WorkFlow Syntax

Hi All,
I have a requirement, where I need to check between the opportunity owner role and the current user's role who is accessing the opportunity. If there is a mismatch I have updated a field which will eventually set a validation.
The condition which I gave under the workflow "Before modified workflow" under opportunity object is as below and its working
(Left(JoinFieldValue('<User>',JoinFieldValue('< Opportunity >',[<OpportunityId>],'<OwnerId>'),'<Role>'),2) = 'AA') AND (Left(UserValue('<Role>'),2) <> 'BB')
I also tried (Left(JoinFieldValue('<User>',[<OwnerId>],'<Role>'),2) = 'AA') AND (Left(UserValue('<Role>'),2) <> 'FM') but this did not work for some reasons.
I have two questions from here
1. Is my syntax (the one mentioned as working) correct as per syntax standards.
2. Along with my working condition I need to check if other fields was also changed (like owner). When I add (PRE('<Owner>') <> [<Owner>]) to above condition it doesnt seem to work.I am not sure if I can use PRE under "Before modified record" condition.Please clarify.
Please confirm if there is an effective way to get this requirement.
Thanks
Natraj

Hi Bluesh,
I have checked the tutorial that you have posted in the link. Before anything else, when you put a decision step you should have a task with it you can copy standard decision task 8567 for your workflow.
Then set-up your binding properly, trigerring events and agent for your task, you could also use wf-initator for this one for your test. Classify the task as general task by going to the task -> agent assignment then attibutes -> general task.
Then when all of these are set-up try executing your workflow and it should work fine, and if problems persist there are many postings you could select in the OSS (service.sap.com) use the keywords in your dump file and pick your situation in the OSS.
Cheers,

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Not sure I understand - I don't think the previous condition is relevant here. What I needed to happen is for the sales stage to be copied to last stage in every instance - except if the stage is Closed/Lost OR Closed/Inactive - if it is closed/lost OR closed/inactive I don't want it to update.
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Hi Martin,
thank you for your reply!
Unfortunately, there is no way, to generate the incoming answer, because it comes from a domino server, who has implemented it through raw coding&MS XML. The only way to generate would be, to implement a workflow call from
Domino to R/3, but i think in this case, it will consume to much time and R/3 documentation seems to be definitely wrong.
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I studied the Wf-XML specification and, allthough it uses a different dialect (1.1), it seems to be, that the Key-Tag and ProcessInstanceKey-Tag are wrong in R/3 documentation. The error codes thrown in our implementation are 104 in the XML response and 200 in HTTP response, so this indicates a wrong key-value.
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Mike,
I thought i had solved it. But, when i am trying now with a role "RXXXXXXX" that is 14 char, its not working again.
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========
Hey, i just foudn that its the limitation with 12 char ..not Y or Z..and also found this OSS note 860251. It discussed the issue, but not a solution other than choosing a 12 char length for Role name.
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