Condition step not working in Workflow

[Mike Pokraka]

Hmm, not too sure then. I thought I'd mention as it would be worth
checking. Also make sure your data type is valid for the values. Try
changing it to SY-INPUT just to make sure.

On Wed, February 27, 2008 4:11 pm, Sue Doughty wrote:
> Hi Mike,
>
> Thanks for your reply.
>
> I am not using a result parameter even though I tried that when it did
> not work the way I had it at first.  Neither way works.  I can see in
> the workflow log that my export parameter (ImageFound) is being
> populated with the correct 'T' or 'F' value, but the Results processing
> step is not being executed with an F value - it only executes when the
> export parameter contains a 'T' value.
>
> I can't use a virtual attribute because the input parameters to the
> method change with each call to the method (i.e., doctype and
> imagedate).
>
> Regards,
> Sue T. Doughty
> SAP Workflow Specialist
> Old Dominion Freight Line, Inc.
> 500 Old Dominion Way
> Thomasville, NC 27360
> Phone:  (336) 822-5189
> Toll Free (800 ) 432-6335, ext. 5189
> Email:  sue.doughty at odfl.com
> -----Original Message-----
> From: sap-wug-bounces at mit.edu [mailto:sap-wug-bounces at mit.edu] On Behalf
> Of Mike Pokraka
> Sent: Wednesday, February 27, 2008 10:44 AM
> To: SAP Workflow Users' Group
> Subject: Re: Condition step not working in Workflow
>
> Hi Sue,
> Are you using a standard return parameter or a result parameter?
> ("Result
> parameter" checkbox on your method properties).
> Result parameters behave differently, T/F must be defined within the
> data
> dictionary and become separate outcomes of the method.
> Also, perhaps a virtual attribute might be easier if this is all that
> the
> method does...
>
> Cheers,
> Mike
>
> On Tue, February 26, 2008 5:06 pm, Sue Doughty wrote:
>> We are on 4.7, ECC 6.0
>>
>>
>>
>> I have a sub-workflow that executes a loop until a result flag is set
> to
>> T.  It executes a method that reads a table with some information.  If
>> the record is found, the result is set to T, if not it is set to F and
>> the result container is set in the method.  The next step is a
> condition
>> to check the result.  If T, the loop and sub-workflow are completed,
> if
>> F, it waits and tries again after five minutes.
>>
>>
>>
>> My problem:  If the method executes and the result is T, the workflow
>> works as designed.  If the method returns a result of F, the workflow
>> stops at that step and does not move to the condition step to check
> the
>> result.
>>
>>
>>
>> I can see that the method is returning the result container.  If the
>> Result = T, I can see that the Result container is sent back to the
>> sub-workflow.  When I look at the step in the log, it says that the
>> background item was created, started, work item processing is complete
>> and the result processing is done with no errors.
>>
>>
>>
>> If the Result is F, I can see that the method is returning the result
>> container, but the workflow container does NOT get set to the Result.
>> When I look at the step in the log, it says that the background item
> was
>> created; started and work item processing is complete with no errors,
>> BUT the Result Processing is NOT done.
>>
>>
>>
>> What am I missing?  Why is the Result processing being done for one
>> result but not the other?
>>
>>
>>
>> Regards,
>>
>> Sue T. Doughty
>>
>> SAP Workflow Specialist
>>
>> Old Dominion Freight Line, Inc.
>>
>> 500 Old Dominion Way
>>
>> Thomasville, NC 27360
>>
>> Phone:  (336) 822-5189
>>
>> Toll Free (800 ) 432-6335, ext. 5189
>>
>> Email:  sue.doughty at odfl.com
>>
>>
>>
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