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<DIV style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman, new york, times, serif"> Thanks for the input...Yes,I have been using rules all these days and always thought, I was the only one not using the organizanizational objects for defining the responsible agents(only because it didn't sound right to me!!).Glad that I am not alone .</DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman, new york, times, serif">Thanks again,</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman, new york, times, serif">Kiran.<BR><BR></DIV>
<DIV style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman, new york, times, serif">----- Original Message ----<BR>From: "Dart, Jocelyn" <jocelyn.dart@sap.com><BR>To: SAP Workflow Users' Group <sap-wug@mit.edu><BR>Sent: Wednesday, November 8, 2006 6:32:49 PM<BR>Subject: RE: workflow definition - responsible agent<BR><BR>
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<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=353422901-09112006><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>Detailed answer - hardly anyone uses that stuff in practice - we pretty much always assign agents to either a rule (i.e. calculate the agents) or an expression (i.e. use a list of agents we created/saved earlier, such as the workflow initiator) , even for easy testing we usually use the workflow initiator expression.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=353422901-09112006><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>You should not leave the responsible agent blank but instead assign it to an appropriate rule or expression. </FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=353422901-09112006><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>No-one uses workflow customizing much either... usually the changes you want to make surpass the ability of workflow customizing. </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>cool_dude2kin<BR><B>Sent:</B> Thursday, 09 November 2006 11:52 AM<BR><B>To:</B> sap-wug@mit.edu<BR><B>Subject:</B> workflow definition - responsible agent<BR></FONT><BR></DIV>
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<DIV>Hi All,</DIV>
<DIV> I have a really dumb question(rather, a clarification) about the usage of 'Organizational Objects'(Organizational unit,position,job,workcenter etc.) in the responsible agents field in the STEP definition of a workflow.</DIV>
<DIV> I undestand that all the organizational objects form part of application data which is client/system dependent.This means,when the workflow is transported to other systems,the workflow may not work correctly because these org objects may not exist in the target system.So what's the point of specifying this application data in the workflow definition ?! . I feel it's best to leave the values for organization object as blank in DEV system, and then use 'Workflow customizing' to assign the organization objects in the traget system.</DIV>
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<DIV>Pls advice if you agree with me or excuse this ignorant fellow workflower......... </DIV>
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<DIV>Thanks,</DIV>
<DIV>Kiran.</DIV></DIV><BR>
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