Background Workflow steps taking many hours to execute

[Sample, Rick]

I agree, need more info. Like, any recent changes to code like a loop?

But, temp errors are default to 20mins. 20 20 and 20 is around 60, depending on start / finish of SWWERR job.
Note: in 4.6c, the default was 20mins for the Temp Err, I believe that has changed for ECC6 due to BPM. But we stuck to 20mins.

So, if temp error, sounds like it was re-attempting something until it finished. *sounds* like it.
Check the Task BOR method for temp exceptions.

Rick Sample


> -----Original Message-----
> From: sap-wug-bounces at mit.edu
> [mailto:sap-wug-bounces at mit.edu] On
> Behalf Of Jimmy Sun
> Sent: Saturday, November 13, 2010 9:58
> AM
> To: SAP Workflow Users' Group
> Subject: Re: Background Workflow steps
> taking many hours to execute
> 
> Carolyn,
> If you can explain more detail of what is
> the step doing, it will help to determine
> ther problem.
> 
> Jimmy Sun
> Senior Consultant
> On 11/12/10, Carolyn A Fuller
> <fuller at mit.edu> wrote:
> > Hi all,
> >
> > Recently, my end users have started
> complaining about the performance
> > of some of their workflow background
> steps. They said that this has
> > just recently become a problem.
> >
> > Today, I looked at the logs for one of the
> excessively slow workflow
> > background steps and it indicated that
> the background step was created
> > at 14:37:49, then started and ended
> over an hour later at 15:40:06.
> > This step normally takes less than a
> second to execute.
> >
> > What could cause the hour delay
> between when the step was created and
> > when the step actually started and
> ended?
> >
> > The workflow in question is using XML
> persistence. I converted this
> > workflow to using XML persistence
> about a year and a half ago.
> >
> > ---
> >
> > Carolyn Fuller
> >
> > Senior Analyst/ Programmer
> >
> > Information Services and Technology
> >
> > Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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> >
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> > http://fuller.mit.edu/
> >
> >
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