Wait for Event with Correlation

[Mark Pyc]

Many thanks Mike! The exact kind of explanation I was looking for. The SD
example in the help just didn't click for me.

I'm not sure if SDN forum you mention has been noted here lately so....
https://www.sdn.sap.com/irj/sdn/forum?forumID=146&start=0

Have fun,
Mark


On 1/19/06, Mike Pokraka <wug.replies at workflowconnections.com> wrote:
>
> Hi Mark,
> Apparently the main reason correlation came to be was for XI. The idea
> is kindof a wait for event with non-key data; where the waiter is the
> key rather than the waitee (yes I'm making these terms up). The waitee
> contains the waiter's key as an attribute.
>
> One real-world situ where I would have liked to have used it in a non-XI
> environment is a "wait for credit" function for an invoice. I have no
> idea what the credit's key is, but when it gets posted, IT will have the
> key to the invoice object which is waiting for an event. Correlation
> will relate it back and trip the wait step.
>
> Something like that anyway...
>
> Cheers
> Mike
> (Yes, this is a copy & paste from SDN... thought I'd dump it here too
> for anyone else who might be curious)
>
>
> Mark Pyc wrote:
> > G'day all,
> >
> > Has anybody used the concept of Correlations within WF? I believe it is
> > new with EC5.0
> >
> > I can only find some very basic help, which without any kind of example
> > doens't help me much. If anybody has used it, can you attempt to explain
> > why - i.e. what did the Correlation actually achieve for you.
> >
> > Many thanks,
> > Mark
> >
> >
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