Transporting workflow / buffer question

Mike Pokraka wug.replies at workflowconnections.com
Wed Jan 25 15:16:26 EST 2006


Hmmm, that was the only logical explanation I could think of... I've seen
enough people intent on contributing to climate change to mention it.

I think it's just one of those things you just pretend never happened and
move right along :-)  If it happens again it might be reason for concern.

Cheers
Mike

Hilsbos, Margaret A wrote:
> That sounds logical, but yes, I did log off overnight. It would have timed
> me out anyway if I didn't, but I definitely did.
>
> Thanks for the suggestion though.
>
> -----Original Message-----
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> Of Mike Pokraka
> Sent: Wednesday, January 25, 2006 11:09 AM
> To: SAP Workflow Users' Group
> Subject: Re: Transporting workflow / buffer question
>
>
> Did you log off overnight?
>
> I'm speculating, but the HR/Workflow buffers would be refreshed, however
> your session and transaction buffers are something completely different.
>
> Cheers
> Mike
>
> Hilsbos, Margaret A wrote:
>> Hi WUGer's,
>>
>> I just noticed the strangest thing.  I don't seem to have a problem now,
>> but just thought I'd relate this little scenario, and see if anyone can
>> enlighten me as to why this happened.
>>
>> We tested a workflow in our QA system (4.6c) and users decided they
>> wanted
>> a minor change. No problem, I made the change in development and
>> transported it to QA yesterday. I had to leave early so the transport
>> actually happened yesterday after I left, and I went to check it and
>> test
>> it this morning.
>>
>> So we had a "midnight" between the transport and when I looked at it,
>> and
>> I figured any necessary buffer refreshes would have happened
>> automatically
>> overnight.  Imagine my surprise when I looked at the workflow, and the
>> change was *not* reflected.  The return code on the import was zero ....
>> but the change was not in place. Huh? I started thinking things like, do
>> I
>> have to create a new version in this situation?
>>
>> Luckily before I got too crazy I manually refreshed the buffers, and now
>> everything is fine.
>>
>> My question is, why did I have to refresh the buffer manually? Does this
>> indicate something might be set up incorrectly in our system, or is this
>> just one more known quirk of SAP's workflow system?
>>
>> Thanks for any enlightenment you care to share!
>>
>>
>> Margaret Hilsbos
>> Day & Zimmermann
>>
>>
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