Container element not created in the WI description

[Matthan Logronio]

Hi Ravi,
Thanks for the reply, here's the exact error message :

Variables of the work item text cannot be generated
Syntax error in expression &absence_form.begda&

thanks.
matt

On Fri, Jun 4, 2010 at 1:52 PM, Ravi Dixit <dolbydix at gmail.com> wrote:

> What is the syntax error you get in the log? Are there any pointers in that
> message? May be there are missing mandatory elements when called from the
> portal?
>
>
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>> Date: Fri, 4 Jun 2010 13:24:57 +0800
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>> Subject: Container element not created in the WI description
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>> Hi All,
>> Hope anyone had already encountered this problem of mine regarding the
>> generation of container element in the WI description in the task.  This
>> quite a simple problem but i cannot find the solution to the problem.
>> Im using a date attributes in the WI description for leave request
>> approval
>> task :
>>  e.g. Leave request for Approval &emp.name& &emp.date_from& -
>> &emp.date_to&
>>
>> The workflow is started thru a start event triggered by a RFC call from
>> the
>> SAP portal.
>> Somehow, when the WI is generated in the task, a syntax error occurs in
>> the
>> error log and the date attributes are not generated successfully:
>> e.g sample WI description result : Leave request for Approval Employee
>> Name
>> -
>> (the emp.date_from and to are not displayed).
>>
>> To make it more complicated, when it i started the workflow in SWUE or
>> SWUS,
>> all the attributes are generated successfully, no syntax errors in the
>> logs.
>> e.g sample WI description result : Leave request for Approval Employee
>> name
>> 06/01/2010 - 06/02/2010
>>
>> All bindings are correct from Workflow to task.  I cannot find a problem
>> in
>> the RFC call that triggers the event since the workflow is started
>> successfully (previous tasks prior to the task with erroneous description,
>> like background task are completed).  When i looked at the BOR container
>> in
>> the task, the from and to dates attributes have values.
>>
>> Appreciate any help on this.  BTW, we are on 4.7 r/3.
>>
>> Thanks in advance.
>> matt
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