Who deleted my workflow?

Mike Pokraka wug at workflowconnections.com
Thu Sep 8 11:49:06 EDT 2011


I often think abusers is a more appropriate term.

On Thu, September 8, 2011 2:41 pm, JANSSENS Koenraad wrote:
> Users are evil!  You should keep them away from computers!
>
>>-----Original Message-----
>>From: sap-wug-bounces at mit.edu [mailto:sap-wug-bounces at mit.edu] On Behalf
>> Of Keohan, Susan - 1140 - MITLL
>>Sent: Thursday, September 08, 2011 3:26 PM
>>To: SAP Workflow Users' Group
>>Subject: RE: Who deleted my workflow?
>>
>>Never underestimate the power of 'normal users' to <fill in the blanks>
>>
>>----
>>Susan R. Keohan
>>SAP Workflow Specialist
>>Enterprise Applications
>>Information Services Department
>>MIT Lincoln Laboratory
>>244 Wood Street, LI-200
>>Lexington, MA. 02420
>>781-981-3561
>>keohan at LL.MIT.EDU
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>>
>>-----Original Message-----
>>From: sap-wug-bounces at mit.edu [mailto:sap-wug-bounces at mit.edu] On Behalf
>> Of
>>Paul.Bakker at osr.treasury.qld.gov.au
>>Sent: Wednesday, September 07, 2011 6:26 PM
>>To: SAP Workflow Users' Group
>>Subject: Re: Who deleted my workflow?
>>
>>Mike,
>>
>> ST03 looks gold. I'll give it a go and report back.
>>
>>I didn't think any normal user would _know_ how to delete workflows, so
>> I'm
>>very curious to determine the who/what/how.
>>
>>thanks!
>>Paul
>>
>>
>>
>>From:	"Mike Pokraka" <wug at workflowconnections.com>
>>To:	"SAP Workflow Users' Group" <sap-wug at mit.edu>
>>Date:	07/09/2011 08:21 PM
>>Subject:	Re: Who deleted my workflow?
>>Sent by:	sap-wug-bounces at mit.edu
>>
>>
>>
>>G'Day Paul,
>>
>>A couple of things to try:
>>Depending on the level of auditing you should see SWWL in the security
>> log
>>SM20.
>>You can also use ST03 to look at system stats and see if SWWL was run.
>>Either Detailed Analysis -> Business Transaction analysis (can take a
>>while but may give you usernames), or Workload -> Total and then go to
>>Transaction Profile in the Analysis views section and do a search.
>>
>>People can do stuff using SE38 as well, so +not+ finding SWWL isn't
>>necessarily conclusive.
>>
>>Cheers,
>>Mike
>>
>>On Wed, September 7, 2011 8:57 am, Paul.Bakker at osr.treasury.qld.gov.au
>>wrote:
>>>
>>> Wug'ers,
>>>
>>> Today I encountered a strange situation : a user emailed me a
>>> screenshot
>>> of
>>> an (active X) workflow log, but when I logged into the (Production)
>>> system,
>>> the workflow instance had disappeared.
>>>
>>> I'm sure it's the right system, as I can see an email (in SOST)
>>> generated
>>> by the workflow instance at the correct time.
>>> The workflow cannot be found via GOS, SWI1, or even by looking through
>>> SWWWIHEAD.
>>>
>>> I can only conclude that the workflow instance (and its log) was
>>> physically
>>> deleted!
>>>
>>> Does anyone know how to find out who deleted a workflow? Do they leave
>>> a
>>> ghostly trace?
>>> I tried the table CDHDR, but no joy there.
>>>
>>> thanks!
>>> Paul Bakker
>>> Australia
>>>
>>>
>>>
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