Work item Status

Hello,
I am working on SRM , when an user is creating Shopping cart new workitem is created and email is sent to approver for approval.
In table SWWWIHEAD i can see WI_STAT (status of work item) values as READY or WAITING or STARTED. Please explain these three status in detail
for example READY means email is in inbox of approver? etc
Best regards.

Hello,
Off the top of my head:
READY means ready to be executed, ie waiting on a user
WAITING means waiting for something, eg an event or a wait step
STARTED is usually the status of a workflow after it's been started but not yet completed.
Usually for an active workflow the main wf workitem will be STARTED and there will be one (or more) READY workitems.
regards
Rick Bakker
Hanabi Technology

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