How to get ack to Old version of workflow template

Thu Dec 21 07:48:29 EST 2006

Thanks for an excellent piece of info!

Just to contribute, there's also a useful OSS note out there on this topic:
Note 125400 - Modifying a productive Workflow

Have fun,
Mike

On Thu, December 21, 2006 10:03, Mike Gambier wrote:
> Subashi, Sherie,
>
> A word of caution on WF Versions: as far as I know, although I'm prepared
> to
> be corrected on this, the container is NOT version controlled so be very
> very careful about mixing changes. It's very easy to assume that version
> Management in Workflow is the same as it is in ABAP and rolling back
> changes
> or jumping between versions is a piece of cake, unfortunately it is not.
> It's about 90% effective really.
>
> If you have deleted any container elements or changed the nature of
> existing
> elements I recommend you double-check the production version closely and
> make sure you are 100% confident the changes will not affect any live
> instances because they will be immediately affected by your changes.
>
> Adding new elements should be fine provided those elements are entirely
> new
> and not used by any steps in previous versions of the definition and of
> course they must syntax check (new elements based on data types or objects
> left behind in development will cause activation errors in your
> definition).
>
> You can create 'new' versions of WF definitions in development (so you
> don't
> actually have to be working on the same version all the time, or indeed
> continuously update version '0000'). I have found this to be particularly
> useful if I am adding or removing entire blocks and therefore
> significantly
> changing the definition as it cleary shows to someone else how the
> definition has evolved. But be sure to activate your new version before
> you
> start, otherwise you may fool yourself into thinking you are then changing
> your new version when you may not be at all.
>
> Sometimes as an extra precaution, should I forsee the need to manually
> undo
> things, I print off the definition from SWDD as a hard copy (how old
> school?), so at least I have an idea of the sequence of things before I
> start to change them.
>
> For most other defintiion changes if somebody has changed the same
> definition as you but their Transport was released in your development
> environment BEFORE you managed to make any change, then you should be
> covered by the Transport mechanism at least, which will have taken a
> snapshot of the definition table entries as they were. But, if you managed
> to change the definition and their Transport was released AFTERWARDS
> (perhaps you added your changes to their Transport) you'll find that your
> changes will have been dragged along, whether you wanted them to or not.
>
> We have adopted the practice of 'protecting' our Transports in development
> to avoid other developers tacking on their changes to objects
> unintentionally like this. You may want to do the same.
>
> MGT
>
>>From: "Munday,Sherie J." <MUNDAYSJ at airproducts.com>
>>Reply-To: "SAP Workflow Users' Group" <sap-wug at mit.edu>
>>To: "SAP Workflow Users' Group" <sap-wug at mit.edu>
>>Subject: RE: How to get ack to Old version of workflow template
>>Date: Wed, 20 Dec 2006 13:54:15 -0500
>>
>>Subashini,
>>I have a little different spin on your question...
>>
>>If all of the other person's changes were made prior to yours and his
>>transport is separate from yours, then certainly his can move without
>>yours.  When your changes/transport moves at a later date, it will
>>create the next version in that next system.
>>
>>However, if you have both been making changes, saving, activating and
>>making transports to the same template in dev, then they are mixed
>>together in the same version.  In development there is only one version
>>... 000 and presumably you have both been making changes to that
>>version. If this is the case, and his are ready to move to production,
>>you will need to back out/remove your changes or he will have to wait
>>until yours are ready for production.
>>Best Wishes,
>>Sherie
>>
>>Sherie Munday
>>Workflow Developer/Analyst
>>Air Products & Chemicals, Inc.
>>
>>
>>-----Original Message-----
>>From: sap-wug-bounces at mit.edu [mailto:sap-wug-bounces at mit.edu] On Behalf
>>Of Shrestha, Bijay
>>Sent: Tuesday, December 19, 2006 8:50 PM
>>To: SAP Workflow Users' Group; sap-wug at mit.edu
>>Subject: RE: How to get ack to Old version of workflow template
>>
>>Hi Subashini,
>>
>>First you should generate and release the correct and ready version to
>>Prod. Then in Dev. environment you can retrieve the old version by
>>clicking on other version in Workflow Builder. Then you can keep making
>>changes.
>>
>>Bijay Shrestha
>>Sr. Consultant
>>Pragmatek Consulting Gr.
>>
>>	-----Original Message-----
>>	From: sap-wug-bounces at mit.edu on behalf of
>>Subashini.Bhoopathiraj at uinet.com
>>	Sent: Tue 12/19/2006 6:59 PM
>>	To: sap-wug at mit.edu
>>	Cc:
>>	Subject: How to get ack to Old version of workflow template
>>
>>
>>
>>	Hi all,
>>
>>	  I have made some changes to the workflow template, another
>>person also made the changes to the same workflow template, but my
>>changes not yet tested, so it shouldn't move into production.
>>
>>	  But other person's changes should move in Production with out
>>my changes . I thought of activating Old version & other person can do
>>the change & transport to PRD. after that i can retrive my version &
>>transport to the production. How can i do this??
>>
>>	Thanks,
>>	Subashini
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