skipping disabled step in GAF

[Former Member]

Hello All,

I am disabling a main step in a GAF FPM at runtime by calling method IF_FPM_GAF->enable_mainstep in the OVERRIDE_EVENT_GAF method of interface IF_FPM_GAF_CONF_EXIT.

However, the step is still being called when it is reached.

Moreover, the step is automatically re-enabled this.

Does anybody know if this is normal behaviour?

And if so, is there an efficient way of programming this in?

I suppose I could trigger a 2nd next_step event in the before_flush of the application controller to skip it, but will need to suppress any event processing validations for the relevant uibbs.

Many thanks for any advice,

Pieter

[Former Member]

If you will always not need this step, then you can just create a new varaint for this application and leave that UIBB out. But in case you want to skip it, then you will need to raise the next_step. Since you will not raise any events in this UIBB what would be the need to do the validation?

- Harish

[Former Member]

Hello Harish,

I do sometimes need the step - that's why I'm disabling it dynamically.The validation is there for the cases when I do need it.

Somehow I would have expected the FPM to have the intelligence to know by itself to skip a step that is disabled.

That's why I was wondering if maybe I was doing something wrong...

I've managed to do it now by raising the next_step event in the before_flush as I already suggested myself, but this is more work as I would have liked it to be - I even need to re-disable it as the next_step apparently reenables it.

Regards,

Pieter

[zackpatel]

Hi Pieter, I am trying to do something similar. Can you provide the code and details of how you instantiated the IF_FPM_GAF interface?

Thanks,

Zack

[Former Member]

Hello Zack,

If you implement interface IF_FPM_GAF_CONF_EXIT in your component, you receive the instance as parameter of the method OVERRIDE_EVENT_GAF.

In your GAF configuration you need to set your component in the Global settings or it won't be called. (Change button just above the Hierarchy view on the left side > Global Settings and set it in the first field in the popup)

Hope this helps,

Pieter