Identifying unfulfilled wait steps

Hi
In my Workflow I have a wait step that with the condition
%DATUM% >= &X_DAY& AND %UZEIT% >= &X_HOUR&
X_DAY and X_HOUR have previously been calculated.
Due to the timings of SWWCOND running, the wait step is not identified as being fulfilled and the Workflow is not progressing.
As an example...
X_DAY = 24.12.2011
X_HOUR = 23:55:00
SWWCOND runs every 30 minutes
24.12.2011 23:52:04  24.12.2011 is >= 24.12.2011 but 23:52:04 is NOT >= 23:55:00
25.12.2011 00:22:04  25.12.2011 is >= 24.12.2011 but 00:22:04 is NOT >= 23:55:00
...and so on
I believe I have a solution for this, but I wanted to ensure that I found all Workflows that were u2018stucku2019 in the above scenario.
I have tried t-codes SWF_ADM_SUSPEND, SWF_ADM_SWWWIDH and SWI2_DEAD, but they do not show me the wait events I expected.
Is there a t-code or query that would find any wait events that have exceeded their condition but have not been released?
Thanks
Pete

Hello,
This isn't really a wait step, it's more of a condition step. This is why you won't find it in SWI2_DEAD.
That is a very poorly thought-out condition. It should be something like:
((%DATUM% = &X_DAY& AND %UZEIT% >= &X_HOUR&) OR %DATUM% > X_DAY)
Even better would be to make it a normal do-nothing wait step, with the deadline being calculated beforehand (X_DAY+1).
Whether you can find these workflows easily (ie where X_DAY is less than today's date) depends partly on how your system is set up. Have a look in table SWW_CONT to see if it holds values for X_DAY. If so, you can do a simple query on that table.
If not, then the container values are stored in table SWW_CONTOB and you'll have to access them via a program that calls SAP_WAPI_READ_CONTAINER.
regards
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