De-activation / removing of workflows

[Mike Pokraka]

No idea, never tried starting an obsolete WF. Should be easy enough to
test on a dummy WF.

Cheers,
Mike

On Wed, September 2, 2009 10:53 am, wug at bergtop-ict.nl wrote:
>
> <P><FONT face=Tahoma size=2>Mike,<BR>
> <BR>
> thanx for the reply. 1 small question: do you know if the change to status
> "Obsolete" also prevents the workflow from starting (manual for
> example)?<BR>
> <BR>
> (I normally don't change this status, it is always "undefined")<BR>
> <BR>
> Regards,<BR>
> Robert<BR>
> <BR>
> <BR>
> <BR>
> </FONT><B><FONT face=Tahoma size=2>On Tue, 1 Sep 2009 14:58 , Mike Pokraka
> &lt;wug at workflowconnections.com&gt; sent:<BR>
> <BR>
> </FONT></P></B>
> <BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT:
> 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #5167c6 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px">Definitely
> wouldn't suggest removing them. 6 years in accounting terms is <BR>
> short, well below many archiving retention times. <BR>
> So if your auditor needs to see an approval of a PO from 4 years ago the
> <BR>
> old WF definition is required to display the archived WF log. <BR>
> <BR>
> I don't see any issue with having the unused WFs just harmlessly existing.
> <BR>
> You could mark them as obsolete and add a visual indicator into the name
> <BR>
> and/or abbreviation. <BR>
> <BR>
> Cheers, <BR>
> Mike <BR>
> <BR>
> <BR>
> On Tue, September 1, 2009 9:28 am, <A
> href="javascript:parent.opencompose('wug at bergtop-ict.nl','','','')">wug at bergtop-ict.nl</A>
> wrote: <BR>
> <FONT color=red>&gt; All,<BR>
> </FONT><BR>
> <FONT color=red>&gt; <BR>
> </FONT><BR>
> <FONT color=red>&gt; I am working on an evaluation of existing workflows
> in both production and </FONT><BR>
> <FONT color=red>&gt; development.<BR>
> </FONT><BR>
> <FONT color=red>&gt; These are workflows which are built in a period of 6
> years. A lot of </FONT><BR>
> <FONT color=red>&gt; development is done, subworkflows are created, in new
> </FONT><BR>
> <FONT color=red>&gt; versions&nbsp;replaced by methods, replacement to OO
> classes, etc.<BR>
> </FONT><BR>
> <FONT color=red>&gt; <BR>
> </FONT><BR>
> <FONT color=red>&gt; A number of workflows are no longer used. We are now
> evaluating what to do </FONT><BR>
> <FONT color=red>&gt; with these workflow definitions.<BR>
> </FONT><BR>
> <FONT color=red>&gt; <BR>
> </FONT><BR>
> <FONT color=red>&gt; Does anyone know the approach of SAP? Is it possible
> to de-activate these </FONT><BR>
> <FONT color=red>&gt; workflows? (and then I don't mean to de-activation of
> the start-event, </FONT><BR>
> <FONT color=red>&gt; this I knew already ;-) Or is it advised to remove
> these workflows?<BR>
> </FONT><BR>
> <FONT color=red>&gt; <BR>
> </FONT><BR>
> <FONT color=red>&gt; Best regards,<BR>
> </FONT><BR>
> <FONT color=red>&gt; Robert<BR>
> </FONT><BR>
> <FONT color=red>&gt; <BR>
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