Question on Deadline monitoring

[Sample, Rick]

You can also use do the following:
 
Create the number of forks needed. For instance, the kill WF step after
5 days.
 
Create a task and call a VOID method if you really don't need to do
anything.
 
On that task in the "Latest End" tab, set the  Ref, data/ time, 
use Work Item Creation as start time, enter 5 days, and set as Modeled. 
 
This will create an "outcome" that you can put a Term WF task or
whatever you need.
 
Search this list or "Modeled Deadline" between Marc and myself. (Mr..
Pyc helped me)
 
This works great for but like anything else has limitations with other
design requirements. Like, 
sticking this Modeled Deadline in a loop. 
 
Happy WF'ing

Rick Sample
SAP Business Workflow Developer
Graybar, Inc.
11885 Lackland Dr.
St. Louis, MO. 63146



 

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From: sap-wug-bounces at mit.edu [mailto:sap-wug-bounces at mit.edu] On Behalf
Of Baunach, Natasha R
Sent: Friday, November 09, 2007 3:07 PM
To: SAP Workflow Users' Group
Subject: RE: Question on Deadline monitoring



Albina,

 

I can't take credit for this because I learned it at TechEd a couple of
years ago.  I think Marc Pyc was presenting this.  Here is an easy and
clean solution for this:

1. Create a fork step and set condition that only 1 of 2 branches need
to be complete.

2. Include all your steps that you need in one fork

3. In second fork, put task with reference to a method that does not
have any code (create an empty method and then a task for it).

4. Set Requested Start deadline on step in 4 to however many days you
need it.  

 

If regular workflow hasn't finished processing in time, this empty
branch will kick in and it will logically delete any steps in the other
branch.

 

Natasha

 

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From: sap-wug-bounces at mit.edu [mailto:sap-wug-bounces at mit.edu] On Behalf
Of Albina Fernando
Sent: Friday, November 09, 2007 12:42 PM
To: SAP-WUG at mit.edu
Subject: Question on Deadline monitoring

 

 

Hi,

 

  I need one help regarding the Deadline monitoring.. There's a scenario
wherein..  we have say 5 approvers. And for each approver there is a
deadline date of 3 days. If within 3 days, the approver is not
approving, then a remainder mail should be sent. So for this case, we
have used a Loop Step and inside the loop the Loop step we have used an
Event Creator step that will trigger a workflow to send the workitem to
the particluar agent and in that workitem we have set the deadline date
of 3 days. So it will send a remainder mail if each approver does not
approve within 3 days. Now again... after 5 days, if none of the
approvers approve then we have to terminate the workflow.  How can we
set this deadline date of 5 days. 

  Can anyone provide inputs on the above scenario. Thanks for ur help..

 

 

Regards,

Albina

 

  

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