Workflow getting triggered via 'Workflow started' and not via

[Rick Bakker]

Hello,

Are you seeing any errors in SM58? Are you using the event queue and
if so, is it being overwhelmed by too many events?

regards
Rick Bakker
Hanabi Technology

On Mon, Nov 24, 2008 at 12:42 PM, Prasad, Prashanthi <pprasad at citgo.com> wrote:
>  We are on ECC 6.0.
>
> The first step in my WF is a background step where it checks if the user
> has authorization for to approve this mount. A variable is set to '0'(if
> the user has auth) and set to '1'(if user does not have auth). After
> this is a condition step to check this variable. If this variable is
> '0', WF takes a path where it gets released via a BAPI. If the variable
> value is '1', it has to take another path where it finds the user's
> supervisor.
> My WF gets hung in the first background step. In the log, no work item
> gets created. I get a 'System overloaded, repeat batch immediately' in
> the 'Display event trace' screen and in the last tab. I went and
> executed in SM58 but still it stays there.
>

> Message: 5
> Date: Mon, 24 Nov 2008 16:00:33 -0600
> From: "Prasad, Prashanthi" <pprasad at citgo.com>
> Subject: Workflow getting triggered via 'Workflow started' and not via
>        events
> To: <sap-wug at mit.edu>
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> Dear SAP Gurus,
>
>   I have a workflow for the debit/credit memo create and approve.
> Whenever I create a debit/credit memo within my limits(I have
> authorization upto 500,000), it gets automatically released from a BAPI.
> When I create a D/C memo above 500K, it has to go to my supervisor. This
> WF is been working fine since years. Recently a user said whenever she
> creates a memo above her limits, it is getting hung.
> The event gets created but no workitem is created. I can see the log via
> SWI2_FREQ and only there I see the workflow was started but not via the
> events. When I go to the WF log and hit the grapic display, the WF has
> started from the 'Workflow started' and not from the events.
> The event is being raised from SWE_CREATE_EVENT. Please advise.
>
> Prashanthi Prasad
> Off: 832-486-4899
>