Element Missing in Workflow Container

Hi,
I am facing a strange issue.
I am not finding a particular element in workflow container (both in the Container tab and also in Basic data->Workflow Builder->Workflow container->Element (R/3 4.70 Enterprise)) but at runtime - SWI1 (Workflow Log) when I execute with workflow instance id, I am getting that workflow container element with the value that I required. I am sure I haven't deleted that element from that container... since it's not appearing, again I went to workflow template and added the Element and now it's appearing and working. As of now my problem is solved but can you please tell why it was not appearing in definition.
Advance thanks.
Regards,
Balaji Viswanath.

Is there any reason to pass single line element to multiline element?
Instead of that try to pass single line item to single line item and user
SWC_GET_ELEMENT CONTAINER ac_container <container> <single line element> to get the value.
After that you can pass the value to internal table(if required)
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