=Arial><FONT size=2><FONT color=#000000>Sorry - I forgot to include
> the SAP
> documentation for the first question (which confused me)
> earlier:</FONT> <FONT color=#000000> </FONT></FONT></FONT>
> <P><FONT face=Arial><FONT size=2>To define a fork, you specify the number
> of
> parallel branches required with the step name. The fork, consisting of the
> <I>start operator</I>, the branches each with an <SPAN
> class=908173115-17082005>    </SPAN><SPAN
> class=908173115-17082005>    </SPAN>undefined step and the
> <I>join operator</I>, is inserted into the workflow
> definition.</FONT></FONT></P>
> <P><FONT face=Arial size=2>To define the termination of the fork, <U>you
> enter
> the number of branches required and the condition.</U> For more
> information
> about conditions, see the </FONT><A
> href="http://help.sap.com/saphelp_47x200/helpdata/en/c5/e4b9b2453d11d189430000e829fbbd/content.htm"><FONT
> face=Arial size=2>Condition Editor</FONT></A><FONT face=Arial
> size=2>.</FONT></P>
> <P><FONT face=Arial size=2>If you make no entry for the number of branches
> required, the system takes the number of
> branches.</FONT></P></SPAN></FONT></DIV>
> <DIV><SPAN class=908173115-17082005></SPAN><FONT face=Arial><FONT
> size=2>I have underlined the part that confused me -<SPAN
> class=908173115-17082005>
> d</SPAN>oes this mean I enter the number of branches required to end the </FONT></FONT><FONT
> face=Arial><FONT size=2>workflow </FONT></FONT></DIV>
> <DIV><FONT><FONT face=Arial><FONT
> size=2>(i.e., if I want workflow to end as soon as I receive one of the two events what do I put on number of branches required?<SPAN
> class=908173115-17082005> 01 or 02 or 03</SPAN>)<SPAN
> class=908173115-17082005></SPAN></FONT></FONT></FONT><BR></DIV>
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> <FONT face=Tahoma size=2><B>From:</B> Sushil Guragain
> [mailto:sguragain at interpublic.com] <BR><B>Sent:</B> Wednesday, August 17,
> 2005
> 10:30 AM<BR><B>To:</B> SAP Workflow Users' Group<BR><B>Subject:</B>
> defining a
> fork step in workflow<BR></FONT><BR></DIV>
> <DIV></DIV>
> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=047393514-17082005>Hi
> All,</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
> class=047393514-17082005></SPAN></FONT> </DIV>
> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=047393514-17082005>Could someone
> please
> explain what the necessary branches (on the control pane of fork
> definition
> - end condition) means? I have 3 branches and need to make sure the WF
> listens
> for two events while it is doing normal WF steps on the third parallel
> branch. I
> need the workflow to go to those branches when it hears those events.
> Currently,
> I am noticing it listens to one event in some cases and both events in
> most
> cases. </SPAN></FONT></DIV>
> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
> class=047393514-17082005></SPAN></FONT> </DIV>
> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=047393514-17082005>Also, is there
> a way
> I can go back and read the workflow log for an instance to see if certain
> event
> raised? </SPAN></FONT></DIV>
> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
> class=047393514-17082005></SPAN></FONT> </DIV>
> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=047393514-17082005>Issue at hand:
> I
> have a PO that is released and the terminating event for the step is
> RELEASED
> but the step is still in 'started' status and I see the PO is already
> released.
> Even when it is released directly in ME29N, it should receive the event
> and that
> branch should start. I looked at the technical details of WF log but don't
> see
> anything regarding which event was raised (which I see when I look at
> another
> instance that worked as expected). </SPAN></FONT><FONT face=Arial
> size=2><SPAN
> class=047393514-17082005>How would I check if an event (that was supposed
> to
> trigger) did or did not trigger? Is there some report that will help
> me
> analyze this?</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
> class=047393514-17082005></SPAN></FONT> </DIV>
> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=047393514-17082005>For future
> events I
> could turn the event trace on but I did not have it on when
> this happened. I don't know if it is recommended to turn on
> event
> trace in production either.</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
> class=047393514-17082005></SPAN></FONT> </DIV>
> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=047393514-17082005>I appreciate
> your
> help.</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
> class=047393514-17082005></SPAN></FONT><FONT
> face=Arial size=2><SPAN
> class=047393514-17082005></SPAN></FONT> </DIV>
> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
> class=047393514-17082005>Thanks,</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
> class=047393514-17082005></SPAN></FONT> </DIV>
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