ECC 6.0: Issues With Header Event to cancel Workflow
Sheldon Oxenberg
soxenber at csc.com
Mon Feb 23 16:35:21 EST 2009
Alternative to putting a wait step (eg requested start deadline of 1
minute in a dummy step) just before the end of the workflow,
you might also try putting a "wait for event" step (eg the same PO
Released event) just before the end of the workflow.
Regards,
SHELDON OXENBERG
CSC
Rick Bakker
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PM Event to cancel Workflow
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Ramki,
If I understand correctly, the last step in your workflow creates an
event which will terminate that very same instance of the workflow.
You say that "the WF is complete by the time the system tries to
process the terminating event" and also "the errors occurs only when
the event is raised by the Workflow step (which calls the PO release
BAPI)."
Although you said in your first post that you didn't detect any
locking conflicts, that seems to me to be the most likely cause here -
both the event and the workflow itself (finishing normally) are trying
to terminate the workflow instance at the same time and that could
lead to the workflow being placed in a state such that even
subsequently generated Released events will have a problem.
Is there any way to call that BAPI so it doesn't generate the Released
event?
Have you considered putting a wait step (eg requested start deadline
of 1 minute in a dummy step) just before the end of the workflow?
regards
Rick Bakker
Hanabi Technology
On 2/23/09, Ramki Maley <rmaley at erpworkflow.com> wrote:
> Rick, the errors occurs only when the event is raised by the Workflow
> step (which calls the PO release BAPI).
>
> Regards,
> Ramki.
>
> Rick Bakker wrote:
> > Hello,
> >
> > If I understand correctly, this error only occurs sometimes. Is there
> > any link that you've noticed between the cases where it happens? Does
> > it only happen when the event is generated outside the workflow, for
> > example?
> >
> > regards
> > Rick Bakker
> > Hanabi Technology
> >
> > On 2/21/09, Morris, Eddie <eddie.morris at sap.com> wrote:
> >> Hi Ramki,
> >>
> >> Since it is standard the parameter START_RECFB_SYNCHRON will not be
> >> used, just sometimes in custom code the parameter is set by accident
so
> >> I thought it might be worth a try.
> >>
> >> Using the event queue sounds like the best option here.
> >>
> >> Regards,
> >> Eddie
> >>
> >> -----Original Message-----
> >> From: sap-wug-bounces at mit.edu [mailto:sap-wug-bounces at mit.edu] On
Behalf
> >> Of Ramki Maley
> >> Sent: 20 February 20, 2009 17:36
> >> To: SAP Workflow Users' Group
> >> Subject: Re: ECC 6.0: Issues With Header Event to cancel Workflow
> >>
> >> Eddie,
> >>
> >> I debugged the PO Release BAPI and verified that Function modele
> >> SWE_EVENT_CREATE is called with parameter START_RECFB_SYNCHRON set to
> >> Space.
> >>
> >> Regards,
> >> Ramki.
> >>
> >>
> >> Ramki Maley wrote:
> >>> Hi Eddie,
> >>>
> >>> Thanks for the response. I am not raising the event. This is standard
> >>> SAP 'Released' Event for PO (BUS2012). I probably should activate the
> >>> Event Queue for this event in order to avoid any conflicts.
> >>>
> >>> Regards,
> >>> Ramki.
> >>>
> >>> Morris, Eddie wrote:
> >>>> Hi Ramki,
> >>>>
> >>>> Do you raise the RELEASED event via custom code? Do you use
> >>>> SWE_EVENT_CREATE?
> >>>>
> >>>> If you raise the event via SWE_EVENT_CREATE please make note that
the
> >>>> Function module SWE_EVENT_CREATE should not be called with flag
> >>>> START_RECFB_SYNCHRON = 'X'.
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>> Regards,
> >>>> Eddie
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>> -----Original Message-----
> >>>> From: sap-wug-bounces at mit.edu [mailto:sap-wug-bounces at mit.edu] On
> >> Behalf
> >>>> Of Ramki Maley
> >>>> Sent: 20 February 20, 2009 3:04
> >>>> To: SAP Workflow Users' Group
> >>>> Subject: ECC 6.0: Issues With Header Event to cancel Workflow
> >>>>
> >>>> System ECC 6.0 SAPKA70015 / SAPKB70015
> >>>>
> >>>> This is a new implementation that recently went live. I have a PO
> >>>> approval Workflow in which the last step is a Synchronous Background
> >>>> Task that releases the PO after the necessary approval steps. Please
> >>>> note that the approval step is not in any Fork and is the very last
> >>>> step. I have defined the 'Released' event to cancel the WF at the
> >> header
> >>>> level in the WF Builder (SWDD) in order to cater to approval outside
> >>>> workflow. When the Released event is created by WF-BATCH in the BG
> >> step,
> >>>> the WF is complete by the time the system tries to process the
> >>>> terminating event,. However I noticed that the Released event in
some
> >>>> cases is being flagged as in error and put in event queue. I
switched
> >> on
> >>>> the trace for the event and monitored it. The event trace sometimes
> >>>> shows 'No Receiver Entered' for some instances (which is perfectly
> >> fine)
> >>>> and Error for the rest. The message does not show any locking
> >> conflicts.
> >>>> Redelivering the event creates the same error message (No
> >>>> configuration for workflow WS900XXX version n). Please see the
> >>>> attached picture for example entries from WF Log and Event Log.
> >>>>
> >>>> Any pointers in stopping the Events being written to the queue would
> >>>> be greatly apreciated.
> >>>>
> >>>> Regards,
> >>>> Ramki.
> >>>>
> >>>>
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