Workflow terminologies

[Former Member]

please explain about the following terminologies in workflow

1. latest end

2. requested start

3. latest start

4. requested end.

and tell me the step by step procedure.

Regards,

selvamuthukumar.

[Former Member]

Answered

[bpawanchand]

Check this [SAP Help|http://help.sap.com/saphelp_nw04s/helpdata/en/a6/9bacab5f2c11d194a40000e82dec10/content.htm]

and [check this article|https://www.sdn.sap.com/irj/scn/wiki?path=/display/abap/deadline+monitoring]

[saumya_govil]

Hi Selvamuthukumar,

The terminologies you mentioned are used for Deadline Monitoring in Workflows. This is used to specify when a workitem to be triggered/terminated by the system. These are date and time based activities that trigger when a particular date / time is met.

Please find below the details:

* 1. Latest end*

It is the Latest time of completion of a work item. After this time is crossed the workitem would get logically deleted.

* 2. Requested start*

It is the time requested to start the processing of a workitem.

* 3. Latest start*

It is the Latest time to start the processing of a work item.

* 4. Requested end*

It is the Requested time when the processing of a work item should get completed.

Please refer to the following link for further details:

https://www.sdn.sap.com/irj/scn/go/portal/prtroot/docs/library/uuid/303617cf-73dd-2a10-c993-cc630358...

Hope this helps!

Regards,

Saumya

[Former Member]

Requested start

Earliest possible time for the start of processing: The work item does not become

visible in the recipient's Business Workplace until this time.

Latest start

Latest deadline for starting processing of a work item

The status of the work item must change from "Ready" to "In Process"

Requested end

Requested deadline for completion of processing of a work item

Latest end

Latest deadline for completion of processing of a work item.

Regards,

PR.

[Former Member]

Visit saptechnical site.

Goto Tutorials->workflow

In that there is a Tutorial on Deadline Monitoring..

This should give you an idea how to proceed further.

Regards,

PR.