Workflow container operation problem

Hi ,
i have assign userid (USR01-BNAME) container element to User business object type ?? Container operation does not allow me this as it is expecting the user businees object type to be assigned to it.
How can i do this ??? How to create business object type within workflow to allow container operation work.
REgards,
Guru

Any updates guys?
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Hi,
In my workflow, container operation is not working properly sometime.
I am assigning agents from class attribute to workflow container . sometime the value is not correct.
scenario: class attribute - WFAGENT - value USABC
workflow container: WFAGENT_VAR.
assigning class attribute - WFAGENT to workflow container: WFAGENT_VAR.
instead of USABC, workflow container WFAGENT_VAR is having value as USWF-BATCH.
Please suggest.
Thank you.
Regards.
SG

Hi,
It is fairly logical to exclude the option that the container operation doesnt not only work but also that it passes on different information all of a sudden.
In your situation, either the class attribute has the incorrect information at the time of the containeroperation.
That, or your workflow container gets overwritten with another container operation,or with a binding from method-->container element in some step in your workflow.
Kind regards, Rob Dielemans

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I have problem in workflow.
My workflow stop at container operation and i don't have any idea why it could happend.
[Workflow Stop|www.freeimagehosting.net/uploads/4132b300f6.gif]
Thanks,

Hi,
Can you check the workflow log with technical details.
I think it would give you better idea what is happening?
Try refreshing the buffer.
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WorkFlow - Binding / Container Operation

Hi WF Gurus
I am creating a Sale Order Change Start Event & want to collect a field (KNVV-KLABC) i.e. Customer ABC Class of that Sold-to-party of that sales order.
Is it possible through binding or container operation.
please give steps in details.
Max. reward for right ans.

You can do it by automatic binding. The object of SO changing is under the element EvtObject of event container.
FYI.[http://help.sap.com/saphelp_nw70/helpdata/en/c5/e4b0ae453d11d189430000e829fbbd/frameset.htm]

Workflow Step type for Container Operation

Hi,
A STEP in a given Workflow has to have an Agent? Can't I create a Step to get data from the DB into the container and that's it?
I have created a container variable called "Grade" and I need to fetch the Grade of a User (WF Inititator) from a DB table and populate the "Grade" variable from the container that will be used in further steps.
The Workflow gets kicked off but when it reaches the STEP, it stays there waiting for something (Action from a user?).
Thanks & Regards,
Ernesto

Ok, now this is getting weird. Will try to explain what I am doing for one single step:
1) I have my workflow. On PFTC I Have a workflow Template. Under the Container Tab I created a Parameter called "Grade" with the Import/Export check-boxes set and a "CreatedBy" parameter with the import/export check-boxes set as well.
2) Then on the Workflow Builder I created a Step called Get Grade. This step calls a Custom Task and processes in the background so there is no agent determination.
    2.1) Here I have two bindings: a) Binding Between Workflow Container and Task and between Task and BO Method
           Get_grade. The Method Get_grade has 2 parameters (CreatedBy, that is an attribute of the Object and is an import
           parameteter and Grade that it is an import/export parameter).
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              &PROCCONFIRMATION.CREATEDBY& --> &CREATEDBY&
              &GRADE& <-- &GRADE&
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             &_WI_OBJECT_ID.CREATEDBY& --> &CREATEDBY&
             &GRADE& <-- &GRADE&
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begin_method get_grade changing container.
DATA:
      lv_grade TYPE zmm_app_req_info-grade,
      lv_userid TYPE zmm_app_req_info-requestor
swc_get_property self 'CreatedBy' lv_userid.
SELECT SINGLE grade FROM zmm_app_req_info
INTO lv_grade
WHERE requestor = lv_userid.
IF sy-subrc IS INITIAL.
swc_set_element container 'Grade' lv_grade.
ENDIF.
end_method.
The only thing I need is to get the Grade parameter of the WF Container populated. This parameter will be used later on.
Thanks & Regards,
Ernesto.

Files are not appended in the container operation step ?

Hi Guys,
I have a BPM scenario where i receive a single file with multiple transactions
1. Receive step receives the file and starts the process
2 Transformation Step - Splits the file into individual transactions
3. Block step --ForEach - Block has the follow 2 steps
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Target: Multiline element (Block level element)
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    Expression: Single element similar to structure above with out multiline.
4. Send Step: I am writing this file locally to a file and this always shows only the last transaction in case of ParForEachMode and first transaction in the case of ForEach mode.
can anybody explain why the messages are not appending into a single file. any help would be really appreciated
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Srini

Hi Liang,
Check to see if the Sync Send step send every reply messages it received to container operation step:
You might need to remove the container operation to see if you receive each individual msgs.
> I have removed the container operation and i am able to see all the individual responses which i basically written to file just to cross check and every thing looks fine.
Another way to go to workflow log (Complete Process with all the steps) to get debug information:
SXMB_MONI -> Click "PE" under outbound queue -> Press "Display WorkFlow Log" button -> Click List with technical details -> Click Show Work item Container
Here you can see the container and XML message used in this process step.
You might have information on how message be processed in this step
> I have checked in the workflow log and workflow shows the container operation only in the case of ParForEach mode and when the block is in the ForEachMode i dont see any container operation step in the workflowlog and even in the ParForEach mode the container operation dosent have any details.
Your Container Element reference to response message should also defined in block level, since the response message only exist inside the block. However, using process level container element should not cause any problem
> I have defined the response messsage at block level in the container and the target i have defined it as multiline element defiend at process level. This multiline element is taken as input in the transformation step at prrocess level.
are there any other alternatives for this process, i dont understand why the container operation is not appending the elments.
any help would be appreciated
Thanks,
srini
Edited by: srinivas kapu on Feb 25, 2008 12:10 PM

Database table for Workflow Container values

hi,
I am on SAP ECC 6.0
I am trying to find workflow id number starting from document number
I try to find database table which has containe values of the workflow instances so that I can get workflow/workitem instance numbers for the document
this is custom workflow and it is not based on business object type. so checking container values is the onlyway I can get the workflows
but I am not able to find any table for it
I have checked following
SWW_CONT
SWW_CONTOB
SWWVCONTWI
SWXML_CONT
SWJ_CONT
SWJPCONT
SWJSCONT
SWPCMPCONT
SWU_CONT1
SWUOCONT1
almost all the SWCONT tables
Morever I put St05 trace to see all the tables in database operations while triggering the workflow
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SWWHRINDEX
SWD_CONT
SWWWIHEAD
SWWCNTP0
SWWLOGHIST
SWWWIRET
SWWCNTP0 is Workflow Container: XML Database (P0)
but it is XML structure data. so its of new use to query container fields.
is this reason because of any workflow design or system config ?
how to read container values from database tables in such case?
thanks
bhakti

Hi,
>i need to display an ALV list with list of invoices and whether the workflow is awaiting / approved / rejected for review / approval. and who did the approval / rejection action
This you should be able to read from container now, if you have FIPP instance.
>the workflow has two steps - review and approve and so i would query table swwwihead for the parent id of workflow and then based on task number see which is ready status task and find if its awaiting approval or rejection
Don't do any selects to SWWWIHEAD unless you have some really specific reason. Just use SAP_WAPI* functions. You should be able to get each depended work item etc. easily with the standard functions.
>apart from this, several data like amount values, reference document, creation date and whole lot of invoice item and header level data is required which needs to be taken from workflow container
Why would you read this data from container? This data is in the SAP tables VBKPF, etc. There should be even functions to get all data related to an invoice - try to search for example with READPRELIMINARY* (read preliminary invoice).
In general:
1) if you have invoice number, get all related work items with a SAP_WAPI* function
2) if you have only the top WI ID, use SAP_WAPIDEPEND function to get the depended work items
3) with above function you probably will get also the status of the tasks / work items, so you don't need select in SWWWIHEAD
4) Now you have the "status" and the workflow data for the invoice
5) read the invoice data from standard FI tables (unless there is some specific reason to get it from WF container, and if there is, then I think that you might be having some fundamental problems in your design)
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Karri

Passing expression values to a container operation

hello,
I have a question about passing values to a expression in a container operation. we have a container operation that has a hard coded value for a expression value. we are using a result element of offset days and the expression value is 4. sometimes we want to have this value as a different number. when we do this we have to change the expression value, create a transport , then move thru quality and then prod. is there a way to have the the expression value passed as a variable to the workflow?
if the value could be in a custom table that could be changed when ever it was needed and the workflow would read the value from the table.
I am not fimilar with workflow so the suggestion that I have above might not be correct but I am looking for something on the order of this. if there is a way to accomplish this without having to change the workflow and move it through quality and then production that would be ideal.
thanks in advance for the help.

Marcos Suarez wrote:
It is really a bad idea to use a Container operation step to get a variable value.
Why? I disagree, using a task has a far greater performance overhead with hardly any benefit, a functional method in a conainer operation is much more efficient. It also makes your workflow a little bit easier to follow.
Unless I misunderstood something?
Edit: For the benefit of the original question, there are examples of how to do exactly this (functional method to retrieve/assign values) in the second edition of "Practical Workflow for SAP". And since proceeds go to charity, getting a copy is doubly worthwhile.
Edited by: Mike Pokraka on Feb 3, 2011 1:55 PM

Upload file in Web Dynpro and add to Workflow container as SOFM object

Hi!
I have a Web Dynpro for ABAP application that should send attachments of uploaded files to a workflow container. I have already managed to do this, and it works fine for TXT files, but when I try to attach a WORD (.DOC) file the file looks corrput when I open it from the SAP inbox.
When uploading files in Web Dynpro it is as an XSTRING. I have tried out the following alternatives regarding convertion of the XSTRING before it is inserted in the SOFM object:
1) Convert from XSTRING to STRING using codepage 4110.
Then it is split into a string table of 255 chars
2) Convert from XSTRING to STRING using codepage 4102
Then it is split into a string table of 255 chars
3) Convert from XSTRING to BINARY format
I use function module 'SWL_SOFM_CREATE_WITH_TABLE'
and then swf_create_object lr_sofm 'SOFM' ls_sofm_key.
before I call some macros to fill the container.
Anyone else who have tried to do this with success? I'm greatful for any help.
Regards, Tine

Hi,
I had the same problem in the last days and finally I got a quite simple solution:
I had a look at the FM SWL_SOFM_CREATE_WITH_TABLE an noticed that it calls another FM (SO_DOCUMENT_INSERT_API1) which has a tables parameter for HEX data and is actually able to create a SOFM object from HEX data.
I simply copied SWL_SOFM_CREATE_WITH_TABLE as a customer FM and applied a few changes to make it accept HEX data:
First I added a new table parameter in the interface which gets the HEX data from the calling application (uploaded data using BIN format):
OBJECT_CONTENT_HEX     LIKE     SOLIX
Here is the code of the FM (I marked all additional and changed lines with a comment):
function z_test_sofm_create_with_table .
*"*"Lokale Schnittstelle:
*" IMPORTING
*"     VALUE(NOTE_TITLE) LIKE SODOCCHGI1-OBJ_DESCR OPTIONAL
*"     VALUE(DOCUMENT_TYPE) LIKE SOODK-OBJTP DEFAULT SPACE
*" EXPORTING
*"     VALUE(SOFM_KEY) LIKE SWOTOBJID-OBJKEY
*" TABLES
*"      NOTE_TEXT STRUCTURE SOLISTI1 OPTIONAL
*"      OBJECT_CONTENT_HEX STRUCTURE SOLIX OPTIONAL
*" EXCEPTIONS
*"      ERROR_SOFM_CREATION
data: region like sofd-folrg.
data: folder_id like soodk.
data: l_folder_id like soobjinfi1-object_id.
data: document_data like sodocchgi1.
data: document_info like sofolenti1.
data: object_content like solisti1 occurs 0 with header line.
data: lines like sy-tabix.
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if document_type is initial.
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      folder_id             = folder_id
    exceptions
      communication_failure = 1
      owner_not_exist       = 2
      system_failure        = 3
      x_error               = 4
      others                = 5.
if sy-subrc ne 0.
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endif.
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document_data-obj_name = 'ATTACHMENT'.
document_data-obj_descr = note_title.
document_data-obj_langu = sy-langu.
object_content[] = note_text[].
describe table object_content lines lines.
document_data-doc_size = ( lines - 1 ) * 255 + strlen( object_content ).
if object_content[] is initial.                     "<== insert
    describe table object_content_hex lines lines.    "<== insert
    document_data-doc_size = lines * 255.             "<== insert
endif.                                              "<== insert
l_folder_id = folder_id.
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    exporting
      folder_id                  = l_folder_id
      document_data              = document_data
      document_type              = document_type
    importing
      document_info              = document_info
    tables
      object_content             = object_content
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      folder_not_exist           = 1
      document_type_not_exist    = 2
      operation_no_authorization = 3
      parameter_error            = 4
      x_error                    = 5
      enqueue_error              = 6
      others                     = 7.
if sy-subrc ne 0.
    message e696(wl)                              "<== Add message class
            raising error_sofm_creation.
endif.
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sofm_key = document_info-doc_id.
endfunction.
The returned SOFM key I added to a container element. The element refers to event parameter of type OBJ_RECORD in my ABAP OO Class
Using this function I was able to raise an event by using Method cl_swf_evt_event=>raise
that invoked a workitem containing an Excel-File i had uploaded as binary file and passed to the FM z_test_sofm_create_with_table as document type 'XLS'.
In the woritem preview when clicking on the attachment the file was opened directly in Excel.
Actually the new lines for calculation the file size is not yet quite correct. At first glance it does not seem to cause any trouble, but I will stll check that. In FM SO_OBJECT_INSERT the size is again checked and calculated if initial, so leaving size initial might also be an option.
I hope this helps anyone having a similar issue.
Greetings,
Michael Gulitz

Result element of Container Operation

Hi Guys,
When I was learning the workflow template of "Absence Notification", I have a question with the step 'Container Operation'. The result element 'Flag' can be selected from the workflow container when using F4,but I can't find the 'Flag' in the container of this work flow template.
Can anyone explain this to me? Thanks a lot.

I think you need to create the workflow container for paratmeter FLAG...
Please create it and do the neccesary binding....
Then try F4 in container operation
Edited by: Swaminathan PJ on Jan 30, 2010 1:17 PM

Container operation type single

hi all
I am facing a problem. i have a BPM which has a block step-->Propertie mode=ForEach. inside this block i define some container operation type single whichs ones take some values. i need that the values of the containers elements update for each message in the block(ForEach).is it possible or i need to define the contasiners as multiline??
T&R
Rodrigo

hi,
there no way to define it as single and update the value.
i need the those values to pass them as IMPORT to a Message Mapping. so the containers has to be singles.
if no, i have to define another step in the BPM to get the first value of the all multiline container operation??
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Container Operation step in User Decision

Hi,
I have used one set container operation step in one of the user decision task. But it seems it is not working inside the user decision step.
I have checked the SWI1 log as well, but it is bypassing it.(screen shot attached from Workflow and SWI1).
Please sugegst that can we use container operation step inside the user decision task.
SWI1 log as well ( Not setting the variabl)e
Regads,
Priyanka

Hi,
check if in the workflow definition you mention if this step should be shown in the log or not. Also make sure using the technical details option in the workflow log that indeed the container operation was executed or not.
If everything seems correct, but still in execution it skips something, then your workflow definition might be corrupt, either fix it by deleting the step in development, saving it and then recreating it. Or if it was corrupted after transport you could try your luck with function module SWD_REPLICATE_FROM_9999.
Kind regards, Rob Dielemans

Time Variable in Container Operation in BPM

hi,
how can we add a time variable in container operation in BPM?
Say i want to increment the time upto 5 hours and see if it has reached in my loop.
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Within the block i have the deadline with control step which triggers the exception
I have the exception handler which has a send step which sends the actual error message.
I have a send step which polls the http receiver and is in a infinite loop.
Now the first time i receive an error message i get an email which is good and should work that way.
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hi
i have 2 multiline container elements in the workflow.
in one of my step i am sending email using the receipents from the table LT_RECLIST which is a multiline container. Now before this step i am using a container operation step to pass LT_RECLIST_FINAL to LT_RECLIST. But guess this is not working? is this possible?
the condition in container operation step is like this
Result Element   LT_RECLIST
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any idea where i am going wrong?

instead of
=     Assign (contents of table are deleted first)
try the followinng option.
<-    Add only to table (contents are extended)
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Error (Error when starting a SWITCH branch) while using container operation

HI Experts,
I am using container operation step for moving internal table (ref to sflight) to workarea.The error I found in the log is ' Error when starting a SWITCH branch'.Kindly help me in finding the solution.Below are the steps and code.
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Srini

Hello,
Maybe you should show more information about the condition step instead of the container operation step.
A previous poster in SDN said they solved their problem by changing the order of the conditions.
regards
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