Ad Hoc Anchor Steps in ECC 6

[Mike Gambier]

Thanks Mark. I had assumed they were a more recent addition than 46D.
 
I doubt we'll ever use them but it's nice to know about such exotic features from time to time, if only to answer basic questions from enquiring minds.
 
Mike GT



Subject: RE:Ad Hoc Anchor Steps in ECC 6Date: Fri, 16 Jan 2009 16:24:51 +0100From: mark.griffiths at sap.comTo: sap-wug at mit.edu


Ad Hoc Anchors have been around since the early days of EBP / SRM (about 46D).  They are used extensively in SRM from the ITS end user graphical process view of the approval to add additional approval steps.  There is a nice button in SRM for end users to do this.  In ECC the usage is not quite so obvious as it only works in a fairly clunky manner from the Graphical Workflow Logs.
 
So, in ECC you are unlikely to come up with a use for it, but it is pretty good in SRM.
 
Regards,
 
 
Mark
 
SAP UK


From: sap-wug-bounces at mit.edu [mailto:sap-wug-bounces at mit.edu] On Behalf Of Mike GambierSent: 16 January 2009 14:11To: sap-wug at mit.eduSubject: [LIKELY JUNK]Ad Hoc Anchor Steps in ECC 6


Hi,
 
Has anyone used the new 'Ad Hoc' Anchor node type in a definition yet? If so, what's it for?
 
>From the write-up and help text the node seems to cater for the execution of any number of other Workflow definitions that are supposed to share the same container definition. Sort of like a list of Sub-WFs I suppose. But no check seems to be performed to ensure the WFs listed against the anchor are consistent or syntax check OK. And  no sequencing or conditions are involved.
 
Presumably since this new Ad Hoc Anchor step is part of the WF definition it is version controlled so it's not as if you can maitain a list of WFs to call at this step to affect all running instances of the WF in any version that supports the Anchor. To achieve that we have dynamic steps to return WFs on-the-fly.
 
So I'm a bit at a loss to understand why you would use this feature at all...
 
Regards,
 
Mike GT

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