can workflow container in log change?

[Munday,Sherie J.]

Hi Chris,

One other thought.... If you want an attribute of an object to be
constant, you should store it in a separate element via a container
operation.  We do this a lot with HR flows because as you make changes
to the object, the attributes of that object can then change.  If you
want a true snapshot of an attribute at a point in time, you need to
preserve it in an element of its own.

Kind Regards,

Sherie

 

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Chris,

This is just a thought, but have you thoroughly tested the Condition
Step?  We have found that Case sensitivity and spacing sometimes give us
results we did not expect.

Best Wishes,

Sherie

 

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Sent: Wednesday, September 30, 2009 1:16 PM
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Subject: can workflow container in log change?

 

I have a virtual attribute, UsageDecision, on ZBUS2045 subtype of
BUS2045 - Inspection Lot. In custom code an Inspection Lot is Created
and then later in the code a Usage Decision is made. My workflow is
triggered from the CREATED event. The first step in the workflow is a
Condition Step that should just complete the workflow if UsageDecision =
AIM. The Condition Step continues the workflow as if UsageDecision was
NOT equal to AIM. But in the workflow log in the workflow container I
see UsageDecision set to AIM. I couldn't figure out why the Condition
Step would not have seen that. I have heard that the workflow container
is dynamic and can change after the workflow is Completed. Which would
mean that when the Condition Step executed the UsageDecision was not set
yet and that's why the workflow continued. Is this true? I thought that
the workflow container in the log would have been a snapshot at that
point in time that it was used.

 

 

Chris Barr

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chris.barr at lmco.com

 

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