Work item status
Description
Waiting
(internal: WAITING)
The work item has been scheduled for its requested start.
A work item has this status
- if it already exists but the requested start specified in the workflow definition has not been reached yet.
- if it has been set to "resubmission"
Work items in the waiting status are not displayed in the integrated inbox.
Ready
(internal: READY)
The work item has been released for execution and appears in the work lists of all recipients.
Reserved
(internal: SELECTED)
The work item has been received by one of its recipients with the result that its status has changed from ready to reserved.
A work item in the reserved status is then displayed to this user only. It "disappears" from the integrated inboxes of all other selected agents.
In process
(internal: STARTED)
The work item is currently being processed by a different recipient or in a different mode. A work item also has this status
- if the work item is waiting for its terminating event.
- if the user canceled the method.
- if the method was ended with a temporary exception for which no subsequent steps have been modeled.
The point at which processing is completed cannot be detected by the workflow system in this status. As long as the status of the work item is set to in process, database changes have not been made.
Executed
(internal: COMMITTED)
The work item is awaiting explicit confirmation of its completion.
The work item only has this status if it is necessary to confirm that it has been completed. A work item with executed status can be executed or forwarded several times until it is set to the status done in the integrated inbox.
The customer task is Create PowerPoint presentation. The participation and contributions of several users are required to do this. The customer task is therefore defined with Confirm end of processing.
In this way, groupware components are realized in SAP Business Workflow.
A work item with executed status may have caused database changes or other actions (generate event, send notification).
Completed
(internal: COMPLETED)
Execution of the work item has been completed
The result of the single-step task represented by the work item is correct, i.e. the result modeled in the workflow definition.
Work items in the completed status are not displayed in the integrated inbox.
Logically deleted (internal: CANCELED)
Execution of the work item is no longer meaningful or required by the workflow logic.
A work item changes to the logically deleted status in the following way:
- Termination at parallel processing paths.
When the required number of processing paths has been executed in parallel processing (FORK), the work items in the other paths that have not yet reached the completed status are automatically set to the logically deleted status.
- Intervention by an administrator.
An administrator can only set a work item to the logically deleted status if it has not yet reached the completed status and is not part of a higher-level workflow.
Work items with the logically deleted status are not displayed in the integrated inbox.
A work item with the logically deleted status may have caused database changes or other actions (generate event, send notification).
These changes are not canceled automatically (compensated).
Incorrect
(internal: ERROR)
Execution of the work item was terminated with an error.