Maintenance of Execution Properties 

Use

The execution properties determine additional processing characteristics of the work item that represents this task at runtime.

The systems sets the execution properties automatically for business objects and business object service classes; you cannot change this setting.

Features

The following execution properties are recognized by the system:

Background processing

Set this indicator if the object method does not necessitate dialog with a user, and the processing is to be started automatically by the system.

If this indicator is set, the task is executed at runtime as a background work item as soon as it is its turn in the sequence. No work item appears in the Business Workplace. You can, however, find a background work item via the work item selection.

If this indicator is not set, a dialog work item appears in the Business Workplaces of the recipients. If this work item is executed by one of its recipients, the object method is executed in the background without any further dialog.

You cannot set this indicator if the indicator Object method with dialog is set for this object method.

Business objects: You cannot set this indicator for business objects.

Business object service classes: This indicator is always set for business object service classes.

Confirm end of processing

If this indicator is set, the end of processing of the task must be confirmed explicitly at runtime. After execution of a task, a dialog box is displayed in which you enter whether the processing of the task has actually been completed. For example, you can still enter an attachment before you complete the work item. As long as this confirmation has not taken place, the relevant work item appears in the Business Workplace of the actual agent and has the status Executed. This can execute the work item again or forward it. This may be useful if a task is to be processed several times and by different people.

You cannot assign this indicator for tasks that are to be executed in the background.

Check that the methods that the task refers to may be executed several times, one after the other. You must not set this indicator for instance-independent methods (for example, creating a purchase order.

The Confirm end of processing property can be assigned both to task that do have terminating events and to those that do not. If there are terminating events, the relevant work item must be completed using the function Set to ‘Done’ in the Business Workplace.

Business objects: This indicator is always set for business objects.

Business object service classes: You cannot set this indicator for business object service classes.