Background Workflow task hanging

Sun Aug 15 21:36:09 EDT 2010

Hi Sue

This may be an SM58 thing, can you see what that says when this task is
"hanging"?
Also, you may have to ensure you read PA00041 efficiently?

Cheers
Ravi

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> In case you were not aware, a team of SAP Mentors has been working to help
> SAP re-work the meaning of, and content in, various SAP Certifications.
> This can be a critical career development item for many of us.  Some folks
> (OK, me) did not *need* certification  when it was available in our area of
> expertise - and now it's not.  Others have had Certification - and now want
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> At any rate, you should visit the blog by  the 'Certification 5' (Dennis
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> filling out the survey.  I just took the survey, and it was pretty quick
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> Date: Fri, 13 Aug 2010 12:57:08 -0700 (PDT)
> From: Shai Eyal <shai.eyal at yahoo.com>
> Subject: Re: Background Workflow task hanging
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> Hi Sue,
> Have a look at ST22 & SM13, maybe you'll find a clue.
> ?
> Regards,
> Shai Eyal
> SAP Logistics senior consultant
> SAP Workflow & BPM specialist
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> Date: Fri, 13 Aug 2010 13:52:54 -0500
> From: Rick Bakker <rbakker at gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: Background Workflow task hanging
> To: "SAP Workflow Users' Group" <sap-wug at mit.edu>
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> ??? <AANLkTik1mFC0+cvcvHRv9hRQHK658f49+sBNpBBovnt7 at mail.gmail.com<AANLkTik1mFC0%2BcvcvHRv9hRQHK658f49%2BsBNpBBovnt7 at mail.gmail.com>
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> Hi Sue,
>
> If it's just selecting then it shouldn't be locking anything.
> Have a look at the Exceptions of the method, are there any marked as
> temporary?
>
> It's also strange that no warnings or errors are showing in the workflow
> log
> - can you double check?
> Temporary errors show up as warnings (yellow triangles).
> regards
> Rick Bakker
> Hanabi Technology
> On Fri, Aug 13, 2010 at 12:53 PM, Sue Doughty <Sue.Doughty at odfl.com>
> wrote:
>
> >? Thanks Rick for your response.
> >
> >
> >
> > The method is sending in the Drug EXAM_DATE (which is an attribute of our
> > BO ZAPPLICANT ? APPLICANT.EXAMINATIONDATE).? It figures out the number of
> > days since the drug test (DAYS = SY-DATUM - EXAM_DATE.).? If the
> difference
> > is less than 30 days, it sets the DATE_FLAG = T, otherwise the DATE_FLAG
> =
> > F.
> >
> >
> >
> > If someone had the Applicant record open in update mode when this
> > background task is running, the method should be able to determine the BO
> > attributes anyway, shouldn?t it?
> >
> >
> >
> > Regards,
> >
> > Sue
> >
> >
> >? ------------------------------
> >
> > *From:* sap-wug-bounces at mit.edu [mailto:sap-wug-bounces at mit.edu] *On
> > Behalf Of *Rick Bakker
> > *Sent:* Friday, August 13, 2010 12:59 PM
> >
> > *To:* SAP Workflow Users' Group
> > *Subject:* Re: Background Workflow task hanging
> >
> >
> >
> > Hello Sue,
> >
> >
> >
> > That is exactly the expected behaviour if the method was throwing a
> > temporary error. What does the method do - does it try to lock anything?
> >
> > If a temporary error occurs then it tries again upon the next run of
> > RSWWERRE, usually 20 mins later.
> >
> >
> >
> > regards
> >
> > Rick Bakker
> >
> > Hanabi Technology
> >
> > On Fri, Aug 13, 2010 at 11:46 AM, Sue Doughty <Sue.Doughty at odfl.com>
> > wrote:
> >
> > We have a workflow that gets executed probably 100 times a day.
> >
> >
> >
> > There is a background task in that workflow that gets executed that reads
> > the PA0041 table looking for the Drug Exam date for an Applicant.? This
> task
> > also executes numerous times a day.
> >
> >
> >
> > Sometimes the task executes fine ? within a second:
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > But sometimes it takes 20 ? 30 minutes to execute and it looks like it
> only
> > finishes because RSWWERRE has run.
> >
> >
> >
> > This happens with this task about once a week.? It only seems to happen
> > with this task?.not with any other background task.? Does anyone know
> what
> > is happening or where I can go to see why this task is hanging?
> >
> >
> >
> > Regards,
> >
> > Sue
> >
> >
> >? ------------------------------
> >
> > *From:* sap-wug-bounces at mit.edu [mailto:sap-wug-bounces at mit.edu] *On
> > Behalf Of *Mehar Lakshmi Tetala
> > *Sent:* Wednesday, August 04, 2010 2:57 AM
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> >
> > Hi Srini,
> >
> >
> >
> > For dynamic multi line text in Task description, you will have to definie
> a
> > multiline container element both in workflow and task.
> >
> > And feed the element with the required multi line texts in a back-ground
> > method.
> >
> >
> >
> > When you are inserting the container element in Task description use the
> > expression &ELEMENT##&
> >
> >
> >
> > - Mehar
> >
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> >? 1. Re: Display multiple lines in work item description
> >? ? ? (Kjetil Kilhavn)
> >? 2. error while calling text element in workk item text (srinivas)
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> > Date: Tue, 3 Aug 2010 07:09:50 +0200
> > From: Kjetil Kilhavn <kjetil.kilhavn at bluec.no>
> > Subject: Re: Display multiple lines in work item description
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> > Message-ID: <201008030709.50522.kjetil.kilhavn at bluec.no>
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> > Mandag 2. august 2010 15.14.36 skrev srinivas:
> > > I have a requirement wherein I need to display multiple lines in the
> > > workitem description. The workitem description is dynamic and brought
> > from a
> > > custom method it varies from customer to customer. I have a created
> > multiner
> > > container element &long_text& and I am directly calling &long_text&? in
> > the
> > > workitem description
> > The container element needs to be inserted in the work item description
> as
> > a
> > table instead of a single-line element. Use the assistant (toolbar button
> > "Expression") to insert it, and you'll be asked if you want to insert
> only
> > the
> > first line - as you have done, all lines as continous text or all lines
> > with
> > line breaks. You will then see that the expression to use when you want
> to
> > insert all lines from multiline container element TABLE is either
> &TABLE[]&
> > or
> > &TABLE##&.
> > --
> > Kjetil Kilhavn (+47 40220607)
> > Blue Consulting AS (http://www.bluec.no)
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> >
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> > Message: 2
> > Date: Tue, 3 Aug 2010 15:04:02 +0530
> > From: srinivas <ootasrinivasreddy at gmail.com>
> > Subject: error while calling text element in workk item text
> > To: "SAP Workflow Users' Group" <sap-wug at mit.edu>
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> >? ? ? ?
> ><AANLkTikFcnS8XM+Sj3g-e0b9c9NqaCSwZY8BcHaKEfQn at mail.gmail.com<AANLkTikFcnS8XM%2BSj3g-e0b9c9NqaCSwZY8BcHaKEfQn at mail.gmail.com>
> <AANLkTikFcnS8XM%2BSj3g-e0b9c9NqaCSwZY8BcHaKEfQn at mail.gmail.com<AANLkTikFcnS8XM%252BSj3g-e0b9c9NqaCSwZY8BcHaKEfQn at mail.gmail.com>
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> >
> > >
> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="gb2312"
> >
> > Hi Experts,
> >
> > I am calling a text element in workitem text using the following syntax.
> >
> > *INCLUDE &TEXT_NAME& OBJECT &OBJECT& ID &TEXT_ID& LANGUAGE
> > &LANGUAGE&.*Selecting command line option.i.e.
> > * /:*
> >
> > All the elements in between & & are binded from a class method. When I do
> > the syntax check I am getting the following error.
> >
> >
> > *Variable &_????????.??????????.????& exists in description text
> Completion
> > text, but
> > not in the container*
> >
> > I am unable to understand where I am doing wrong.Kindly help me in fixing
> > this error.
> >
> >
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