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<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span lang=EN-US
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma;font-weight:bold'>From:</span></font></b><font
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sap-wug-bounces@mit.edu [mailto:sap-wug-bounces@mit.edu] <b><span
style='font-weight:bold'>On Behalf Of </span></b>Vijayendra Rao (Absoft)<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Sent:</span></b> 07 July 2009 10:57<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>To:</span></b> SAP Workflow Users' Group<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Subject:</span></b> How to handle PO Approval
through lotus notes?[Scanned]</span></font><span lang=EN-US><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Hi Guys,<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>We are stuck up in a design issue and would like your
valuable inputs on how to handle this situation.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>We need to implement a <st1:place w:st="on">PO</st1:place>
approval workflow for one of our client. The users who will be approving or
rejecting the <st1:place w:st="on">PO</st1:place> are not SAP users and hence
do not have a SAP user id. So we cannot send the work item to the users as they
don’t have a sap user id. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>In this scenario how do we handle the approval flow? We can
send the users an email from the workflow as the email ids will be maintained
in a Z table. I mean email to the non sap users. But how do we physically
approve or reject the <st1:place w:st="on">PO</st1:place>. Is there a way to
get the signal back from the user via email? <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
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font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold'>System:<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Our client is on ECC 5.0 version. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:#006699;font-weight:bold'>Absoft
Limited<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
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style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:#006699'>Absoft is a SAP®
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style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:#006699'>- strategic advice<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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services<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:#006699'>- system development
and upgrades<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color="#006699" face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:#006699'>- system and user
support<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:#006699'>- training<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Science & Technology</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType
w:st="on">Park</st1:PlaceType>, <st1:PlaceType w:st="on">Bridge</st1:PlaceType>
of <st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Don</st1:PlaceName>, <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City
w:st="on">Aberdeen</st1:City>, <st1:PostalCode w:st="on">AB22 8GT</st1:PostalCode></st1:place>.<o:p></o:p></span></font></i></p>
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