Wait Step for Unknown Object

[michael.mcley@daimler.com]

Hey All,

I have tried posting to this user group 1 time before with this question, 
but but I wasn't a member at the time and I get a "bad confirmation 
string" when I check the bounce.  It's been > 3 days so I'm guessing the 
first mail is gone.  I hope I'm not double-posting or causing problems by 
trying again.
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Anyhoo...
I am working on a "new materials" workflow that has several (let's call 
them) processes.

The first process is that a new material master record is created and some 
work items go out to various users to adjust the material with some 
specific information.  No problem here.

As a second process, I would like to wait for a scheduling agreement 
(purchase order) for this new material to be created and some more work 
items sent out to adjust the scheduling agreement and a few other things 
associated with the material.  This is where I have my problem.  At the 
time the wait step is created, I do not have an object in the container to 
represent the scheduling agreement (because it isn't created yet). 
Further, I believe the key for any scheduling agreement event uses the 
document number and does not include the material.  So how would I create 
some kind of wait step for something like this? 

The scheduling agreement references material numbers in each line item, 
but a wait step seems to need the key of a scheduling agreement in order 
to know that a specific event is meant for a specific workflow instance.

The users are definitely not looking for a general scheduling agreement 
workflow (that would affect all new scheduling agreements) - only 
scheduling agreements for new materials.

I have looked into something called a "correlation", but so far I have not 
gotten it to work, and I'm not sure if it even will. 

Any suggestions?

... or maybe this doesn't make sense to anyone...
 
Michael McLey 
MBUSI - IT Parts & Administration 
Mercedes-Benz US International, Inc. 
1 Mercedes Drive 
Vance, AL 35490 
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EMAIL:   michael.mcley at daimler.com   

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