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<DIV dir=ltr><FONT face=Arial color=#000000 size=2>Krishna:</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr><FONT face=Arial size=2>Assuming you have Portals, I send them a
URL link in Outlook which takes them to a Portals iView of the SAP Inbox in
Portals. This will require SAP on the desktop or SAP for HTML or SAP Java
GUI. Depends on what your Portals team is implementing for R/3 delivery in
Portals.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr><FONT face=Arial size=2>With regards,</FONT></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr><FONT face=Arial size=2>Partha</FONT></DIV></DIV>
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<FONT face=Tahoma size=2><B>From:</B> sap-wug-bounces@mit.edu on behalf of Athur
Krishna<BR><B>Sent:</B> Mon 5/23/2005 11:16 AM<BR><B>To:</B> SAP Workflow Users'
Group<BR><B>Subject:</B> Re: Outlook integration with SAP<BR></FONT><BR></DIV>
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<DIV>Hi Mike,</DIV>
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<DIV>Thanks for the response,</DIV>
<DIV>how to use/configure the standard desision task in UWL?</DIV>
<DIV>is there any doc avbl.</DIV>
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<DIV>-Krishna</DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN class=gmail_quote>On 5/23/05, <B class=gmail_sendername>Michael
Pokraka</B> <<A
href="mailto:wug.replies@workflowconnections.com">wug.replies@workflowconnections.com</A>>
wrote:</SPAN>
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style="PADDING-LEFT: 1ex; MARGIN: 0px 0px 0px 0.8ex; BORDER-LEFT: #ccc 1px solid">Hi,<BR>If
you use a standard decision task in the UWL it shouldn't require any
GUI<BR>installation.<BR>Cheers <BR>Mike<BR><BR>--- Athur Krishna <<A
href="mailto:athur.krishna@gmail.com">athur.krishna@gmail.com</A>>
wrote:<BR><BR>> HI Partha,<BR>> I'm also implementing UWL in
portals.I have understood the whole part, but <BR>> can you let me know how
your portals team achived approving workitems<BR>> without using SAP GUI
installed in the client. I mean generally approval<BR>> takes the user to
R/3, I have established an SSO from portal so that the <BR>> user will not
be asked for password again.<BR>> but my problem is some
approvers might really not have SAP GUI installed in<BR>> the system, but
still need to approve.<BR>> Thanks<BR>> -Krishna<BR>>
<BR>> On 5/19/05, Chatterjee, Partha (US - San Ramon) <<A
href="mailto:pchatterjee@deloitte.com">pchatterjee@deloitte.com</A>><BR>>
wrote:<BR>> ><BR>> > Hi Jocelyn,<BR>> ><BR>> > Thanks
for the response. This is exactly what I implemented at my last <BR>> >
client. I sent a hyperlink to Portals ivew of SBWP to Outlook (royal
pain<BR>> > putting a hyperlink in long text description in
SAPscript!!!). I will ask<BR>> > our portals guy about PCD.<BR>> >
<BR>> > Hope all is well,<BR>> > Partha<BR>> ><BR>> >
________________________________<BR>> ><BR>> > From: <A
href="mailto:sap-wug-bounces@mit.edu">sap-wug-bounces@mit.edu</A> on behalf of
Dart, Jocelyn <BR>> > Sent: Fri 5/20/2005 1:28 AM<BR>> > To: SAP
Workflow Users' Group<BR>> > Subject: RE: Outlook integration with
SAP<BR>> ><BR>> ><BR>> ><BR>> > Hi Partha,<BR>>
><BR>> > Most common approach I am seeing and recommendng with your
setup as <BR>> > described ...<BR>> ><BR>> > Use RSWUWFML2
to send a hyperlink taking the user directly to the UWL<BR>> > inbox
page in the portal using the PCD target (talk to a portals person<BR>> >
about the hyperlink format. <BR>> ><BR>> > Consider using
collective email reminders - i.e. there is work there to<BR>> > do -
check your inbox - rather than individual reminders. Individual<BR>> >
reminders can become spam-like over time. <BR>> ><BR>> > You can
also go to a middle ground - e.g. use collective email reminders<BR>> >
based on certain tasks - e.g. there are "orders for you to process",
"HR<BR>> > work to do" etc. Good idea to use the UWL config to set up
matching <BR>> > subviews - so that they can quickly filter the UWL list
down to the<BR>> > appropriate work items.<BR>> ><BR>> >
Another advantage of taking people to the portal is that it reinforces<BR>>
> that this is where they should be doing their work - rather than going
<BR>> > directly into R/3.<BR>> ><BR>> > You can also send
both the hyperlink and R/3 GUI shortcuts if you wish<BR>> > so that
those "experts" who do have SAPGUI access can login directly. <BR>>
><BR>> > Jocelyn<BR>> ><BR>> > -----Original
Message-----<BR>> > From: <A
href="mailto:sap-wug-bounces@MIT.EDU">sap-wug-bounces@MIT.EDU</A> [mailto:<A
href="mailto:sap-wug-bounces@MIT.EDU"> sap-wug-bounces@MIT.EDU</A>] On
Behalf<BR>> > Of Chatterjee, Partha (US - San Ramon)<BR>> > Sent:
Friday,13 May 2005 5:01 AM<BR>> > To: SAP Workflow Users' Group<BR>>
> Subject: Outlook integration with SAP <BR>> ><BR>> ><BR>>
> Hi All,<BR>> ><BR>> > I have implemented various forms of
Outlook integration before, however,<BR>> > I am curious if the
following is possible (we are on 4.7, will be <BR>> > installing UWL
blah blah blah):<BR>> ><BR>> > 1) Send Workitem to Outlook (using
RSWUWFML2 most likely)<BR>> > 2) Have a URL execute the R/3 transaction
(via SAP Portal most likely)<BR>> > that drives you to the appropriate
document data. <BR>> ><BR>> > Restrictions/Assumptions:<BR>>
><BR>> > 1) R/3 GUI will not be installed on the desktop where this
Outlook<BR>> > message is sent.<BR>> ><BR>> > 2) Outlook
will not be installed as an app inside of SAP Portals. <BR>> ><BR>>
> Possible solution(?):<BR>> ><BR>> > 1) Since this transaction
will originate in R/3, I will be inserting the<BR>> > URL in the long
text of the tasks in question. My guess is that one of <BR>> > the few
ways of doing this would be to dynamically change the URL in<BR>> >
Workflow via a method to contain the correct parameters for the<BR>> >
underlying transaction code prior to the task which is meant to executed
<BR>> > in R/3.<BR>> ><BR>> > 2) This dynamically
constructed URL will essentially be a custom iView<BR>> > of the backend
R/3 transaction but with enough parameters to drive to<BR>> > the right
transaction code + specific document record. <BR>> ><BR>> >
Clients always seem to want this but without SAP on the desktop<BR>> >
(otherwise we could just use RSWUWFML2 to send an executable
attachment)<BR>> > I don't think there is a straightforward way of doing
this. And for the <BR>> > most part they do not want to make Outlook an
inside of Portal.<BR>> ><BR>> > Any thoughts or experience on
doing this?<BR>> ><BR>> > With regards,<BR>> >
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