WF Initiator is always PO creator on change of release code

Question

Hi all,
A back to basics question: if a PO is changed so that it raises BUS2012.RELEASESTEPCREATED, the workflow initiator will always be the PO creator, <b>not</b> the user who changed it.
I've found out that this is hardcoded into the RELEASESTEPCREATED event, EVTCREATOR comes from EKKO-ERNAM, which is nonsense from both a technical and business point of view. (FM ME_REL_EVENT_EKKO if anyone wants to have a look).
I will probably log this with OSS but wanted to know if anyone had to deal with it, and/or had a sneaky workaround, or had asked OSS themselves in the past. I know I can build workarounds by using BUS2012.CHANGED and checking release codes, but this scenario is just plain wrong and I wondered if anyone had a <b>simple</b> fix or an OSS note that I may have overlooked in my searches.
4.7 system here but I think this applies to other versions.
Any input appreciated,
Mike
(Cross-posted to SAP-WUG and SDN-BPM)

Answer 1

Hello All, old post but maby helping others
we where having the same problem, we try to go with a new event from the user exit EXIT_SAPMM06E_013 on new po lines replacing event releaseStepCreated,
the FM  SWE_EVENT_CREATE was call with the sy-uname as the _WF_Initiator in the container.
recently some problem force to find a better route, but some code in FM SWW_WI_CREATE_VIA_EVENT_INTERN, I had to get the last change by in CDHDR and set it as the wf initiator
if event = 'RELEASESTEPCREATED' and rectype = 'WS93100003'.
data: w_cdhdr type cdhdr.
  select * from cdhdr into w_cdhdr
  where OBJECTCLAS = 'EINKBELEG'
    and OBJECTID = sender(10) "po number
    and udate = sy-datum "today
    and utime <= sy-timlo
    order by OBJECTCLAS OBJECTID changenr descending.
      CONCATENATE 'US' w_cdhdr-username into w_cdhdr-username.
      swf_set_element event_container_handle '_EVT_CREATOR' w_cdhdr-username.
      swf_set_element event_container_handle '_Wf_Initiator' w_cdhdr-username.
      exit.
  endselect.
endif.