What is Diff. Bet Triggering Events and start conditions

[Peter Roehlen]

Hi Prashant,
 
The triggering event is an event that you can latch on to in order to start your workflow.  Events are sometimes predefined or can be configured to be raised on change of status, via change docs and message control etc.
 
Often, it is not enough to just say, "this workflow must start whenever that event is raised" but you want finer control over whether or not the workflow should be started.
 
So, for example, I may have a workflow that I want started whenever a PM order is created in the system.  I therefore use the PM Order Created event as the triggering event.  However, if I only want the workflow to start whenever a PM order of a certain type is created then I also define a start condition which filters the events and only allows the event to be effective if the order is of the correct type.
 
Without start condtions you would be forced to check the relevant fields from within the workflow and terminate it if the object is not relevant.  This is much more inefficient than start condtions which are check prior to the workflow being started.
 
Sorry for the rambling answer, hope it's of help.
 
Cheers
 
Peter Roehlen.


 
Date: Fri, 6 May 2005 13:38:06 +0530
From: "Prashant_Raichurkar" <Prashant_Raichurkar at satyam.com>
To: <sap-wug at mit.edu>
Subject: What is Diff. Bet Triggering Events and start conditions

Hi All,
 
Can anybody please tell me what is the difference between Triggering Event and Workflow start events/ conditions ?
 
Thanks in advance.
 

Thanks & Regards,
Prashant P. Raichurkar
Satyam Computer Services Ltd.,
)+91-040-55232323 Extn: 2510
Mail to: Prashant_Raichurkar at satyam.com




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