Dynamic branches on a fork

Tue Oct 26 13:05:23 EDT 2010

Ed ,

   Yes with this (event) approach each event launch a (sub)WF . The 
advantage of this approach is that is suitable not only for a task 
(decision task) also you can implement multi-step task with complex 
features . I don't know how dynamic paralell approval works but it 
appears to works properly in this case.Thanks for the info.

G.

El 26/10/2010 17:17, Edward Diehl escribió:
> Guillermo,
> Each event launches a workflow for each item to be approved?
>
> I can see the advantage of something like this IF the approval process 
> for a given item is substantially different from another.  If they 
> just go to a different person for approval then dynamic parallel is 
> the most efficient approach.
>
> Ed
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
> Subject: RE: Dynamic branches on a fork
> Date: Tue, 26 Oct 2010 16:59:28 +0200
> From: Guillermo.Vera at realtech.com
> To: sap-wug at mit.edu; sap-wug at mit.edu
>
> Hi Ed,
>   Maybe i'm wrong but i like to remark that the event communication 
> approach is not for sequential process (i think with sequential 
> there's no problem ,a loop it's OK). The event approach is somethig 
> like (sorry for poor text-mode diagram , i hope it's understable):
>
>          |
>          V
>     -begin of loop
>     |
>     --trigger Event A(index)  )))) ->  Subworkflow 1..N
>     |                                                     V
>     -End of loop                                     |
>          |                                                |
>          |                                      Business Process
>     -begin of loop                                  |
>     |                                                    |
>     --Wait for event <- ((((       EVENT B
>     |
>     -End of loop
>          |
>      Continue
>          |
>          V
> As you can see in the first loop the main workflow doesn't wait for 
> any event , only after every event (A) has been launched you start to 
> wait for Event(B).
> regards.
> G:
>
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
> *De:* sap-wug-bounces at mit.edu en nombre de Edward Diehl
> *Enviado el:* mar 26/10/2010 16:28
> *Para:* sap-wug at mit.edu
> *Asunto:* RE: Dynamic branches on a fork
>
> Hi Zolt,
> If you want the process to be simultaneous and not sequential then a 
> list of the settlement objects should be used to drive the dynamic 
> parallel process.  I use the term object because that is how I would 
> treat each item that is part of the outboarding process.  I would 
> create a custom object and each item to be settled would be an 
> instance of that object.  You could then put enough information in the 
> object's attributes to determine who the approver should be for that 
> particular object.  Since you already have the custom table, creating 
> a custom object over it would quite easy.  I don't know all that is in 
> your customer table, but could you add approver information for each item?
>
> Ed
>
> BTW, if the process can be or needs to be sequential then just put the 
> list of objects in a loop.  Sometimes one thing cannot be approved 
> until something else has been approved.
>
>
>
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
> Subject: RE: Dynamic branches on a fork
> Date: Tue, 26 Oct 2010 16:09:46 +0200
> From: Marton.Zsolt at iqsys.hu
> To: sap-wug at mit.edu
> CC: sap-wug-bounces at mit.edu
>
> Hi, Thanks
>
> We have the custom table, but users requirement is to handle all the 
> approvements in one process. L
>
> Thanks anyway.
>
> *Márton Zsolt*
>
> *From:* sap-wug-bounces at mit.edu [mailto:sap-wug-bounces at mit.edu] *On 
> Behalf Of *Krishna K Kammaje
> *Sent:* Tuesday, October 26, 2010 3:57 PM
> *To:* SAP Workflow Users' Group
> *Cc:* SAP Workflow Users' Group; sap-wug-bounces at mit.edu
> *Subject:* RE: Dynamic branches on a fork
>
> Hi Zolt,
>
> We had a similar requirement, and this is what we did.
>
> All the different processes were maintained in a custom table.
> An ABAP batch job was created which will run daily once and trigger 
> different work items for each suitable process. Business logic was 
> contained in this program.
>
> Thanks
> Krishna Kishor Kammaje
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> From: Márton Zsolt <Marton.Zsolt at iqsys.hu>
> To: "SAP Workflow Users' Group" <sap-wug at mit.edu>
> Date: 26/10/2010 19:21
> Subject: RE: Dynamic branches on a fork
> Sent by: sap-wug-bounces at mit.edu
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> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
>
>
>
> Hi Koenraad,
> Thanks for reply. The workflow is started wia event and I have several 
> previous step before settlement. Those steps must be carried out 
> within one workflow.
> You say to start the parallel processes with events. But how can I 
> determine dynamically the events?
> My tought was to create a task with parallel processing controlled by 
> a multiline element (number of items)
>
> But any idea is welcome. :)
> Br
> Zsolt
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: sap-wug-bounces at mit.edu [mailto:sap-wug-bounces at mit.edu] On 
> Behalf Of JANSSENS Koenraad
> Sent: Tuesday, October 26, 2010 3:25 PM
> To: SAP Workflow Users' Group
> Subject: RE: Dynamic branches on a fork
>
> Zsolt,
>
> Why don't you use events to start various instances of a settlement 
> item wf?
>
> Regards
>
> Koenraad
>
> >-----Original Message-----
> >From: sap-wug-bounces at mit.edu [mailto:sap-wug-bounces at mit.edu] On 
> Behalf Of Márton Zsolt
> >Sent: Tuesday, October 26, 2010 3:10 PM
> >To: SAP Workflow Users' Group
> >Subject: Dynamic branches on a fork
> >
> >Hi All!
> >
> >I have to implement a workflow werkoer settlements when they are 
> leaving the company. For this we have created an
> >settlement document with header and  itmes, where the number of items 
> can be changed dependig on what kind of
> >settlement process must be carried out (for exemple: give back the 
> company's assets, entrance card, etc.) Each
> >settlement item must be approved by different person and for this I 
> need parallel processing.
> >My problem is: need to have parallel processes but will not know the 
> number of branches until the workflow is run. The
> >number of branches will vary from instance to instance, depending from 
> the number of items.
> >Does anyone know of a way to have dynamic branches on a fork?
> >
> >Thanks in advance,
> >Br
> >Zsolt
> >
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