Workflow multiple versions in production

[Former Member]

Hi Experts,

when i transport my work flow from development to production

multiple versions are getting created.

e.g

in development i have version 0001

and production also have version 001

i did some changes in development in version 0001

now i transported it to production

then in production new version is getting created. version 0002

I did check the SAP help which says

If a workflow definition is transported into another system, 
only the active version is transported.
If the workflow definition exists in the target system with the same
 version number,  it is overwritten by the transported version if it has
 no workflows running. Otherwise, the transported workflow definition
is saved with a free version number. The transported workflow 
definition becomes the active workflow definition in the target system

but i checked the production server and work flow is not running. still multiple versions are getting created.

any clue experts

Regards,

Umesh Chaudhari.

[surjith_kumar · Accepted solution]

Hi,

When ever you Move a Transport Request from Dev to PRD, a new version of Workflow will be created. Mostly the Latest Version will be active to see the Which Version of the workflow is currently active.

Do the Following Steps,

1) Goto Basic DATA

2) Select “Version- INdependent (Task)” tab

3) In that Goto Tab “ Version Overview”

4) Below the Tab in Colum “Activ” , a Radio Button will be there

5) The Radio Button is always pointing to the “Active” Version

Regards,

Surjith Kumar P

[Former Member · Accepted solution]

Hi surjith kumar,

Well here the question is not where to find the version But why it existes.

we very well know where to find the version.

Regards

Umesh Chaudhari.

[martin_nooteboom · Accepted solution]

Hi Umesh,

SAP creates versions to keep track of the changes in the definition and what definition to use for a running workflow. As you might know changes to workflow will only have an effect in a newly started workflow and not in already started workflow. For this SAP uses the versions so it knows which definition should be used.

Regards,

Martin