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color=#0000ff size=2>Bob, </FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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color=#0000ff size=2>I think the comments from everybody are spot on and very
useful. </FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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color=#0000ff size=2>Of course we do have BW capability coming for Workflow as
Alan Rickayzen announced a few weeks ago. </FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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color=#0000ff size=2>The workflow log does give a process history of who did
what / who made the decisions along the way to getting the update and this can
be valuable data in addition to the change history of the application
itself. There may be several people involved in the decision process
regardless of who made the final update to the application. And of course
whether workflow was used or not to affect the update is useful information in
itself. As we move up the releases the workflow log is showing increasingly more
specific information - e.g. current logs show whether an item was forwarded by a
user or by the workflow administrator. </FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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color=#0000ff size=2>Regarding the ability to see if someone has acted as a
substitute - a lot depends on your release. If you are in a system running
on a basis 6.20 or above (such as R/3 Enterprise), then you may be able to use
the _RULE_RESULT container element to compare the actual agent with who was
originally sent the work item. </FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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color=#0000ff size=2>If you are in a lower release things the _RULE_RESULT
element is not available, and yes you will need to rely heavily on table HRUS_D2
providing you make sure no-one deletes the old entries (i.e. they should just
set an end date, not delete the substitution). </FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<FONT face=Tahoma size=2><B>From:</B> sap-wug-bounces@mit.edu
[mailto:sap-wug-bounces@mit.edu] <B>On Behalf Of </B>Schmidt,
Bob<BR><B>Sent:</B> Friday, 09 September 2005 3:00 AM<BR><B>To:</B>
sap-wug@mit.edu<BR><B>Subject:</B> Workflow Substitution
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<P><FONT face="Times New Roman">We are allowing users to create substitution
rules in their workflow inboxes usually a manager delegating to their admin. The
issue we are having is that auditors are requesting a report of workitems
processed by each user and additionally if a substitution rule was involved and
whom it was performed on behalf of.<BR><BR>Has anyone encountered similar
requirements and how was it satisfied?<BR><BR>Regards,<BR>Bob Schmidt</FONT>
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