Dynamic Parallel Proc User Decision

[Jeffrey A. Rappaport]

Hi Joe,

   Thanx for your reply. I waited for over the weekend to see if
anyone had an answer but since one didn't come I resorted to an
old method. My Decision step is a separate sub-WF of the main WF
that creates all the n-legs within its self so I just placed a
'Complete WF' Process step down the Reject branch which will end
the sub-WF & return the Result back to the Main WF & continue it
on, and it works like a charm. No Events or multiple Sub-WFs
needed. You could probably do the same within a Block, but
haven't tried it yet. But I'll still wonder what I was wrong with
the original design since I've done it before. Thanx again.

Jeff Rappaport
www.Business-Workflow.com

> Hi there Jeff,
>
> I've built that exact scenario here, in the sense that I created a
> workflow with Dynamic Parallel Process.  In our scenario, when the
> workflow starts it can have any number of approvers, and each of one
> of
> those must approve in order for the workflow to continue (in our
> case,
> return to the initiator)  Each dynamic branch calls an "approval
> sub-workflow" with a simple decision step with approve/reject.   We
> also
> needed the workflow to "return" to the initiator if ANY of the users
> rejected their work item, and remove all the pending approval work
> items
> from the respective approver's inbox.
>
> This is how I was able to fulfill that requirement:
>
> Each sub-workflow has a "2-branch fork" that requires only one to be
> completed in order for it to continue.  One branch is for the
> decision
> step (approve/reject) and the other branch a "wait for event" (in
> our case
> a "Rejected" event)
> If a user selects the "reject" in their decision task, I set a flag
> (container element) and at the end of the fork, I check the flag,
> and if
> set,  I raise the "Rejected" event which will terminate all the
> other
> "approval sub-workflows".
>
> I'm sure there might be other ways of handling this requirement, but
> his
> work fine for us.
>
> I hope this helps.
>
> Regards,
>
> Joe Toledo | The Capital Group Companies
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>
>
>
>
> From:
> "Jeffrey A. Rappaport" <Jeff at business-workflow.com>
> To:
> "SWUG" <sap-wug at mit.edu>
> Date:
> 10/21/2010 02:58 PM
> Subject:
> Dynamic Parallel Proc User Decision
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>
>
> Hi All,
>
>   (SAPKB70020) Feel like a rookie here asking this quesiton but
> obviously I'm missing something because I've created numerous of
> these before. I have a Dynamic Parallel Process going off a User
> Decision step, the table element of Users is configured correctly
> in "Misc" tab & created an 'End Condition' below it that if
> &zResult& = 0002 (rejected) end approval process, but if I Reject
> the 1st User the items remain in the other's inboxes & don't get
> automatically removed. The Result is getting passed correctly to
> the WF cont. Am I missing something in this new version??
>
> Thanx,
>
> Jeff Rappaport
> www.Business-Workflow.com
>
>
>
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