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<DIV><SPAN class=829460823-21032002><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2>Jocelyn and Ralph,</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN class=829460823-21032002><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>Thank
you for both of your replies. Option No. 1 sounds like it just might
work. I will give it a try and will let you know the
results.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=829460823-21032002><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=829460823-21032002><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>Thanks
again!</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=829460823-21032002><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=829460823-21032002><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2>Sincerely,</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=829460823-21032002><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2>Ty</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
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<DIV class=OutlookMessageHeader lang=en-us dir=ltr align=left><FONT
face=Tahoma size=2>-----Original Message-----<BR><B>From:</B> Dart, Jocelyn
[mailto:jocelyn.dart@sap.com] <BR><B>Sent:</B> Thursday, March 21, 2002 4:59
PM<BR><B>To:</B> SAP-WUG@MITVMA.MIT.EDU<BR><B>Subject:</B> Re: Replace WFBATCH
in document change history<BR><BR></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=921225322-21032002><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>HI
Ty, </FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=921225322-21032002><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2>There are basically two (2) options: </FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=921225322-21032002><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
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<DIV><SPAN class=921225322-21032002><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>1)
Make the task that calls BAPI_PO_RELEASE a DIALOG task - i.e. set the
background processing </FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=921225322-21032002><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>flag
off, and make sure the advance with dialog flag is on - that way the release
will be run under the </FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=921225322-21032002><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2>dialog user of the previous step without them actually
intervening. </FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=921225322-21032002><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>The
downside of this is that they need the authority to release the p.o. directly
in their authorization</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=921225322-21032002><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>as
their authority's will be used by the BAPI. </FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=921225322-21032002><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=921225322-21032002><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>2)
If you don't want to give them the authority to release the p.o. directly,
and even if you do take option 1) </FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=921225322-21032002><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>-
introduce them to Generic Object Services (you haven't said what release
you are in? 4.0 or above I hope?)</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=921225322-21032002><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2>These appear, depending on the verison, in the system>services menu
or as a floating button near the </FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=921225322-21032002><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2>okcode command field once you have selected your PO, e.g. using
transaction ME23 or ME23n. They </FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=921225322-21032002><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>let
you see a workflow summary of what workflows have run against this particular
PO - and will show who</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=921225322-21032002><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>did
the release step nice and clearly. </FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=921225322-21032002><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=921225322-21032002><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>If
you want to show who actually authorised the release in e.g. an audit trail
report, you can use the </FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=921225322-21032002><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2>usual WAPIs to extract the info from the workflow log.
</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=921225322-21032002></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=921225322-21032002><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2>Enjoy.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2><FONT color=#0000ff>Jocelyn Dart</FONT> <BR><FONT
color=#0000ff>Consultant (EBP, BBP, Ecommerce, Internet Transaction
Server, Workflow)</FONT> <BR><FONT color=#0000ff>SAP
Australia</FONT></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#0000ff><FONT size=2>Email </FONT><A
href="mailto:jocelyn.dart@sap.com"><FONT
size=2>jocelyn.dart@sap.com</FONT></A><BR><FONT size=2>Tel: +61<SPAN
class=153385400-09052000> 412 390 267</SPAN><BR>Fax: +61 2 9935
4880</FONT></FONT></DIV></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE></DIV> </SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV class=OutlookMessageHeader dir=ltr align=left><FONT face=Tahoma
size=2>-----Original Message-----<BR><B>From:</B> Jensen, Ralph
<BR><B>Sent:</B> Friday, 22 March 2002 5:41 AM<BR><B>To:</B>
SAP-WUG@MITVMA.MIT.EDU<BR><B>Subject:</B> Re: Replace WFBATCH in document
change history<BR><BR></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=619273118-21032002><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2>What about passing the actual agent for the
workitem</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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size=2>-----Original Message-----<BR><B>From:</B> Ea, Ty
[mailto:TEa@citgo.com]<BR><B>Sent:</B> Thursday, March 21, 2002 9:18
AM<BR><B>To:</B> SAP-WUG@MITVMA.MIT.EDU<BR><B>Subject:</B> Replace WFBATCH
in document change history<BR><BR></FONT></DIV>
<P><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>Hi Workflowers,</FONT> </P>
<P><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>I posted a similar question a
week ago but it did not appear on the distribution list. Thought I'd
give it another try. </FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>We currently have a workflow that
will automatically approve a Purchase Order or Outline Agreement if it
determines that the creator of
the </FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>purchase document has enough
systems of authority. This functionality is made possible by calling
function module BAPI_PO_RELEASE
found
</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>in method RELEASE of object type
BUS2012. It was hoped that this ability would create a more
efficient work process. The user would only need to go to his
or </FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>her workflow inbox if he/she does
not have enough systems of
authority.
</FONT><BR><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2>
</FONT><BR><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>Here is the
problem. We have recently noticed that all purchasing documents
release by BAPI_PO_RELEASE have WFBATCH as the responsible user on its
document change history. I assume that this is due to the workflow
manager executing the object method RELEASE in the background. This
has created some confusion for our business users when they are trying to
determine who approved the document at a later time.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>Does anybody know of a way to
update the change history to show the user id of the person for which
BAPI_PO_RELEASE was executed, instead of the id of the workflow manager
(WFBATCH)? I don't even know if we can alter SAP's change history
log since it serves as an audit trail, but I thought I'd ask.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>Thanks.</FONT> </P>
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