Workflows hung in background task

[Mike Pokraka]

Hi Andy,

On the miscellaneous tab for work items you will find a field for
background item timeout. Pre-ECC6 this didn't exist and I vaguely remember
something being hardcoded to 30 minutes.
I don't recall this being configurable or if it does anything if it's left
blank. Would need to test this, I would imagine it should still use a
default of 30 minutes but according to your response maybe it doesn't.

Cheers,
Mike


On Mon, September 13, 2010 2:32 pm, Catherall, Andy wrote:
> Hi Sue et al
>
> I have a question relating to this thread & topic:
>
> I too am seeing background work items going into error, and can see the
> tRFC message that explains that side of the problem. In a sense, that is
> all well-and-good.
>
>
> However, even though SWWERRE is running, I am not seeing either:
>
> a) The workflow being put into a status of error after a suitable number
> of passes of this job.
> b) An email being sent to the WF Admin stating that the work item is
> stuck in a status of 'Started'.
> c) Any hint on the workflow logs of the usual FMs that attempt to
> accomplish these responses.
>
> This is my first foray into detailed WF Admin on an ECC6 system, so I
> just want to ensure that my expectations are still sound. Should I be
> seeing the system react in the manner I described above?
>
>
> Thanks
> Andy
>
>
> ________________________________
>
> From: sap-wug-bounces at mit.edu [mailto:sap-wug-bounces at mit.edu] On Behalf
> Of Sue Doughty
> Sent: Thursday 21 January 2010 19:48
> To: 'SAP Workflow Users' Group'
> Subject: Workflows hung in background task
>
>
>
> We are on ECC 6.0
>
>
>
> In one of our workflows, a background task was started and just got hung
> up....it never finished.  In the log it has that the Background
> processing started with Object type 1 = tRFC Entries.  I had to go into
> the step and complete it manually for the workflow to move on.
>
>
>
> It has happened a couple of times in the last few days (that I know
> of)....on different background tasks.  It is happening in workflows that
> have had no changes to them.
>
>
>
> I've gone to Basis to see if there were any issues with the RFCs at the
> time that the tasks got hung up and nothing is showing up there.  They
> have looked at the system logs and see nothing.  When this has happened
> before, it has been something that has happened with the RFCs or the
> gateway has backed up or the system has gone down.
>
>
>
> What can I look at to see what might be happening to the system that is
> making these background tasks hang up?  Also, is there a way that I can
> find all workflows that might be in the same state as the two that I
> have found?
>
>
>
> Any help would be appreciated.
>
>
>
> Regards,
>
> Sue T. Doughty
>
> SAP Workflow Specialist
>
> Old Dominion Freight Line, Inc.
>
> 500 Old Dominion Way
>
> Thomasville, NC 27360
>
> Phone:  (336) 822-5189
>
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> Email:  sue.doughty at odfl.com
>
> ________________________________
>
> From: sap-wug-bounces at mit.edu [mailto:sap-wug-bounces at mit.edu] On Behalf
> Of Shoaib Mirza
> Sent: Thursday, January 21, 2010 7:05 AM
> To: sap-wug at mit.edu
> Subject: Workflow template saved as 'Local' Change request cant' change
> please help
>
>
>
>
> Hi
>
> I noticed in SE10 that the workflow template that I changed is
> automatically saved as a 'Local Change Request' in the workbench (and
> the task is labelled repair_.  I was able to release it though, so I'm a
> little confused.  Will this be able to be transported then?
>
> I then went to the workflow builder to see if I made another change if
> it would be possible to save it as transportable workbench request; so I
> made a small change.  When I click on save it says transports of this
> type, local can only be used for this type.
> Please clarify.
>
> Kindest Regards
> Sunni
>
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