defining a fork step in workflow

Sushil Guragain sguragain at interpublic.com
Wed Aug 17 17:33:45 EDT 2005 

FYI - Just got access to SM58 and there are no errors there. I just created a note to SAP for this.

Thanks,

Sushil 

-----Original Message-----
From: Sushil Guragain [mailto:sguragain at interpublic.com] 
Sent: Wednesday, August 17, 2005 4:19 PM
To: SAP Workflow Users' Group
Subject: RE: defining a fork step in workflow

Thanks Mike, William and Joe for your answers and suggestions!

I will try the SM58 (I have requested to that transaction) and see what went on there per Joe's suggestion. I think I understand the necessary branches now. It appears that the event did not get created but will have to check after I get access to SM58.

Thanks again,

Sushil

-----Original Message-----
From: sap-wug-bounces at mit.edu [mailto:sap-wug-bounces at mit.edu] On Behalf Of Mike Pokraka
Sent: Wednesday, August 17, 2005 11:03 AM
To: SAP Workflow Users' Group
Subject: RE: defining a fork step in workflow

Oracle Connector for Outlook?
Odd mailer, not well behaved in it's mime/html handling (see your mail 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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> name=GENERATOR></HEAD> <BODY> <DIV dir=ltr align=left><FONT 
> color=#0000ff><SPAN class=908173115-17082005><FONT 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/e4b9b2453d11d1
> 89430000e829fbbd/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>
> <DIV class=OutlookMessageHeader lang=en-us dir=ltr align=left> <HR 
> tabIndex=-1> <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> <DIV><FONT face=Arial 
> size=2><SPAN 
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