Virtual attributes evaluation and performance

[Mike Pokraka]

Great mystery sometimes surrounds BOR objects...

Obvious question: are there any recent updates prior to the failing step?
Custom object/document/event? Does your attribute depend on DB data?


On Wed, February 2, 2011 11:29 am, Shai Eyal wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> I wanted to ask for you help with the issue in subject. I use virtual
> attribute
> quite often and it works OK. However I have one client where I suspect
> having
> performance issues with virtual attributes. Example: Simple approval
> workflow,
> agent is determined using a rule. Rule container if filled from BOR
> virtual
> attribute. Often the workflow goes into error for "Agent determination
> failed".
> I click "Restart after error" and now all works well. In
> addition, the problem
> only happens in production system. To me it feels like sometimes virtual
> attributes are not calculated immediately. This client posts many
> transactions
> every day but I believe SAP should know to handle it
> I would also like to mention that the virtual attribute code is quite
> simple (no
> select statement or such).
>
> Has anyone experienced something like this before? any recommendations?
> BTW,
> working with event queue handles this properly.
>
> Thanks,
>  
> Regards,
> Shai Eyal
> SAP Logistics senior consultant
> SAP Workflow & BPM specialist
> http://www.linkedin.com/in/shaieyal
>
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