Contextual decision text in user decision step

[Edward Diehl]

Question:  If you changed the text would you keep the same outcome path?  I'm having a hard time coming up with an application where that would be true.  And if you would want a different path why would you not have multiple decision tasks?

> Date: Thu, 18 Aug 2011 12:43:46 +0100
> Subject: Re: Contextual decision text in user decision step
> From: wug at workflowconnections.com
> To: sap-wug at mit.edu
> 
> One of the new functionality ideas currently under discussion at SAP
> towers is dynamic decision options, which would help here.
> 
> It's semi-public knowledge within the customer connection programme, which
> is a glorified term for SAP using ASUG and other customers as guineapigs
> for small updates without the heavy NDA stuff. So far no decision has been
> taken whether this will be implemented, but if it happens then it could
> possibly be made available as an OSS note or else included in the next EhP
> update.
> 
> I have no official capacity nor do I work for SAP, so take everything as a
> rumour with large pinch of salt.
> 
> Regards,
> Mike
> 
> On Thu, August 18, 2011 10:33 am, Rick Bakker wrote:
> > Hello,
> >
> > Welcome to SAP-WUG!
> >
> > When you say "Decision texts" do you mean the text that is displayed
> > in a workitem of a User Decision step?
> > Or do you mean the header text - i.e. what the user will see as one
> > line in the UWL?
> >
> > If the former then yes, you can do what you want. You can build in
> > conditions in the SapScript of the task description.
> >
> > If the latter then you'll just have to make use of a container element
> > that you fill beforehand in a previous step.
> >
> > Let me know if I've misunderstood.
> >
> > regards
> > Rick Bakker
> > hanabi technology
> >
> > On Thu, Aug 18, 2011 at 6:07 PM, Chabbra, Inderpreet
> > <inderpreet.chabbra at effem.com> wrote:
> >> Hello SAP-WUG
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> I am new to this great forum and this is my first question to the group.
> >> Please excuse me if I unwittingly break any protocol.
> >>
> >> I am a rookie when it comes to SAP workflow technology and I have been
> >> busy
> >> reading Practical workflow for SAP (2nd Edition). An awesome resource,
> >> by
> >> the way.
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> Anyway, my question for today is related to decision texts in user
> >> decision
> >> step.
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> Is it possible to display a string stored within a container element as
> >> decision text?
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> Driver behind my question
> >>
> >> --------------------------------
> >>
> >> I have a user decision step with 5 outcomes and is embedded within an
> >> until
> >> loop. Decision text on a couple of these outcomes can be better named
> >> based
> >> on the context, if this at all possible. For instance: “Add company code
> >> data” when no company code data exists and “Edit company code data” when
> >> company code data exists as opposed to a catch all name like “Maintain
> >> company code data” etc
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> I tried using &1 (parameters) which I quickly found  does not work with
> >> decision texts L
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> The only option I can think of is to create a condition step within the
> >> loop
> >> execution branch and have a copy of user decision step within each
> >> branch of
> >> the condition step.  This is obviously very messy especially given the
> >> number of steps I have in each of the 5 outcomes of my user
> >> decision…horrible
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> Any clue and/or advice would be greatly appreciated
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> regards
> >>
> >> IP
> >>
> >>
> >>
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