How to view Archived Workflows in normal interface?

[#1]

We are testing workflow archive, and it is going well, except we're not yet comfortable with the final step - retrieving workflows after they have been both archived and deleted.

When viewing an SAP document, the "Services for Object" menu has an option for viewing "Archived workflows", but when we try it, the result is "No workflow meeting the criteria was found".

My hunch (wild guess) is we need to somehow tell the GUI where to look for the archived workflows, but I'm not sure where that connection is made.

Am I correct to assume that the menu option should work as I expect, that it will gather the information from the archived folders (rather than original tables) and display it in the normal workflow log interface?

If yes, what troubleshooting steps can we do to determine why the archived workflows are not found and displayed?

Thank you very much for any suggestions.

[Former Member]

When archiving with WORKITEM you will not pick up data unless it is completed or cancelled, but you have the option to customize the Archiving object allow it to archive open items - you just have to be careful with customized object. This will help clean old items without have to go through updating activities for workflow.

[ACurtis]

I too am working on archiving as a backburner project.  After archiving the archived Wf log was available from the GOS-Workflow-Archived Workflows menu.  This passes the Object reference to the reader program, the same reader program thats available from SWW_SARA.

The reader program then presents a popup presenting the Sessions and Files available to search.  I selected the Session I knew the document was archived into and after a bit of a wait (quite long) it presented the Wf log

I did not specify a Filepath to the archive when/for reading.  I believe it is making a link from the Archiving Object 'WORKITEM' to the Logical Filepath (table ADMI_FILES might have something to do with it) Debug program RSWWARCP

[Former Member]

Hello Russ,

- Only Completed and Cancelled Workitems will get archived through archiving object WORKITEM from tcode SARA.

- You can Read them from tcodes SARA/ SARI Or by running the program RSWWARCP

Please let me know in case of anything.

Hope this helps!

Regards,

Yogesh Soman.

[anjan_paul]

Hi,

   I thnik when you click Archive Workflow, it will try to search with BO and Key . You can also search for sap note if there is problem with archive or not , for example sap note 1735439. Also check there is any archive worklfow showing in sww_archiv for your BO and key. If it is not showing means no archive workflow is there. If showing then provlem with Service for object.

[Former Member]

Hello,

As far as I know (I have tested Archiving, haven't actually implemented it) you have to retrieve the workflow logs using tx SARA. You can't get to them from SWI1.

regards

Rick Bakker