Problem with start condition

[Mark Pyc]

It would seem that your start condition is NOT behaving as you expect

funny how much difference one word can make....


On 6/23/06, Mark Pyc <mark.pyc at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>  G'day Tony,
>
> Be sure to always reply to list rather than an individual respondant. No
> point taking this offline where others can't benefit and someone else may
> (likely) have a better response than what follows...
>
> It would seem that your start condition is behaving as you expect. Have a
> look at the instanciated Workflows and look at the object instance and
> eyeball the values you're checking in the start condition - make sure it's
> not just a typo. You can try using the test options within the condition
> editor of the SWB_COND.
>
> Good luck,
>  Mark
>
>
> On 6/23/06, Hoodak, Anthony J. <AHoodak at gleason.com> wrote:
> >
> >  Hi Mark -
> >
> > Thanks for the quick reply. I did misspeak here. Yes, I meant the event
> > log. And no, I do not see anything that indicates that the exception was
> > raised. In the type linkages table, I see the following:
> >
> > Receiver Function Module         SWW_WI_CREATE_VIA_EVENT_IBF
> > Check Function Module            SWB_CHECK_FB_START_COND_EVAL
> > So the check function appears to be there. However, in the event log, I
> > am seeing the following:
> >
> > Event Instance ID    20184571
> >
> > Object Type          AFVC_PM
> > Object Key           000050911400000005
> > Event                FINALCONFIRMATION
> >
> > Event Creator        US SHFLROCH       Acsis Shop Floor Data Colle
> > Creation Time        06/23/2006 08:10:14 EST
> >
> >
> > Receiver Type        WS90200067
> >
> > Object Type          WORKITEM
> > Object Key           000009861148
> >
> > Receiver FM          SWW_WI_CREATE_VIA_EVENT_IBF
> > RFC Destination      WORKFLOW_LOCAL_410
> >
> > Check FM             SWB_CHECK_FB_START_COND_EVAL
> > Receiver Type FM
> >
> >
> > Trace Date/Time      06/23/2006 08:10:15 EST
> > User Name            SHFLROCH       Acsis Shop Floor Data Collecti
> > Main Program         RSM13000
> > Action               Receiver started correctly
> >
> >
> > I don't see any indication that the check FM did it's job. I see the WF
> > get started and this is what I wanted to avoid.
> >
> > Hope this makes sense to you and thank you in advance Mark.
> > Tony
> >
> >  ------------------------------
> > *From:* Mark Pyc [mailto:mark.pyc at gmail.com]
> > *Sent:* Friday, June 23, 2006 9:17 AM
> > *To:* SAP Workflow Users' Group
> > *Subject:* Re: Problem with start condition
> >
> >
> >  G'day Tony,
> >
> > Firstly SWEL is the event log, it's not to be confused with the event
> > queue.
> >
> > If an event is raised, and the event log is turned on, then it will be
> > logged. If you have a start condition which prevents it you should see a red
> > light in the log and a message to indicate the check function (which is how
> > the start condition is implemented) raised an exception.
> >
> > If this isn't the case for you, make sure the start condition is active
> > and you can further check that in SWETYPV that there is a check function in
> > place which checks the start condition (this should be there automatically).
> >
> >
> > Have fun,
> > Mark
> >
> >
> > On 6/23/06, Hoodak, Anthony J. <AHoodak at gleason.com > wrote:
> > >
> > >  Greetings -
> > >
> > > Background:
> > >
> > > I have a WF that I have created that monitors a specific BO. The WF is
> > > triggered by a an event that gets raised, and this is working properly. Too
> > > properly in fact because I have an issue where our shop floor data
> > > collection system is sending a bunch of records to SAP to process. Each
> > > record is triggering the WF and this should not be the case, as I only want
> > > records created by specific sources. So to prefilter events, I used a start
> > > condition to NOT process any of the events that are triggered by the shop
> > > floor system. The problem is, I am still seeing those event transactions
> > > appear in the SWEL queue.
> > >
> > > Questions:
> > >
> > > 1. Should I still see these events in the SWEL queue?
> > > 2. If not, I am using SWB_COND to set a start condition for this WF.
> > > The precheck is pretty simple (if the creator of the record is NOT = SFDC,
> > > then start the WF). In theory these should be the exceptions. What am I
> > > doing wrong?
> > >
> > > Hope this all makes sense and someone can point out the error in my
> > > ways.
> > >
> > > Thanks in advance,
> > >
> > > Tony Hoodak
> > > Gleason Corp
> > >
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