Issue with Terminating Event - Reg

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hi Gurus,
This might be a simple issue, but am not getting hold on a simple solution for my issue.
I'm working on ECC 6.0.
I have a custom workflow in which I have step1(A dialog task - Asynch) with a terminating event "COMPLETED" and then step 2 (A background task). once step1 is completed by user A, i am sending this WIACTUAL_AGENT to the step 2 in modifying some custom table data.
My issue is if user A finished the task(step 1) manually, then also the Term. event COMPLETED is getting triggered and hence the work item in user A's Inbox is disappearing. And then it's picking up user A as WIACTUAL_AGENT and sending to step 2. But, i need to distinguish or some how find out if the Termin. event occurred thru' execution of the workitem or manually performing the job. I looked into the workflow log for both the cases, and i don't find any clue with which i can differentiate that the Termin. event occurred thru' executing witem Vs. performing manually.
Anybody has any idea on how to find this out. Coz, depending on whether the action is done manually or thru' witem, i 'll be modifying the custom table data accordingly. Currently, for both the cases, when the Term. event occurs, the WIACTUAL_AGENT is same user A and hence it always is treating that the action is done thru' witem only, even though its done manually. This is because, when executed manually also, the step1 witem is ending with container element WIACTUAL_AGENT filled with user A and hence its proceeding with background task in step 2.
Any thoughts on how to tackle this issue. Your suggestions / input is really appreciated.
Thank you in advance. Pl let m

Answer 1

Hi Venu,
I have quickly created a sample workflow in my system.
Here is what I did:
1) Workflow will tigger to my inbox whenever Change master is created.
2) Created a custom task with object type ECM and method 'EDIT' with termination event 'Deleted'.
3) created fork step type with 2 branches and necessary branches 01.
4) one branch will execute  the task created above
5) another branch will wait for the event "Deleted" of ECM
6) I have created a container element flag ( of type XFELD ).
7) In the wait event binding I am passing X to worklfow container element flag.
7) I have created change master from transaction CC01.
8) Received the worklfow and deleted the document via worklfow.
9) I checked the worklfow log and found that the flag container element is not populated
10) I have created one more change master from transaction CC01.
11) Received the worklfow but deleted the document outside the workflow.
12) I checked the worklfow log and found that the flag container element is populated with 'X' this time.
I think you can use that flag to differntiate whether the transaction was done outside worklfow or within the workflow.
Hope this helps.
Thanks.
Krishna.