Suspend deadlines for resubmitted work items

[Mike Pokraka]

Hi Mike, 

 

Thanks for that. Yes I agree it's a bit simplistic, there are some very good
business cases for resubmission where we do not want to invoke deadlines. 

Also of interest is the fact that resubmission seems to consist of simply
setting a requested start deadline at the resubmission date and changing the
status to WAITING. I think someone commented on the opposite recently - that
a requested start on a dialog item does not prevent a user from executing a
work item before the time since it's available in the resubmission folder. 

 

It's reasonably easy to change since it's already manipulating deadlines,
the only hitch is that the only place to do it is in the middle of the
RESUBMIT method. So the only simple way to do it is via modification. 

 

Thanks again, 

Mike

 

 

From: sap-wug-bounces at mit.edu [mailto:sap-wug-bounces at mit.edu] On Behalf Of
Mike Gambier
Sent: 07 January 2010 10:07
To: sap-wug at mit.edu
Subject: RE: Suspend deadlines for resubmitted work items

 

Mike,
 
The standard FM SWL_WI_DIALOG_RESUBMIT is a bit dumb in this area as it
merely hands over the value to another standard FM SWW_WI_DEADLINES_CHECK
(subroutine check_resubmission_date in INCLUDE LSWL3F01) that only enforces
a few fixed sanity checks.
 
It's a pity SAP didn't chuck a BAdI in there to allow you to prompt the user
for a more realistic date based on process-specific logic, but that doesn't
stop you from asking for one or adding your own stuff via an enhancement :)
 
Regards,
 
Mike GT
 

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From: wug at workflowconnections.com
To: sap-wug at mit.edu
Subject: Suspend deadlines for resubmitted work items
Date: Thu, 7 Jan 2010 09:42:13 +0000

G'Day, 

 

Standard SAP triggers deadline handling at the specified date, regardless of
status. However we would like to suspend the deadline when the item is
resubmitted. 

 

e.g. an item is sent on 24 Jan with a deadline of one week. The approver
resubmits it for processing on 1 Feb. The deadline should move to 7 Feb. 

 

This was also asked by Nigel over here: 

http://mailman.mit.edu/pipermail/sap-wug/2005-October/019968.html

but never answered. 

 

As an aside, the almighty Google seems to be struggling with WUG posts, it
won't find the above post no matter what search terms you use.

 

Cheers, 

Mike



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