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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>Hi Gerald,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>Excellent question. I
suppose you could remove the authorizations to release the PO from the Basis
authorizations. On the other hand, the Workflow Administrator needs a lot of
authorizations (sometimes) in order to keep things moving. Ideally, this
person would be a trusted individual who would know NOT to approve the PO, but
to initiate the correction procedures necessary, and restart the workflow.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>You could have your workflow
look for approvers in the step prior to the approval task. If no approvers are
found, then let that task error out. The WF Admin can take corrective measures
and you are still not giving the approval task to the WF Admin. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>Finally, regarding trusted
individuals, your workflow administrator will (or at least *<b>ought</b>*) to
have access to many powerful workflow transactions, and if they were
determined, they would find a way to approve a PO. I’ve been doing WF Admin
for years, and I’ve never wanted my fingerprints on a PO approval.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>Regards,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>Sue<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Consolas'>---<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Consolas'>Susan R.
Keohan<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Consolas'>SAP
Workflow Specialist<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Consolas'>MIT
Lincoln Laboratory<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Consolas'>244 Wood
Street<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Consolas'>LI-200<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Consolas'>Lexington,
MA. 02420<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Consolas'>Phone:
781-981-3561<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Consolas'>Fax:
781-981-1607<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Consolas'><a
href="mailto:keohan@ll.mit.edu"><span style='color:blue'>keohan@ll.mit.edu</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>
sap-wug-bounces@mit.edu [mailto:sap-wug-bounces@mit.edu] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Gerald
Pecover<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, January 15, 2008 7:53 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> sap-wug@mit.edu<br>
<b>Subject:</b> Workflow administrator<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal>We are developing a fairly straight forward PO aprproval
workflow and using SWU3, have specified a User Id to act as Workflow
administrator ready for when things go wrong. In the case where workflow cannot
determine the agent (perhaps master data is missing), we want the work item to
be sent to WF Admin. <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal>Once it is with WF Admin, we do not want them to have the
option to approve it, only to forward it to the correct agent.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal>Is this possible and how?<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal>I thank you for your time and good advice.<br clear=all>
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-- <br>
Regards<br>
<br>
Gerald Pecover<br>
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<a href="mailto:pecover@gmail.com">pecover@gmail.com</a> <o:p></o:p></p>
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