2 year wait vs Batch Report

[Alon Raskin]

Hi Ram,
 
Thanks for the input. My problem with this approach is that I now have a batch job scheduled for each instance of the workflow (around 400 or so)... I guess it not a big deal but I am not sure I am seeing what the advantages of using this over the deadline monitoring report...
 
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From: sap-wug-bounces at mit.edu on behalf of Tiwari, Rammanohar
Sent: Thu 5/5/2005 08:49
To: SAP Workflow Users' Group
Subject: RE: 2 year wait vs Batch Report


I think there might be another option ( Not sure though ) :
 
Just after that step in your workflow put another step which will schedule a Batch Job (FM BP_JOB_CREATE)  with release date = sy-datum + 2 years.
I am not sure but system restart should not affect it. 
 
The Batch job will then trigger an event ( after two years )  to re-start the terminated workflow.
 
Thanks,
Ram
 

	-----Original Message-----
	From: sap-wug-bounces at mit.edu [mailto:sap-wug-bounces at mit.edu]On Behalf Of Alon Raskin
	Sent: Thursday, May 05, 2005 5:26 PM
	To: SAP Workflow Users' Group
	Subject: 2 year wait vs Batch Report
	
	
	Hi Everyone,
	 
	I would love to hear peoples opinions on this issue.
	 
	We have a situation where a workflow has to do update a field and then wait for 2 years before clearing that field. There are two possibilities to this issue.
	 
	1. Put in a 2 year wait step
	2. Terminate the workflow and run a nightly batch job which would query some table and determine if 2 years have passed and then reset the field accordingly.
	 
	Currently I am leaning towards option 1 as I really don't see a difference in option 1 and option 2. Ultimately they are all just batch jobs which check dates and then do some processing. The volumes here are very low.
	 
	Your thoughts?
	 
	
	
	Alon Raskin
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