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color=#0000ff size=2>Hi Mark,</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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color=#0000ff size=2>I worked on this earlier in the year. The
administration table seems to be ignored by the line item badi. I think it
is just there for the header level badi. I was advised by colleagues in
Germany to set the administrator for each line - this meant I had to add a fair
amount of extra code into the badi so that if a user wasn't found or valid I
returned an administrator - I then also assigned this to all the other lines and
GUIDs too for restart processing reasons.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=182264012-18082006><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff size=2>Hope this helps,</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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color=#0000ff size=2>Mark</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>Mark Pyc<BR><B>Sent:</B> 16
August 2006 17:57<BR><B>To:</B> WUG<BR><B>Subject:</B> SRM 5.0 - SC Line Item
Approval - How to handle agent errors<BR></FONT><BR></DIV>
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<DIV>G'day all,</DIV>
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<DIV>More questions. </DIV>
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<DIV>Has anyone successfully used the APPROVAL_ADMINISTRATION table of the
approval BAdI in association with Line Item approval? (I'm not interested in
whether it works or not for Cart Level)</DIV>
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<DIV>I expect that it should be possible to get items where an approver hasn't
be maintained to appear in the Applications Monitor section Approval >
Approver Assignment but nothing I've tried manages this.</DIV>
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<DIV>If I just include the approval GUID in the APPROVAL_ADMINISTRATION table
and not in the normal APPROVAL_TABLE the items are ignored for approval and are
effectively auto-approved. Not what I want.</DIV>
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<DIV>If I include the entries in both tables and either include no user-id but
do include a name, or include name or user-id then Workitems without agents are
created but again the Admin table seems to be ignored.</DIV>
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<DIV>I could include Admin agents as the agents, but this would mean they could
approve/reject the items rather than just forward the Workitem. If I don't give
them access to BBPSC07 to prevent this then it is very difficult for them
to tell which line items are having problems. </DIV>
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<DIV>Another option which I've seen recommended which will work (Thanks Carol
Thomas / Natasha Baunach) is to check that all agents are available before the
cart is saved. This has the advantage that the requestor is kept informed but
requires them to pick up a phone and contact a help desk - this manual
intervention grates on me since it seems to fly in the face of WF process
automation. </DIV>
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<DIV>The standard SAP demos only reference the scenario where no agents at
all can be determined (not that I can that I can get that to work either)
but it's important to also handle the situation where maybe just one line
doesn't have an approver determined. </DIV>
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<DIV>Any inputs greatly appreciated.</DIV>
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<DIV>Thanks,<BR>Mark</DIV>
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