AW: Accessing a container value in EBP 3.5

[Susan R. Keohan]

Hi Nate,

Of course, that's all I really want to do (read the tables using the data browser), but it seems in 
EBP 3.5/Basis 6.20 things are a little different.  I cannot get the container element using SE16, 
workitem ID, elementname.  I can, however, retrieve it if I use SAP_WAPI_READ_CONTAINER.

Understanding the underlying differences here would also be helpful.

Regards,
Sue

Workflow wrote:

> Hello Sue
> If all you are doing is reading the data for a one-time query and you know
> precisely what table is involved, why write a report, use the data browser.
> If you want to manipulate the container data and/or workitem status then it
> is highly recommended to use the new SAP_WAPI functions.  Updating via
> SAP_WAPI is the application equivalent of calling a BAPI with everything
> implied, data consistency, rollback, authorisations, etc.
> 
> Yours truly
> Nate
> 
> 
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> Von: sap-wug-bounces at mit.edu [mailto:sap-wug-bounces at mit.edu]Im Auftrag
> von Susan R. Keohan
> Gesendet: Dienstag, 31. Mai 2005 20:28
> An: SAP Workflow Users' Group
> Betreff: Accessing a container value in EBP 3.5
> 
> 
> Hello all,
> 
> Keeping in mind Jocelyn's advice to use SAP_WAPIs to access data from
> workflow containers, and also,
> that I am new to the Basis 620/EBP 3.5 world, I have a need to do a one-time
> report in production of
> all instances of a certain container element (which would indicate to me
> whether a Shopping Cart was
> changed or rejected, as our custom-built workflow treats both cases the same
> way).  In the R/3 days,
> for this type of one-off analyis, I would, pardon me Jocelyn, just run TX
> SE16 against SWW_CONT and
> pull all occurrences of this container element.
> 
> Obviously, in the brave new world, I can't do that.  I've looked at
> SAP_WAPI_READ_CONTAINER, and it
> passes back the container elements I am interested in, but I am reluctant to
> a) run it 60000 times,
> or b) code a wrapper and go through the whole 'move to prod' business if
> there is a simple elegant
> solution for such a simple query.
> 
> If there is no simple elegant way, then I'll just write a wrapper, because
> probably these one-off
> things turn into regular reports anyway.  But I'd appreciate any feedback
> from you EBP/SRM/WF gurus!
> 
> Thanks
> Sue
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Susan R. Keohan
SAP Workflow Developer
MIT Lincoln Laboratory
244 Wood Street
LI-200
Lexington, MA. 02420
781-981-3561
keohan at ll.mit.edu