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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;color:navy'>All,</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;color:navy'>We just converted from the SAP Office inbox to the UWL with
the implementation of the SAP Portal. The big plus for users here is one
stop shopping, i.e., all SAP Office inboxes (R/3, EBP, ESS) are now available
in one place. Before, users had to enter via SBWP to approve separately in
each system. The biggest negative with the UWL is the loss of the “advance
with dialog” feature. We’ve had to write custom code to
compensate for this. I think this is a major loss, although I haven’t
seen any other complaints on WUG on the topic.</span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><strong><b><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Greg Utley</span></font></b></strong></p>
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sap-wug-bounces@mit.edu [mailto:sap-wug-bounces@mit.edu] <b><span
style='font-weight:bold'>On Behalf Of </span></b>Sherman Wright<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Sent:</span></b> Wednesday, August 31, 2005
2:52 PM<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>To:</span></b> UserGroup, Workflow<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Subject:</span></b> Portal - UWL vs. SAP
Business Workplace</span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:1.0in'><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt'>Hi – </span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:1.0in'><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt'>We are using Portal 6.0, and because of unfamiliarity,
etc., etc., we had replaced the Universal Work List (UWL) with the SAP Business
Workplace (transaction SBWP) using Windows HTML GUI. We have a handful of
workflow approval tasks (PR approvals, Fixed Asset retirement approvals,
Absence Request approvals, etc.) that we route to people in their Workflow
Inboxes, which should be available with either “tool”.</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:1.0in'><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt'>We are in the process of moving from SAP R/3 4.6B to
MySAP ERP (ECC 5.0). In light of this, I have been asked to provide pros
and cons regarding replacing the Business Workplace with the UWL, since the UWL
is the default tool in Portal. Do any of you have any strong arguments
either for or against the use of UWL as opposed to the Business Workplace?
Some of our users really like the ability to do their automatic forwarding,
substitution maintenance, outbox maintenance, etc., from Portal. Most of
these things especially don’t seem to be available in the UWL.</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:1.0in'><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt'>Any information would be appreciated…</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:1.0in'><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt'>Regards,<br>
Sherman</span></font></p>
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