what determines the WorkItemLanguage attribute?

[Dart, Jocelyn]

Hi Paul, 
I'm sure Florin is the best person to guide you on this one... 
But BTW suggest you check the SAP Notes on this one as well as I've noticed a number about work item language in passing. 

There is a workflow inbox setting in SBWP (personal workflow settings) to "Display work items in logon language"  - there are some performance issues to be aware of around this though so make sure you read the relevant SAP help. 

If it's being raised as part of deadlines - you might want to check the user id that created/executes the deadline batch job SWWDHEX as well. Just a thought. 
Rgds,
Jocelyn 




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Sent: Friday, 11 November 2011 8:50 AM
To: SAP Workflow Users' Group
Subject: Re: what determines the WorkItemLanguage attribute?


Thanks for that Florin.. I suppose the next question is: where does the
triggering event get the 'FR' language from?

In this case, the event is raised by WF-BATCH, after a deadline has passed
in a workflow. I checked WF-BATCH in SUO1D, and it has no default language.
So I'm guessing it is using some underlying, system-wide default language?
The actual SAP instance is in France, so this is quite possible.

Is this a common problem, in multilingual systems...?.

ta
Paul B



From:	"Florin Wach" <florin.wach at gmx.net>
To:	"SAP Workflow Users' Group" <sap-wug at mit.edu>
Date:	09/11/2011 05:02 PM
Subject:	Re: what determines the WorkItemLanguage attribute?
Sent by:	sap-wug-bounces at mit.edu



Hi Paul,

yes, it comes from the event, and the reports for email notifications are
using this toplevel language id to determine the target language for the
eMail.
When using the extended notifications, you can enhance the logic within the
ABAP classes to send eMails in the language of the recipient, not the
workflow.

Florin



-------- Original-Nachricht --------
> Datum: Tue, 8 Nov 2011 15:37:12 +1000
> Von: Paul.Bakker at osr.treasury.qld.gov.au
> An: SAP-WUG at mit.edu
> Betreff: what determines the WorkItemLanguage attribute?

>
> Wuggers,
>
> I am working on a multi-language system.
> Sometimes, users who log on in English are getting workitems (and related
> emails) in French.
>
> I checked one, and this workflow instance's 'WorkItemLanguage' attribute
> is
> set to 'FR'.
> The event that triggered the workflow instance was created by WF-BATCH,
> who
> has no default language set.
> There are hundreds of instances of this workflow (triggered by various
> users), but only a few with the language 'FR'.
>
> My question:
>   Does anyone know what determines the 'WorkItemLanguage' attribute of  a
> top-level workflow instance? Is it passed from the triggering event?
>
> thanks pour votre help
> Paul B
>
>
>
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