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<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=523002500-12092007><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff size=2>Those PM/QM/General notifications are seriously cool...
especially if you want to play around with Adobe Interactive forms.
</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=523002500-12092007><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=523002500-12092007><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff size=2>Ron - there are some standard workflows for business object
type BUS7051 and BUS7028 - if you call up the where-used list from transaction
SWO1 and have a look at those workflows you will see some background tasks that
show you how to update the notification's system status. The workflows
themselves are slightly scary because they are so generic - but just check out
the tasks within them, that's what you need. It's a different but similar
method for updating the user status.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=523002500-12092007><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>And
yes as Sue says - please never suggest marking a work item for deletion again
(that's "wash your mouth out" territory). The correct approach is to have
your workflow listen for e.g. a "manual approval" event and cancel the work item
in response. You could still update the status if you need to after
receiving the workflow event. </FONT></SPAN></DIV><!-- Converted from text/rtf format -->
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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>Kisloff, Philip
B<BR><B>Sent:</B> Tuesday, 11 September 2007 11:26 PM<BR><B>To:</B> SAP Workflow
Users' Group<BR><B>Subject:</B> RE: New to workflow<BR></FONT><BR></DIV>
<DIV></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=755135412-11092007><FONT color=#0000ff size=2>Hi
Ron,</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=755135412-11092007><FONT color=#0000ff
size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=755135412-11092007><FONT color=#0000ff size=2>I recognize this
as user status management for either quality notifications or one of the other
modules using notifications (which borrow a lot from plant maintenance
-PM). </FONT></SPAN><SPAN class=755135412-11092007><FONT color=#0000ff
size=2>This are is not necessarily anything to do with SAP Business Workflow,
unless you plan to control your notifications with status change
events. The challenge here is not so much the workflow side, which can be
reduced to delivery of the messages or additional background actions based
on status events, but on the relevant application module knowledge and your
specific scenario.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=755135412-11092007><FONT color=#0000ff
size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=755135412-11092007><FONT color=#0000ff size=2>I'll have a go at
answering, nevertheless:</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=755135412-11092007><FONT color=#0000ff
size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=755135412-11092007></SPAN><SPAN
class=755135412-11092007></SPAN><SPAN class=755135412-11092007><FONT
color=#0000ff size=2>1. Marking for deletion allows the notification to be
archived, as if it was completed ? Also, surely you would want to log and
restrict access to approve/reject, while mark for deletion should only be
accessible to administrators.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=755135412-11092007><FONT color=#0000ff
size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=755135412-11092007><FONT color=#0000ff size=2>2. Try
SAP_WAPI_WRITE_CONTAINER</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=755135412-11092007><FONT color=#0000ff
size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=755135412-11092007><FONT color=#0000ff size=2>By the way, it's
a area of interest of mine to see how notifications can be used more widely to
solve BPM-type problems, so good luck !</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=755135412-11092007><FONT color=#0000ff
size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=755135412-11092007><FONT color=#0000ff
size=2>Phil</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=755135412-11092007><FONT color=#0000ff
size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
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<DIV class=OutlookMessageHeader dir=ltr align=left><FONT face=Tahoma
size=2>-----Original Message-----<BR><B>From:</B> sap-wug-bounces@mit.edu
[mailto:sap-wug-bounces@mit.edu]<B>On Behalf Of </B>Keohan,
Susan<BR><B>Sent:</B> 11 September 2007 13:40<BR><B>To:</B> SAP Workflow
Users' Group<BR><B>Subject:</B> RE: New to workflow<BR><BR></FONT></DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; COLOR: #1f497d; FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'">Hi
Ron,<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; COLOR: #1f497d; FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'"><BR>I
don’t know what release or application you are using – we don’t have
transaction PMM8 on our 4.6c system, so I am not sure what it does. What
I do know is that ‘mark workitem for deletion’ will likely cause a lot of
WFers out there to run for the hills. <o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; COLOR: #1f497d; FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'">Please
include release and/or application in order to generate a more fruitful
discussion…<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; COLOR: #1f497d; FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'">Cheers,<BR>Sue<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'">From:</SPAN></B><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'">
sap-wug-bounces@mit.edu [mailto:sap-wug-bounces@mit.edu] <B>On Behalf Of
</B>Ron Adkins<BR><B>Sent:</B> Monday, September 10, 2007 8:45
PM<BR><B>To:</B> sap-wug@mit.edu<BR><B>Subject:</B> New to
workflow<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P></DIV></DIV>
<P class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'">Hello
everyone,<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'">I am new to
workflow and have a couple of questions. Thanks in advance for your
time.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
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<LI class=MsoNormal style="mso-list: l2 level1 lfo3"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'">Mark for Deletion
(PMM8) vs Refuse Approval of a Notification. What
are the downfall to letting our workflow processors Mark a workitem for
deletion versus a Refusal Approval?<o:p></o:p></SPAN> </LI></OL>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
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<LI class=MsoNormal style="mso-list: l2 level1 lfo3"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'">If we have
removed a step of approval from a new workflow, how can I manually change
the status to NOPR APOK in the container?<o:p></o:p></SPAN> </LI></OL>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN
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<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'">Thanks,<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'">Ron
Adkins<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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